The MX-Panda sent a clear signal to Tony Cairoli today: he has no intention of giving up this championship without a fight and will continue to fight until the end! Clément had to give up against Cairoli in the first series, but he got his revenge in the second series, which he won. Desalle not only managed to win the GP, he also made up 4 points on Cairoli. In the World Cup standings the difference is now 48 points.
Cairoli dominated the first moto from start to finish after taking the holeshot ahead of factory Honda duo Goncalves and Bobryshev. Desalle had to work hard to get ahead of the two Hondas because Goncalves in particular offered a lot of resistance. Kevin Strijbos, who replaces Steve Ramon at Rockstar-Suzuki, completed a regular race and finished sixth. Just like in previous years, the differences in Loket were again extremely small. After all, The Kid came in just 11,8 seconds behind winner Cairoli! LS Honda's Ken De Dycker moved up to 15th after a bad start. Marc De Reuver, who had a hard fall during the warm-up and injured his shoulder, did not appear at the start.
Dthe second race brought much more tension. TM rider Tanel Leok won the first series in Loket last year and the fast Estonian was once again eager to prove himself for main sponsor Casino Bonver. Unexpectedly, Leok even stormed to the holeshot and held the lead until halfway through the race. Desalle started well again in fourth after Leok, Boog and Goncalves. This time Clément wanted to get to the front as quickly as possible and that turned out well. The MX-Panda showed its courage, especially in the overtaking maneuver on Goncalves. Afterwards Desalle said: “It was very difficult to pass, you had to be aggressive and show that you were there! Hence the aggressive pass on moult. Not so friendly but it had to be done, sorry about that Rui!” Three laps later, Leok was killed. While Tanel fought hard to maintain second place, Cairoli fought his way to the front after a bad start. The Italian would eventually finish 4th ahead of his ex-MX2 competitor Christophe Pourcel. Kevin Strijbos now finished eighth ahead of fellow countryman De Dycker. Evgeny Bobryshev had a disastrous second series with two falls and even had to abandon the fight
MX1 Channel 1
1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 40:32.283; ; 2. Clément Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:05.506; 3. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:06.272; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:07.172; 5. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:08.098; 6. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:11.839; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:13.689; 8. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:30.589; 9. David Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), +0:35.142; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Honda), +0:56.943; 11. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:58.357; 12. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +0:59.011; 13. Christopher Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:09.219; 14. Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), +1:09.902; 15. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), +1:11.801; 16. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:12.972; 17. Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), +2:09.650; 18. Manuel Monni (ITA, Honda), -1 lap(s); 19. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), -1 lap(s); 20. Tom Church (GBR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 21. Loic Leonce (FRA, Aprilia), -1 lap(s); 22. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 23. Santtu Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 24. Patrick Liska (CZE, Husaberg), -1 lap(s); 25. Alfie Smith (GBR, Aprilia), -3 lap(s); 26. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), -5 lap(s); 27. Herjan Brakke (NOW, Yamaha), -6 lap(s); 28. Toni Eriksson (FIN, Kawasaki), -13 lap(s);
MX1 Channel 2
1. Clément Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 40:06.261; ; 2. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +0:03.847; 3. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:05.500; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:07.409; 5. Christophe Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:08.391; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:10.341; 7. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:19.581; 8. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:21.471; 9. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), +0:48.590; 10. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:54.398; 11. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Honda), +0:58.636; 12. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:59.802; 13. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), +1:26.652; 14. Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), +1:27.368; 15. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), +1:27.772; 16. David Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), +1:35.929; 17. Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), +1:38.175; 18. Manuel Monni (ITA, Honda), -1 lap(s); 19. Tom Church (GBR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 20. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 21. Herjan Brakke (DOWN, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 22. Santtu Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 23. Patrick Liska (CZE, Husaberg), -2 lap(s); 24. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), -9 lap(s); 25. Loic Leonce (FRA, Aprilia), -13 lap(s); 26. Evgeny Bobryshev (Russia, Honda), -14 lap(s); 27. Toni Eriksson (FIN, Kawasaki), -18 lap(s); 28. Alfie Smith (GBR, Aprilia), -21 lap(s);
MX1 FINAL STANDING GP CZECH REPUBLIC
1. Clément Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 47 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 43 p.; 3. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 40 p.; 4. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), 31 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 29 p.; 6. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 28 p.; 7. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 27 p.; 8. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 25 p.; 9. Christopher Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 24 p.; 10. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 21 p.; 11. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Honda), 21 p.; 12. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), 18 p.; 13. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 18 p.; 14. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), 17 p.; 15. Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), 14 p.; 16. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), 8 p.; 17. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), 8 p.; 18. Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), 8 p.; 19. Manuel Monni (ITA, Honda), 6 p.; 20. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), 5 p.; 21. Tom Church (GBR, KTM), 3 p.; 22. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), 1 p.; 23. Herjan Brakke (NOW, Yamaha), 0 p.; 24. St. Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), 0 p.; 25. Patrick Liska (CZE, Husaberg), 0 p.; 26. Loic Leonce (FRA, Aprilia), 0 p.; 27. Toni Eriksson (FIN, Kawasaki), 0 p.; 28. Alfie Smith (GBR, Aprilia), 0 p.;
MX1 STANDINGS (after 12 of the 15 laps)
1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 509 points; 2. Clément Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 461 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 428 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 387 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 378 p.; 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 349 p.; 7. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 308 p.; 8. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), 268 p.; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 262 p.; 10. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 254 p.; 11. Leok Tunnel (EST, TM), 229 p.; 12. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 229 p.; 13. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 204 p.; 14. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Honda), 170 p.; 15. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), 154 p.; 16. David Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), 139 p.; 17. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), 66 p.; 18. Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), 62 p.; 19. Marc de Reuver (NED, Yamaha), 55 p.; 20. Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), 55 p.; 21. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), 40 p.; 22. Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), 36 p.; 23. Jason Dougan (GBR, Yamaha), 26 p.; 24. Manuel Monni (ITA, Honda), 25 p.; 25. Christopher Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 24 p.; 26. Christian Craig (USA, Honda), 21 p.; 27. Marvin Van Daele (BEL, Honda), 17 p.; 28. Herjan Brakke (NOW, Yamaha), 16 p.; 29. Benjamin Townley (NZL, Kawasaki), 15 p.; 30. Loic Leonce (FRA, Aprilia), 15 p.; 31. Brad Anderson (GBR, Honda), 12 p.; 32. Gert Kristinov (EST, Kawasaki), 11 p.; 33. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), 11 p.; 34. Martin Barr (GBR, KTM), 8 p.; 35. Kevin Wouts (BEL, Kawasaki), 8 p.; 36. Luis Correia (POR, Yamaha), 7 p.; 37. Tom Church (GBR, KTM), 7 p.; 38. Antonio Jorge Balbi (BRA, Kawasaki), 6 p.; 39. Robert Castro Miranda (CRC, Honda), 5 p.; 40. Remi Nyegaard (NOR, Yamaha), 3 p.; 41. Hugo Basaula (POR, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 42. Weston Peick (USA, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 43. St. Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 44. Jeremy Delince (BEL, KTM), 2nd place; 45. Yentel Martens (BEL, KTM), 2 p.; 46. Joao Paulino da Silva (BRA, Honda), 2 p.; 47. Milko Potisek (FRA, Kawasaki), 2 p.; 48. Kim Lindström (SWE, Yamaha), 2 p.; 49. Stuwey Reijnders (NED, Suzuki), 1 p.; 50. Luis Correa (ARG, Kawasaki), 1 p.; 51. Alvaro Lozano Rico (ESP, Yamaha), 1 p.; 52. Cedric Lieber (BEL, KTM), 1 p.; 53. Cedric Soubeyras (FRA, KTM), 1 p.;
Photo credit: CDS
