MX1 Championship leader Antonio Cairoli marked his comeback to victory in Sweden ( Uddevalla) courtesy of two moto wins right before the start of the FIM Motocross World Championship’s summer break. In the MX2 class instead the event marked Steven Frossard’s maiden victory after a battle with Ken Roczen in both heats.
Clement Desalle took two second places for second overall ahead of team mate Steve Ramon, putting together two solid moto’s and finishing ahead of Evgeny Bobryshev.
In the MX2 class Jeffrey Herlings took second on the podium while Gautier Paulin completed the top three at his first podium appearance of 2010. Roczen instead won the final heat but a technical problem ruled him out of heat one when he was chasing Frossard for first.
Taking victory number four of 2010, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1’s Tony Cairoli walked away from Sweden with an extended Championship lead. The Italian, who won both heats, is now 67 points ahead of Desalle whom he passed for the lead of moto two after having dominated the opening moto.
The Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1 Team completed the overall podium and now looks forward to their home Grand Prix in Lommel, Belgium, coming up next on the August 1 weekend.
Desalle was second overall and collected his fifth consecutive podium. The winner of the last GP in Latvia recovered to second in the opening moto and was again second in the final moto, which he was leading until a hard charging Cairoli moved past him and pulled away.
Steve Ramon mounted on the third step of the podium after a solid final moto. The Belgian, who missed this GP last year due to a neck injury, was close to Desalle towards the end of the heat but decided to settle for an eventual safe third. In moto one instead Ramon was fourth.
Once again CAS Honda’s Evgeny Bobryshev missed his first podium by a bunch of points. The Russian already came close to the podium in Latvia and today took another fourth overall after he made a mistake in the final moto, when he tried to move past Desalle for second. He was an eventual fourth in the second moto and fifth in the first one.
David Philippaerts completed the top five. After a good third place in the opening moto, the Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross’ rider had a bad start to moto two and struggled to recover.
Max Nagl was sixth ahead of Xavier Boog while Söderström was the best placed home rider with 14th overall. The TM rider Anthony Boissiere was 15th in the standings but a head concussion following a second moto crash ruled him out of the final heat.
Martin Honda’s Jimmy Albertson stopped with a bike problem in the first moto and then had a crash in the second that led to a badly cut middle finger on his right hand.
Tony Cairoli: "This is not really my favourite track but I've had some good races in all my years here so I wanted to win because now we'll have a long break. It was good for me to take victory in the GP and that's what I wanted to do. I was a bit nervous because I had some problems with my knee during the week and I felt something was wrong. But it felt better yesterday and today it was perfect."
Clement Desalle: "For sure it is not a bad weekend but I want to win! I rode quite well and did not crash so I am pretty happy. In the first moto I had a problem with my goggles and I thought I had water between the tear-offs but when they were all gone I still couldn't see properly and lost concentration for a while. Once I threw away the goggles it was better but then I had some small stones in the eyes and had to slow down and think about second. I had a good fight with Antonio in the second moto but he was faster, so we will think ahead to try and beat him in the next GP."
Steve Ramon: "It was a positive weekend. In the first moto my start was good but on the first lap I made a mistake and one or two riders passed me. It was not easy, the track was slippery and I spent a long time behind Philippaerts trying to overtake. In the second moto it was a similar at the beginning but later on I saw Clement and Bobryshev and I knew I had to pass Bobryshev to make the podium. I really pushed for that. I almost got Clement and had two or three chances but I did not want to make a block-pass and take both of us down. I was looking forward to this GP and this track; that's four podiums here now and maybe next year another one!"
Jimmy Albertson: “In the first moto the bike lost power and finally quit but things went better in the second moto. I started in 18th and worked my way up to 12th and had a whole group of guys in front of me. I slid around coming out of one corner and I threw myself over a fence. I cut my finger up pretty good but I’m OK and the doctor cleaned it up; I should be ready to ride in about a week.”
MX1 Moto 1: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:45.425; ; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:04.040; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:06.051; 4. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:07.916; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:30.542; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:32.808; 7. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), +1:00.576; 8. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +1:01.791; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:03.015; 10. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, TM), +1:17.633;
MX1 Moto 2: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:13.172; ; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:02.543; 3. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:04.460; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:12.697; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:13.589; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:23.023; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:32.242; 8. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:50.995; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), +0:53.035; 10. Rui Gonçalves (POR, KTM), +1:01.965;
MX1 Championship: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 434 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 367 p.; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 331 p.; 4. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 315 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 306 p.; 6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 276 p.; 7. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 269 p.; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 223 p.; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 219 p.; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 196 p.;