Yamaha Red Bull De Carli’s Antonio Cairoli claimed his third World Championship title at the Braun Grand Prix of The Netherlands, yesterday, despite a left-knee issue that made it a tough outing for the Italian. Cairoli rode two brave races in the MX1 division, finishing fifth in heat one after a mistake, and fourth in heat two. Once he snatched fourth from Max Nagl in the final heat, Cairoli had the title under his belt courtesy of a 50-point advantage in the championship standings, though he tried to move past Clement Desalle, as well.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Nagl struggled as he crashed in heat one while holding third. The German took eighth eventually but despite the holeshot in heat two, he just rode to build on his runner-up spot in the championship.
Polesitter Kevin De Dycker dominated both motos by taking two first places. The Teka Suzuki World MX1 pilot grabbed his second season’s win ahead of Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross rider Josh Coppins, who had a dogfight with Desalle to take an eventual second in heat two. Eventually, Coppins made it to his third season’s podium.
Desalle completed the podium but several crashes in the opening heat left the LS Motors Honda rider disappointed to have lost valuable Championship points.
Tanel Leok was fourth overall ahead of last year’s MX1 World Champion David Philippaerts, performing well in heat one to take second.
KTM’s Jonathan Barragan was 13th at his comeback race, as last year’s Lierop winner De Reuver was 16th.
Matching Cairoli’s victory, Yamaha won the manufacturers’ title.
MX1 Race 1 top ten: . Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 41:21.920; ; 2. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:05.058; 3. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha), +0:05.641; 4. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), +0:12.075; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), +0:29.008; 6. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda), +0:36.742; 7. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:51.600; 8. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:58.664; 9. Manuel Priem (BEL, Aprilia), +1:01.269; 10. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Kawasaki), +1:28.918;
MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 42:25.366; ; 2. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), +0:10.466; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda), +0:14.649; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), +0:34.631; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:38.477; 6. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha), +0:51.271; 7. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, KTM), +1:01.217; 8. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +1:07.894; 9. Aigar Leok (EST, TM), +1:19.044; 10. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +1:32.057;
MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 50 points; 2. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), 40 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda), 35 p.; 4. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha), 35 p.; 5. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 35 p.; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), 34 p.; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 29 p.; 8. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 25 p.; 9. Aigar Leok (EST, TM), 21 p.; 10. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Kawasaki), 20 p.;
MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), 537 points; 2. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 487 p.; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 463 p.; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda), 461 p.; 5. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 459 p.; 6. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), 449 p.; 7. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha), 382 p.; 8. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Kawasaki), 238 p.; 9. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, KTM), 229 p.; 10. Manuel Priem (BEL, Aprilia), 195 p.;
MX1 Manufacturers: 1. Yamaha, 615 points; 2. KTM, 547 p.; 3. Honda, 496 p.; 4. Suzuki, 476 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 292 p.; 6. Aprilia, 228 p.; 7. TM, 193 p.; 8. CCM, 152 p.; 9. Husaberg, 0 p.; 10. Husqvarna, 0 p.;
MX2
The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team filled the first and second spots on the podium with championship leader Marvin Musquin winning, and runner-up in the championship Rui Goncalves ending second. The two are the sole riders left in the wrestle for the MX2 title, as a broken engine in heat one put an end to Gautier Paulin’s ambitions.
Goncalves went on to win moto one, while Musquin took second. The Frenchman, who went down in the opening lap, was handed second when Joel Roelants crashed. The Belgian, Roelants, of the KTM Factory Junior MX2 Team was an eventual third ahead of young gun Ken Roczen.
The latter took the holeshot in moto two but let Goncalves and Musquin go from lap two. Musquin grabbed the lead and pulled away, while Goncalves crashed twice, struggling with a damaged right shoulder. Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2’s Roczen snatched second from a troubled Goncalves and made it to third on the podium.
Roelants took fourth overall ahead of home rider Mike Kras.
MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 40:22.468; ; 2. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:29.397; 3. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:55.449; 4. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +1:05.364; 5. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), +1:15.289; 6. Dennis Verbruggen (BEL, Honda), +1:29.854; 7. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +1:40.779; 8. Ceriel Klein Kromhof (NED, KTM), +1:44.178; 9. Loic Larrieu (FRA, Yamaha), +1:46.209; 10. Nikolai Larsen (DEN, Suzuki), +1:49.606;
MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 41:32.470; ; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:27.364; 3. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:44.963; 4. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), +0:49.788; 5. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +1:00.876; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:03.945; 7. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), +1:42.665; 8. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), +1:49.892; 9. Dennis Verbruggen (BEL, Honda), +1:55.531; 10. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), +1:59.254;
MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 47 points; 2. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 40 p.; 4. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 36 p.; 5. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), 29 p.; 6. Dennis Verbruggen (BEL, Honda), 27 p.; 7. Ceriel Klein Kromhof (NED, KTM), 21 p.; 8. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), 18 p.; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), 18 p.; 10. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 18 p.;
MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 490 points; 2. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 468 p.; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 422 p.; 4. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), 387 p.; 5. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 346 p.; 6. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 294 p.; 7. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 284 p.; 8. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 263 p.; 9. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 256 p.; 10. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), 253 p.;
MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 609 points; 2. Kawasaki, 491 p.; 3. Yamaha, 469 p.; 4. Suzuki, 462 p.; 5. Honda, 350 p.; 6. TM, 14 p.;
