Antonio Cairoli spoils his home crowd in MXGP of Trentino
Antonio Cairoli may have taken his best home Grand Prix victory of his career in Pietramurata. Cairoli was able to win the opening series in a controlled manner, but in the second series he had to wait until the last lap to take the Grand Prix victory in a great chase series and with the support of the thousands of Italian MX fans.
Cairoli maintains control and wins first series…
Antonio Cairoli was victorious in a very boring first series, the only bright spot was that Wilvo Yamaha rider Arnaud Tonus was looking forward to it and just over halfway through the series he passed Gajser into second place and started to put pressure on leader Cairoli. But for the rest, this first series didn't really amount to much and it was mainly a train ride behind Cairoli with Tonus, Gajser, Paulin and our two compatriots Desalle and Van Horebeek. Kevin Strijbos, even after his good start, could only make up one place and finished ninth. 24MX Honda rider Damon Graulus took his first World Championship points of the season with a 19th place, while Ken De Dijcker did not get further than a 26th place in this opening series.
Antonio Cairoli gives his fans a Grand Prix they will not soon forget...
How boring the first series was… how exciting the second series was. The winner of the first series Antonio Cairoli took care of that. Home rider Cairoli went to the first corner together with Gajser, but the Slovenian kept the throttle open a little longer and took the holeshot. Cairoli himself crashed and had to chase from 16th position. Cairoli therefore started with an impossible task, but started picking up rider by rider until he was able to pass second man Evgeny Bobryshev on the very last lap and thus still take the overall victory in his home Grand Prix. This of course created an exuberant atmosphere around the circuit in Pietramurata where the home crowd was crazy about this victory by their own Tony Cairoli.
Our compatriots firmly in the points…
Clement Desalle was our best compatriot in Trentino, the Moster Energy Kawasaki rider took fifth place twice. Jeremy Van Horebeek was also twice in the top ten with sixth and eighth place and Kevin Strijbos took ninth place in the first series but fell outside the points in the revival. Damon Graulus 19-16 in the heats immediately took seven points in his first GP of the season. For Ken De Dijcker, there were no points with a 26 & 22 place.
MXGP – Race 1 – Classification
1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 33:35.084; 2. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +0:02.278; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:06.158; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:07.369; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:09.722; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:11.423; 7. Evgeny Bobryshev (US, Honda), +0:40.550; 8. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:42.972; 9. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:44.773; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:47.504; 11. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:49.381; 12. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, Suzuki), +0:58.602; 13. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:02.382; 14. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +1:02.581; 15. Rui Goncalves (POR, Husqvarna), +1:07.778; 16. Tanel Leok (EST, Husqvarna), +1:09.130; 17. Glenn Coldenhoff (NW, KTM), +1:10.992; 18. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Honda), +1:17.343; 19. Damon Graulus (BEL, Honda), +1:20.352; 20. Maxime Desprey (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:37.124; 21. Ander Valentin (ESP, Honda), +1:41.847; 22. Stefano Pezzuto (ITA, Yamaha), +1:43.212; 23. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +1:43.761; 24. Valentine Guillod (SUI, Honda), +1:47.156; 25. Harry Kullas (EST, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 26. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), -1 lap(s); 27. Lucas Imbert (FRA, KTM), -1 lap(s); 28. Jonathan Bengtsson (SWE, KTM), -1 lap(s); 29. Jaromir Romancik (CZE, KTM), -1 lap(s); 30. Martin Michek (CZE, KTM), -1 lap(s); 31. Matthew Bonini (ITA, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 32. Tomasz Wysocki (POL, KTM), -1 lap(s); 33. Peter Irt (SLO, Yamaha), -2 lap(s); 34. Johannes Klein (AUT, KTM), -2 lap(s); 35. Bryan Boulard (BEL, Yamaha), -7 lap(s); 36. Lukas Neurauter (AUT, KTM), -10 lap(s); 37. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), -14 lap(s); 38. Klemen Gercar (SLO, Husqvarna), -14 lap(s);
MXGP – Race 2 – Classification
1. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), 33:36.300; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:04.165; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:06.147; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:06.881; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:08.830; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:10.714; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +0:12.642; 8. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:15.933; 9. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:23.945; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:31.173; 11. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, Suzuki), +0:37.583; 12. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +0:44.322; 13. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Honda), +0:45.852; 14. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:46.994; 15. Maxime Desprey (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:57.022; 16. Damon Graulus (BEL, Honda), +0:58.256; 17. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:58.922; 18. Tanel Leok (EST, Husqvarna), +1:03.511; 19. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +1:07.353; 20. Rui Goncalves (POR, Husqvarna), +1:11.677; 21. Harri Kullas (EST, Husqvarna), +1:22.275; 22. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), +1:37.173; 23. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +1:40.965; 24. Lukas Neurauter (AUT, KTM), +1:42.234; 25. Martin Michek (CZE, KTM), +1:46.880; 26. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), -1 lap(s); 27. Clamps Gercar (SLO, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 28. Lucas Imbert (FRA, KTM), -1 lap(s); 29. Peter Irt (SLO, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 30. Tomasz Wysocki (POL, KTM), -1 lap(s); 31. Jonathan Bengtsson (SWE, KTM), -1 lap(s); 32. Bryan Boulard (BEL, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 33. Jaromir Romancik (CZE, KTM), -1 lap(s); 34. Matteo Bonini (ITA, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 35. Johannes Klein (AUT, KTM), -1 lap(s); 36. Ander Valentin (ESP, Honda), -7 lap(s); 37. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), -12 lap(s); 38. Stefano Pezzuto (ITA, Yamaha), -15 lap(s);
MXGP – Overall Classification
1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 47 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 45 p.; 3. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 36 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 34 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HUS), 33 p.; 6. Clement Desalle (BELL, COWS), 32 p.; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 28 p.; 8. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 25 p.; 9. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 22 p.; 10. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, SUZ), 19 p.; 11. Shaun Simpson (GBR, YAM), 18 p.; 12. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 17 p.; 13. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 17 p.; 14. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 15 p.; 15. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 12 p.; 16. Alessandro Lupin (STONE, HON), 11 p.; 17. Tunnel Leok (EST, HUS), 8 p.; 18. Maxime Desprey (FRA, CAW), 7 p.; 19. Damon Graulus (BEL, HON), 7 p.; 20. Rui Goncalves (POR, HUS), 7 p.; 21. Valentine Guillod (SUI, HON), 2 p.
MXGP – Championship Classification
1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 201 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 183 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BELL, COWS), 151 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 145 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HUS), 145 p.; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 144 p.; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 106 p.; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 101 p.; 9. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 95 p.; 10. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 90 p.; 11. Shaun Simpson (GBR, YAM), 88 p.; 12. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 84 p.; 13. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 77 p.; 14. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 69 p.; 15. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, SUZ), 56 p.; 16. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 49 p.; 17. Rui Goncalves (POR, HUS), 42 p.; 18. Tunnel Leok (EST, HUS), 37 p.; 19. Jordi Tixier (FRA, CAW), 36 p.; 20. Alessandro Lupin (STONE, HON), 29 p.; 21. Valentine Guillod (SUI, HON), 26 p.; 22. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 15 p.; 23. Maxime Desprey (FRA, CAW), 7 p.; 24. Damon Graulus (BEL, HON), 7 p.; 25. Jethro Salazar (ECU, HON), 4 p.; 26. Joaquin Poly (ARG, HON), 1 p.; 27. Farhan Hendro Fahrodjie (MOTHER, COW), 1 p.;
Text: @Kris…
Photo: CDS
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