03 JUILLET : ENDURO, news by Seb Guillaume / Ciblekom.

GRAND PRIX DE SLOVAQUIE

Retour sur le podium

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Salut à tous,

Après un Grand Prix de Pologne au travers duquel j'étais passé sans trop savoir pourquoi,  j’avais à cœur de faire beaucoup mieux en Slovaquie le week-end dernier. La météo pluvieuse m’avait donné espoir quant à mes performances sur ce Grand Prix. La configuration des spéciales me plaisait, en particulier la grande spéciale banderolée où j’avais bien l'intention de m’exprimer. La spéciale en ligne quant à elle m’inquiétait un peu du fait de son côté loterie sur certains passages. Restait à gérer correctement la spéciale extrême qui nous imposait d’enchainer les obstacles avec un timing incroyable.

Samedi ma journée commence bien, le premier chrono est dans la spéciale banderolée et je réalise le troisième temps derrière Christophe Nambotin et David Knight. Je me sens bien dans les spéciales suivantes mais je commets parfois des erreurs qui me conduisent à la chute. Je parviens néanmoins à maintenir ma troisième place avec en bonus d’excellents chronos lors de mes passages dans la spéciale en ligne. Je renoue avec le podium et cela fait du bien au moral. Cependant je suis un peu déçu car j’ai le sentiment de ne pas encore avoir roulé à mon niveau. J’ai été souvent trop méfiant et trop sur la réserve. Peut être qu’avec d’avantage d’attaque il m’aurait été possible de mieux faire, cependant il faut reconnaitre Christophe et David sont tout de même loin.

Dimanche nous prenons le départ sous la pluie. Mon objectif est de ne pas faire les mêmes erreurs que la veille et donc de passer moins de temps par terre ! Je sais que la journée va être éprouvante et je me prépare mentalement à gérer ma course jusqu’à l’arrivée, pour mettre un maximum de chances de mon côté. Mon premier chrono est correct, sans plus, car je roule encore avec trop de réserve. Petit à petit je me lâche et de la quatrième place je passe à la troisième puis à la seconde, un peu aidé, il est vrai, par les problèmes mécaniques que subit Christophe suite à son crash dans la spéciale en ligne. J’arrive dans le dernier tour mais je continue d’attaquer, craignant une remontée de Christophe. Ce sera finalement Simone Albergoni qui occupera la troisième marche du podium derrière moi. David remporte la journée.

Je suis satisfait de mon week-end, j’obtiens deux podiums et je retrouve des sensations que je n’avais pas eu en Pologne. Je me sens motivé pour le reste du championnat, je ne suis plus très loin du podium provisoire et je ne souhaite pas le laisser filer. Je tiens à remercier mon team pour son soutien ce week-end. J’ai aussi été touché de voir des drapeaux français sur les spéciales ! Une bande de supporters français avait fait le déplacement jusqu’en Slovaquie pour nous encourager.  Cela dit leur périple en Europe de l’Est a été sans contestation possible plus gratifiant pour eux que pour les malheureux qui ont cassé leur tirelire pour encourager les « bleus » en Afrique du Sud…

A très bientôt et merci pour tous les messages d’encouragement et de soutien que je reçois régulièrement.

Seb

29 JUIN : MOTOCROSS, news by Youthstream.

Desalle and Herlings fight hard to win in Latvia

KEGUMS (LATVIA), 27 June 2010 – At sunny Kegums, Clement Desalle and Jeffrey Herlings came back onto the top of the MX1 and MX2 podium respectively as both collected their second Grand Prix win of the season. Four hard fought moto’s made it an exciting day of racing for the Latvian fans who also received the visit of the country’s Prime Minister Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis at this second edition of the Latvian Grand Prix.

Desalle won from MX1 Championship leader and second heat winner Antonio Cairoli with Steve Ramon completing the overall podium. Both Cairoli and Ramon made their comeback to the rostrum.

Securing the second career GP win courtesy of his victory in heat two, Herlings took first overall ahead of Ken Roczen and Steven Frossard, all starring a three way battle for first in a dramatic final heat.

Mats Nilsson established his authority on the FIM Veterans’ World Cup through two dominant heat wins. Eventually he topped the podium from Erwin Hendrickx and Pascal Bal.  
 
MX1
Narrowly missing out on the Latvia Grand Prix victory last year due to a technical problem, Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1’s Desalle completed his mission this weekend and took also his second victory of 2010. The Belgian charged hard in the opening moto to take a provisional second within the first half of the race, then moved on to pass a fast Bobryshev and snatch the lead. In the final moto instead he settled to second behind Cairoli with the result being enough to earn the overall win.

A disappointed Cairoli took second on the podium behind Desalle. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1 rider struggled to pass Philippaerts in the opening moto and was impossible to catch the top three riders by the time he had moved up to fourth. The Italian took his revenge by winning the second heat in dominant style and work his way up to the overall podium.

Other Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1 rider Ramon completed the podium, with the Suzuki duo sandwiching the Championship leader on the podium. Ramon rode two steady moto’s to take two third places. The podium brought Ramon up to fourth in the Championship while team mate Desalle is second.

CAS Honda’s Bobryshev narrowly missed his maiden podium finish. The Russian was about to win moto one when Desalle charged hard in the final laps and moved past. Bobryshev took second eventually but could not repeat himself in moto two, finishing a distant fourth. Ending level in points with Ramon, Bobryshev took fourth overall.

Kawasaki Racing’s Boog completed the top five ahead of Philippaerts and Nagl, who got the holeshot in the final heat.

German GP winner De Dycker struggled and ended twelfth while Steinbergs was the best placed home rider with a 24th overall position. Japanese Tomoya Suzuki was 31st.
 
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 38:54.633; 2. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:12.451; 3. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:24.131; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:33.514; 5. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:39.071; 6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:44.621; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:46.826; 8. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), +0:48.973; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), +0:50.444; 10. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), +0:54.965;

MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:44.581; ; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:13.410; 3. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:25.118; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:32.040; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:37.404; 6. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:41.379; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:42.842; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), +0:44.219; 9. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:50.391; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), +1:09.611;

MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 47 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 43 p.; 3. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 40 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 40 p.; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 31 p.; 6. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 31 p.; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 28 p.; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 25 p.; 9. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 24 p.; 10. Rui Gonçalves (POR, KTM), 22 p.;

MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 384 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 323 p.; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 298 p.; 4. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 277 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 276 p.; 6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 269 p.; 7. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 248 p.; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 207 p.; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 189 p.; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 189 p.;

MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 413 points; 2. Suzuki, 373 p.; 3. Yamaha, 351 p.; 4. Honda, 289 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 275 p.; 6. TM, 134 p.; 7. Aprilia, 128 p.; 8. CCM, 11 p.; 9. Husqvarna, 4 p.;
 
Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx  
 
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery 
 
MX2
With only six points separating the top four riders of the Grand Prix of Latvia, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Herlings came out on top of the pack courtesy of his final moto victory and of team mate Musquin’s crash at the start of the final heat.

Herlings started strong in the first moto to snatch the lead from holeshotter Musquin but dropped down to an eventual third. Moto two was different as Herlings found himself at the leap of the first laps but Frossard came past to take the lead. Before the race finished Herlings was back on top and won a three way battle for first with Frossard and Roczen to take the overall win.

Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2’s Roczen made it to second on the podium but was disappointed not to have started his attacks a bit before. In moto one the German came dramatically close to eventual winner Musquin only in the final laps and narrowly missed out on his second heat win of the season after Germany’s second moto. In the final heat instead Roczen was overtaken by Frossard and ended third.

Kawasaki CLS’ Frossard was an eventual third on the podium. With Musquin being  another candidate for third overall, Frossard had to work his way up to second in the final moto by passing Roczen and even troubling Herlings for the win otherwise he would have not been on the rostrum. In the first heat instead he was a steady fourth.

After a winning streak of five GP’s, Musquin of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s missed the podium and dropped down to fourth overall in Latvia. The Championship leader took victory in moto one but a fall in the first corner of the second moto put him out of the potential winners’ list. Musquin recovered from dead last to an eventual seventh to give the crowd a demonstration of his impressive talent.

Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross’ Paulin completed the top five ahead of Roelants while team mates Kullas and Charlier were respectively seventh and eighth.

After taking three consecutive podiums, Osborne finished 13th overall and even crashed at the first corner of moto one. Latvian Karro ended right after in 14th place.
 
MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 40:02.269; ; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:00.701; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:10.349; 4. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:32.455; 5. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:53.511; 6. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), +1:08.966; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +1:21.629; 8. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:42.337; 9. Valentin Teillet (FRA, KTM), +1:43.915; 10. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:52.417;

MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 39:22.107; ; 2. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:02.998; 3. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:05.224; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:39.306; 5. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +0:48.873; 6. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:50.140; 7. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:53.176; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), +1:06.550; 9. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:11.730; 10. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +1:21.620;

MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 45 points; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 42 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 40 p.; 4. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 39 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 32 p.; 6. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 31 p.; 7. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), 24 p.; 8. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), 23 p.; 9. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 22 p.; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 21 p.;

MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 404 points; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 330 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 308 p.; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 286 p.; 5. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 249 p.; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 246 p.; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 236 p.; 8. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 214 p.; 9. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 209 p.; 10. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), 182 p.;

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 442 points; 2. Suzuki, 347 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 316 p.; 4. Yamaha, 310 p.; 5. Honda, 72 p.; 6. TM, 18 p.;
 
Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx  
 
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery 

GP OF LATVIA – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1540 mt
Type of ground: sand
Temperature: 22° C
Weather conditions: sunny
Crowd attendance: 17000
 
As the whole FIM Motocross World Championship, this Grand Prix and the FIM Women’s World Championship Race 2 will be broadcast live and delayed. Click here to see schedule and coverage online.
 
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21 JUIN : WMX, news by Youthstream.

Papenmeier’s victory adds drama in the championship

TEUTSCHENTHAL (GERMANY), 19 June 2010 – Home rider Larissa Papenmeier went out with Saturday’s race victory, followed by her compatriot Stephanie Laier. Pole setter Livia Lancelot finished third after having a good start and being able to ride second during the first laps.

Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2's Papenmeier drove her German fans crazy after getting the holeshot and succeeded to keep Lancelot and Laier’s pressure during the whole race. The French rider had a tough fight during the first 5 laps with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Laier, who was finally able to overtake Lancelot in one of the last turns of the track taking advantage of a lapped rider.

Diga KTM’s Maria Franke had to push really hard to finish fourth as she could not get a good line in the start. The German managed to pass the fifth classified Chiara Fontanesi just at the penultimate lap of the race.

Tomorrow’s race may change notoriously the FIM WMX Championship Classification, as top 5 riders are really tight in points and this would contribute for an exciting weekend for the German fans.

WMX Qualifying top ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KTM), 2:20.413; 2. Maria Franke (GER, KTM), +0:00.774; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +0:01.657; 4. Stephanie Laier (GER, KTM), +0:02.409; 5. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:02.611; 6. Elin Mann (SWE, KTM), +0:03.260; 7. Natalie Kane (GBR, KTM), +0:03.822; 8. Marielle De Mol (NED, Yamaha), +0:06.446; 9. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Honda), +0:06.542; 10. Elien De Winter (BEL, KTM), +0:07.170;

WMX Race 1 top ten: 1. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), 26:23.984; ; 2. Stephanie Laier (GER, KTM), +0:04.145; 3. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KTM), +0:22.511; 4. Maria Franke (GER, KTM), +0:41.284; 5. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:50.967; 6. Natalie Kane (GBR, KTM), +1:01.804; 7. Marielle De Mol (NED, Yamaha), +1:10.459; 8. Elin Mann (SWE, KTM), +1:14.198; 9. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Honda), +1:23.617; 10. Elien De Winter (BEL, KTM), +1:38.374

Papenmeier’s first victory in the FIM WMX Championship

TEUTSCHENTHAL (GERMANY), 20 June 2010 – Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2’s Papenmeier got her first ever round victory in the FIM Women’s World Championship in front of 35.000 spectators. Chiara Fontanesi finished second, after achieving second moto’s victory, and Livia Lancelot completed the podium with a double third place. Championship leader Stephanie Laier did not have an easy weekend at home but she still managed fourth overall.

Larissa Papenmeier had a perfect weekend in Teutschenthal winning the first race on Saturday and being second in the last moto. The German rider starred in a tight second moto finale and crossed the finish line less than a second behind Fontanesi as she did not know she was already the virtual round winner with that second position. Chiara Fontanesi was eighth on Saturday but she managed to get a good start in the second moto riding after Stephanie Laier, who was the first one to go past the first turn of the German track.

KTM HDI MX’s Lancelot succeeded in being on the third step of the podium after not an outstanding performance in her home round in France. The French rider was able to get two good starts in both races and she managed to keep her rhythm throughout the two motos. However, she is still not 100% satisfied with her results as her goal is riding for the victory and closing the gap with Laier in the championship’s standings.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Laier had an unfortunate weekend at home suffering from two painful crashes already in the qualifying practice and bumping into a lapped rider in the second moto getting her helmet hit while recovering from the clash. She was fourth overall.

Stephanie Laier keeps being the FIM WMX leader 40 points ahead Lancelot, who is now followed by this weekend’s winner Larissa Papenmeier. Fourth is Chiara Fontanesi and fifth is Diga KTM’s Franke, who got an overall fifth position after finishing fourth in both heats.

WMX Race 1 top ten: 1. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), 26:23.984; ; 2. Stephanie Laier (GER, KTM), +0:04.145; 3. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KTM), +0:22.511; 4. Maria Franke (GER, KTM), +0:41.284; 5. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:50.967; 6. Natalie Kane (GBR, KTM), +1:01.804; 7. Marielle De Mol (NED, Yamaha), +1:10.459; 8. Elin Mann (SWE, KTM), +1:14.198; 9. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Honda), +1:23.617; 10. Elien De Winter (BEL, KTM), +1:38.374;

WMX Race 2 top ten: 1. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), 25:52.390; ; 2. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +0:00.092; 3. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KTM), +0:23.574; 4. Maria Franke (GER, KTM), +0:36.021; 5. Stephanie Laier (GER, KTM), +0:46.799; 6. Natalie Kane (GBR, KTM), +1:14.068; 7. Marielle De Mol (NED, Yamaha), +1:14.969; 8. Elin Mann (SWE, KTM), +2:10.843; 9. Elien De Winter (BEL, KTM), +2:29.965; 10. Brenda Wagemans (BEL, KTM), +2:34.323;

WMX Overall top ten: 1. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), 47 points; 2. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), 41 p.; 3. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Stephanie Laier (GER, KTM), 38 p.; 5. Maria Franke (GER, KTM), 36 p.; 6. Natalie Kane (GBR, KTM), 30 p.; 7. Marielle De Mol (NED, Yamaha), 28 p.; 8. Elin Mann (SWE, KTM), 26 p.; 9. Elien De Winter (BEL, KTM), 23 p.; 10. Sara Petterson (SWE, KTM), 19 p.;

WMX Championship top ten: 1. Stephanie Laier (GER, KTM), 230 points; 2. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KTM), 190 p.; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), 184 p.; 4. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), 178 p.; 5. Maria Franke (GER, KTM), 177 p.; 6. Natalie Kane (GBR, KTM), 158 p.; 7. Marielle De Mol (NED, Yamaha), 134 p.; 8. Elin Mann (SWE, KTM), 121 p.; 9. Elien De Winter (BEL, KTM), 111 p.; 10. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Honda), 78 p.;

WMX Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 239 points; 2. Suzuki, 186 p.; 3. Yamaha, 182 p.; 4. Honda, 108 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 12 p.;

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx

Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery


GERMAN ROUND – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1710 mt
Type of ground: hard pack
Temperature: 25° C
Weather conditions: changeable, in between cloudy and sunny
Crowd attendance: 35000

As the whole FIM Motocross World Championship, this Grand Prix and the FIM Women’s World Championship Race 2 will be broadcast live and delayed. Click here to see schedule and coverage online.

NEXT ROUND

The FIM Women’s World Championship will continue in more than a month with the penultimate round of the season set for Locket, Czech Republic, on the August 8 weekend.

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21 JUIN : MOTOCROSS, news by Youthstream.

De Dycker celebrates birthday with first season’s win

TEUTSCHENTHAL (GERMANY), 20 June 2010 – Taking his first win of 2010 and also first on a Yamaha machine, Ken De Dycker dominated the German Grand Prix with two moto wins. Marvin Musquin won in the MX2 class despite a strong Ken Roczen dominated the final heat in front of his home fans.

Clement Desalle took second on the MX1 podium courtesy of two third place finishes while an ill David Philippaerts was third overall. Tony Cairoli retained the red plate as he ended fourth overall ahead of Xavier Boog.

Ken Roczen won heat two in dominant style but took second overall on the podium as he was slowed down in heat one by problems to his goggles. Zach Osborne was third and mounted on his third consecutive podium. Jeremy Van Horebeek and Steven Frossard completed the top five.

Jason Clermont was the first to beat EMX 125 series leader Jordi Tixier as the two ended first and second respectively on the German podium. Yohan Lafont completed the top three.
 
MX1
Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci’s De Dycker managed to take his first season’s overall victory in Germany, where he won both moto’s after hard fights with his rivals on the day of his 26th birthday. Taking an early lead in heat one, De Dycker pulled away to win with a nine second advantage from Philippaerts. In moto two instead the Belgian had to work his way up to first and was chased by Cairoli until the chequered flag, which he crossed just two tenths of a second before the Italian.

After taking his first season’s pole yesterday, Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1’s Desalle struggled in the races and made it to an eventual second overall. The Belgian was leading the opening heat when he crashed and recovered to an eventual third after a three way battle for second with Boog and Philippaerts. In the second heat Desalle was leading again but was passed first by De Dycker then by Cairoli and took another third place.

Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross’ Philippaerts completed the podium despite being ill. The Italian fought hard for second in heat one and completed the day with a fifth place in moto two.

Italy fellow rider Cairoli of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1 was a bitter fourth overall. Cairoli tangled up with Leok at the start of heat one and was forced to recover from the tail of the group to sixth. In moto two the MX1 Championship leader rode strong to trouble De Dycker in the final laps and take an eventual second place.

Kawasaki Racing’s Boog completed the top five after leading both races. The French was fast in the early stages of both heats –he even took the holeshot in heat one- but dropped down the bottom of the top five as the races went on.

Home rider Nagl took sixth overall despite riding with a broken left collarbone from the French round.

Guarneri, who was a solid third in yesterday’s qualifying, was ninth overall as he struggled during the GP heats while Honda fellow rider Ferris of Australia ended his maiden GP in 16th place.

A crash caused Pourcel a head concussion and the French will miss the forthcoming two GP’s.
 
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 40:39.611; ; 2. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:09.467; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:20.240; 4. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:22.112; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:23.556; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:24.725; 7. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:29.662; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:32.723; 9. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:35.193; 10. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), +0:35.686;

MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 40:07.513; ; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:00.252; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:13.132; 4. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:27.811; 5. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:34.169; 6. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), +0:38.707; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:41.813; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:46.007; 9. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:48.659; 10. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), +0:50.042;

MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 50 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 40 p.; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 38 p.; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 37 p.; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 36 p.; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 30 p.; 7. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 26 p.; 8. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 26 p.; 9. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 25 p.; 10. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 20 p.;

MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 341 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 276 p.; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 267 p.; 4. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 251 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 248 p.; 6. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 237 p.; 7. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 217 p.; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 182 p.; 9. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 165 p.; 10. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 149 p.;

MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 370 points; 2. Suzuki, 326 p.; 3. Yamaha, 320 p.; 4. Honda, 249 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 244 p.; 6. TM, 116 p.; 7. Aprilia, 116 p.; 8. CCM, 11 p.; 9. Husqvarna, 4 p.;
 
Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx  
 
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery 
 
MX2
It was again Musquin who topped the podium at the end of the German Grand Prix, which marked victory number seven of 2010 for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2 rider from France. Musquin took victory in the first moto after moving past team mate Herlings but could not overtake second moto leader Roczen, ending first ahead of Musquin.

Second overall was last year’s German GP winner Roczen. The Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2 teenager struggled with his goggles in the first heat, riding with no eyes protection and dropping down from third to fifth. In the final moto instead Roczen took a dominant victory to secure the overall podium and reinforce his second place in the series behind Musquin.

Bike-it Cosworth Yamaha UK’s Osborne was third overall as he took his third consecutive podium since his home GP in USA. Osborne struggled in the opening heat and took a fourth place with just two laps to go. He performed better in the final moto, ending third and securing the overall podium.

Kawasaki CLS’ racers completed the top five but it was a bitter result for the squad having Frossard in fourth and Van Horebeek in fifth. After taking second and third in moto one with Van Horebeek and Frossard respectively, both crashed in moto two and had to work hard to get back into the top ten.

Tonus was sixth ahead of Charlier and Simpson, with the latter taking the holeshot in moto two. Paulin and Vongsana completed the top ten.

Herlings stopped for technical issues in heat one and was eighth in moto two for a final 13th.
 
MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 40:44.108; ; 2. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:04.645; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:12.812; 4. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +0:31.456; 5. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:35.632; 6. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), +0:41.892; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:43.478; 8. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:44.200; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:03.398; 10. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +1:03.791;

MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 40:06.652; ; 2. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:26.568; 3. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +0:36.614; 4. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:47.311; 5. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), +1:00.947; 6. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:06.656; 7. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +1:16.155; 8. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +1:18.283; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:20.736; 10. Michael Leib (USA, Kawasaki), +1:21.304;

MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 47 points; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 41 p.; 3. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 38 p.; 4. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 38 p.; 5. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 36 p.; 6. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 31 p.; 7. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), 24 p.; 8. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 24 p.; 10. Khounsith Vongsana (FRA, KTM), 19 p.;

MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 365 points; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 288 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 268 p.; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 241 p.; 5. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 233 p.; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 225 p.; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 214 p.; 8. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 209 p.; 9. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 183 p.; 10. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 158 p.;

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 392 points; 2. Suzuki, 305 p.; 3. Yamaha, 277 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 276 p.; 5. Honda, 65 p.; 6. TM, 18 p.;
 
Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx  
 
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery 
 
GP OF GERMANY – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1710 mt
Type of ground: hard pack
Temperature: 25° C
Weather conditions: changeable, in between cloudy and sunny
Crowd attendance: 35000
 
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15 JUIN : ENDURO, news by Seb Guillaume / Ciblekom.

GRAND PRIX DE POLOGNE

Photo Jonty Edmunds

Salut à tous,

Après un Grand Prix d’Italie éprouvant, le quatrième rendez-vous de l’EWC 2010 était donné au nord de la Pologne le week-end dernier. Ma main étant quasiment réparée à 100% je comptais bien figurer aux avant-postes. Le terrain sablonneux imposait d’avoir du rythme et de l’attaque, notamment dans deux des trois spéciales où les chronos étaient de huit et dix minutes. Pour la première fois depuis le début de l’année nous n’avons pas eu de prologue le vendredi soir, ce qui n’est pas plus mal d’un point de vue sportif.

Samedi la journée commence très mal pour moi puisque, dès la première spéciale, je chute à deux reprises. Ces erreurs me coûtent presque cinquante secondes, donc beaucoup trop pour imaginer pouvoir monter sur le podium à la régulière. Les spéciales s’enchainent et je ne trouve pas le rythme. Mes temps sont bons, en particulier dans le « Cross-test », mais mon retard est trop conséquent et je ne parviens qu’à remonter en quatrième place à seulement deux dixièmes de seconde de Marcus KEHR. David Knight remporte la journée devant Simone Albergoni, Christophe Nambotin victime d’une casse mécanique ne termine malheureusement pas la journée.

Le lendemain je collectionne les quatrièmes temps tout au long de la journée. Je n’arrive pas à avoir de l’engagement et de l’attaque. De nouveau je passe complètement à côté de ma course. Je conclue quatrième, assez déçu de ne pas avoir eu le sentiment d’être dans le coup. En 2008 j’avais bien roulé en Pologne et le tracé était le même. J’étais en bonne forme physique, je n’ai pas souffert de la main, je ne comprends donc pas vraiment ce manque de sensations.

Je repars de Pologne quatrième du classement provisoire général à 27 points de Christophe qui occupe la troisième marche du podium. Simone Albergoni le précède de 3 points et David est loin devant avec 53 points d’avance sur moi. Dès le week-end prochain nous serons à Puchov, en Slovaquie pour le cinquième Grand Prix de la saison. Je compte bien tout faire pour renouer avec la victoire en Grand Prix le plus vite possible.

A très bientôt !

Seb

08 JUIN : PHOTO REPORT WMX GP of FRANCE ST JEAN D'ANGELY (17).