TONY
CAIROLI SCORES A DOUBLE IN BELGIUM
The
Sidi champion continues his domination in World Series MX1
Tony Cairoli won the Belgian
Grand Prix in the MX1 class, which was held on Sunday, June 17 on
the Bastogne circuit in Wallonia. This win counts as the eighth race in the 2012 World Championship
series. A gutsy and determined Cairoli won the race his way, clearly dominating
both heats, thus handing Sidi another great win. The five-time World
Champion is sending out a strong message to all his adversaries by winning in Belgium, home of his number one rival Clemente Desalle, who was second today in
the final standings of the grand prix after coming in third in both
races.
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The track was new to everyone, but the number-one world motocross rider
had no problems. Tony
Cairoli was riding his KTM wearing his inseparable Sidi Crossfire boots.
In the first heat he dominated from the very start, coming in ahead of
Frenchman Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki)
and Belgian Clement Desalle (Suzuki). In the second heat the rider from Messina beat Frenchman Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki), Belgians
Clement Desalle (Suzuki), and Kevin Stijbos (KTM) and Russian Evgeny Bobryshev
(Honda).
The General Classification for the World Series is at the halfway mark
after eight out of the sixteen scheduled races, and Tony Cairoli is way out in
front with 345 points, a good lead on the second placed rider, Clement
Desalle with 298 points. After
them Christophe Pourcel is in third place with 292 points and Gautier Paulin is
fourth with 289 points.
“I'm happy I won in Belgium, which is kind of like my second home and
the birthplace of this sport; it meant a lot to me to make it to the highest
step of the podium in this race," explains Cairoli. “Well, I did it and in addition to the victory I
gained some important points for the classification. I knew it would be
important to get a good start and I managed to do so. In the first heat
everything went according to plan. I took off in the lead and went long on my
adversaries so that I could control the advantage. In the second heat I caught
up, being careful not to make any errors. Then once I was ahead I managed to
gain a slight advantage over Desalle and administer the race to the finish
line.”
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