Tony Cairoli finishes third in the Italian Championships

Tony
rode a thrilling first moto, slipping past Steven Frossard in the final
lap to take line honors but some trouble with front wheel spokes in the
second race slowed him down and he managed to finish in 10th place.
That gave him third overall for round four and third overall in the
championship. 
 
Tony
Cairoli: "It was 50% good and 50% not so good. On the positive side the
hard pack surface is not my strong point but I was pumped in the first
race and it was good for me. Also I am getting the holeshots all the
time and that is good and more fun and a positive step from last year.
Then in the second race I had a strong contact with Philippaerts which
was okay because we were fighting for the championship but I broke a
spike in my front wheel. I wasn't sure if it was a big or a little
problem so I wasn't confident to push hard." 
 
Max
Nagl finished with a 6-14 result on Saturday for overall sixth in the
four-round competition. while young Red Bull Teka KTM MX2 teammate
Jeremy Van Horebeek also returned to race in the final round and was
the fastest MX2 rider in both rounds in Gazzane.  This made Jeremy
second to teammate Jeffrey Herlings in Round One of the competition and
the top rider in Round Four. Jeffrey and successfully rode two rounds
in the Dutch Championship instead of competing in rounds 3-4 of the
Italian competition. Herlings did not race in Italy this weekend. Ken
Roczen, the team's third MX2 rider has been competing in the USA and
joins the team for Sevlievo 
 
Riders will now train in the last two weeks ahead of the world championships beginning in Sevlievo Bulgaria on April 10.   
 
Results 1st Moto Rd 4 
1, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM 
2, Steven Frossard, France, Yamaha 
3, David Philippaerts, Italy, Yamaha 
4, Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia, Honda 
5, Davide Guarneri, Italy, Kawasaki 
6, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM 
7, Jeremy Van Horebeek, Belgium, KTM (top MX2 rider) 
 
Results 2nd Moto Rd 4 
1, Steven Frossard, France, Yamaha 
2, David Philippaerts, Italy, Yamaha 
3. Kevin Strijbos, Belgium, Suzuki 
4, Jeremy Van Horebeek, Belgium, KTM (top MX2 rider) 
5, Davide Guarneri, Italy, Kawasaki 
10, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM 
14, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM 
 
Overall Championship 
1, Frossard 
2, Philippaerts 
3, Cairoli, KTM 
6, Nagl, KTM