De
Dycker takes first season win at home – Musquin makes victorious comeback
in MX2
 Taking
his first season win at home De Dycker moved up to fourth in the
Championship while Musquin won a wet MX2 Grand Prix to build on his
Championship lead.
Nilsson wrapped up the World
Cup win yesterday already but carried on winning the second moto today for a
dominant overall win ahead of Van Grinsven and Engdahl.
Nagl and Cairoli completed the
MX1 podium while Belgians Roelants and Verbruggen were second and third
overall in MX2.
MX1
Despite crashing in
yesterday’s qualifying Teka Suzuki World MX1 De Dycker remained positive
and started off the Grand Prix with a strong win in the opening moto. The
Belgian passed countryman Desalle after a couple of laps and carried on to
win with a big advantage over the LS Motors man. The final heat was harder
for De Dycker but he soldiered on to finish third and grasp his first
season’s win at home, moving up to fourth in the Championship as well.
Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing’s Nagl was second overall, mounting again on the podium in Lommel
after last year’s third place finish. Nagl won the final moto but
struggled in the first heat after a bad start – he finished sixth
eventually.
Championship leader Cairoli
turned a bad weekend into a good one, as he secured the podium despite a
disastrous qualifying yesterday and lost just two points from runner up
Nagl. Cairoli took two bad starts in the heats but recovered to fifth and
second in each moto.
Ramon was fourth overall at
his comeback race after he injured his neck at Valkenswaard. The overall
result, including a third place finish from heat one, showed the Belgian is
ready for a strong finale to the 2009 season.
Being the third home rider in
the top five, Desalle was fifth overall as a second moto crash at the first
corner damaged his pipe – after a noise control Desalle was given a one
minute penalty and dropped down to ninth.
Aprilia Racing’s Priem ended
eighth overall despite two good starts to the heats. The Belgian ended right
ahead of defending Champion Philippaerts, who had a bad day.
Strijbos, coming back this
weekend despite another crash last week hampered his right shoulder, was
ninth in heat one but had to pull out of heat two due to a technical issue.
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Ken de
Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 43:03.805; ; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda),
+0:06.893; 3. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:18.879; 4. Joshua Coppins (NZL,
Yamaha), +0:48.843; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), +0:49.076; 6.
Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:50.650; 7. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha),
+1:11.853; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha), +1:13.690; 9. Kevin Strijbos (BEL,
Honda), +2:04.985; 10. Manuel Priem (BEL, Aprilia), +2:31.170;
MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1.
Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 41:54.880; ; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha),
+0:30.961; 3. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), +0:49.586; 4. Steve Ramon (BEL,
Suzuki), +0:58.857; 5. Manuel Priem (BEL, Aprilia), +1:14.596; 6. Tanel Leok
(EST, Yamaha), +1:14.903; 7. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), +1:47.985; 8.
Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Kawasaki), +2:08.690; 9. Clement Desalle (BEL,
Honda), +2:14.637; 10. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), -1 lap(s);
MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Ken de
Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 45 points; 2. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 40 p.; 3.
Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), 38 p.; 4. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 38 p.;
5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda), 34 p.; 6. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), 32
p.; 7. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha), 28 p.; 8. Manuel Priem (BEL, Aprilia), 27
p.; 9. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 25 p.; 10. Shannon Terreblanche (RSA,
Kawasaki), 14 p.;
MX1 Championship top ten: 1.
Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), 466 points; 2. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM),
415 p.; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 388 p.; 4. Ken de Dycker (BEL,
Suzuki), 383 p.; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda), 379 p.; 6. Joshua Coppins
(NZL, Yamaha), 375 p.; 7. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha), 327 p.; 8. Jonathan
Barragan (ESP, KTM), 215 p.; 9. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Kawasaki), 188 p.;
10. Aigar Leok (EST, TM), 167 p.;
MX1 Manufacturers: 1. Yamaha,
529 points; 2. KTM, 475 p.; 3. Honda, 414 p.; 4. Suzuki, 398 p.; 5.
Kawasaki, 242 p.; 6. Aprilia, 189 p.; 7. TM, 167 p.; 8. CCM, 123 p.; 9.
Husaberg, 0 p.; 10. Husqvarna, 0 p.;
De
Dycker topped the MX1 podium in Lommel
MX2
Musquin made a superb comeback
to the GP scene by taking victories in both Belgian motos, winning his first
GP on the sand since he is racing in the World series. The Frenchman of Red
Bull KTM Factory Racing went on to win both heats with a large advantage, as
he even made to cross the finish line with an 18 seconds lead in the second
moto.
Roelants took the second spot
on the overall podium, with the Belgian taking the honour of becoming the
highest placed home rider in a hard fought GP. KTM Factory Junior MX2’s
Roelants was stuck in third in moto one with damaged goggles but in the
final heat he stormed to a well deserved second.
LS Motors Honda’s Verbruggen
grasped his maiden podium at home. The former European Champion took fifth
in heat one and added a strong third place finish in moto two to leave
Goncalves outside the podium by just one point.
The Portuguese was second in
heat one but he ended a tough final heat in eighth, dropping down to fourth
overall. The main consolation for Goncalves was his move up to second in the
Championship, right ahead of previous runner up Paulin.
An incredible Roczen took
fifth overall courtesy of two strong recoveries – the young German started
from 35th after he damaged the bike in a qualifying tangle.
Suzuki fellow rider Jorgensen was a surprising sixth.
Kawasaki fellow riders Paulin
and Frossard had a tough weekend as they ended 14th and 35th
respectively – Frossard actually had two dnf.
MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Marvin
Musquin (FRA, KTM), 41:56.587; ; 2. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:09.841; 3.
Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:20.355; 4. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM),
+1:55.488; 5. Dennis Verbruggen (BEL, Honda), +2:03.427; 6. Ken Roczen (GER,
Suzuki), +2:17.114; 7. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +2:22.731; 8. Rasmus
Jorgensen (DEN, Suzuki), +2:25.810; 9. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha),
+2:30.504; 10. Loic Larrieu (FRA, Yamaha), +2:35.433;
MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Marvin
Musquin (FRA, KTM), 41:57.742; ; 2. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:18.051; 3.
Dennis Verbruggen (BEL, Honda), +0:35.797; 4. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha),
+1:01.908; 5. Marcus Schiffer (GER, KTM), +1:14.808; 6. Ken Roczen (GER,
Suzuki), +1:28.517; 7. Rasmus Jorgensen (DEN, Suzuki), +1:29.605; 8. Rui
Goncalves (POR, KTM), +1:32.435; 9. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha),
+2:02.999; 10. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), +2:10.331;
MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Marvin
Musquin (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 42 p.; 3. Dennis
Verbruggen (BEL, Honda), 36 p.; 4. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 35 p.; 5. Ken
Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 30 p.; 6. Rasmus Jorgensen (DEN, Suzuki), 27 p.; 7.
Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 26 p.; 8. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), 26 p.;
9. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 23 p.; 10. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), 23
p.;
MX2 Championship top ten: 1.
Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 421 points; 2. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 383 p.;
3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 372 p.; 4. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha),
357 p.; 5. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 284 p.; 6. Ken Roczen (GER,
Suzuki), 269 p.; 7. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 229 p.; 8. Joel Roelants
(BEL, KTM), 222 p.; 9. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 222 p.; 10. Xavier Boog
(FRA, Suzuki), 197 p.;
MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 517
points; 2. Kawasaki, 441 p.; 3. Yamaha, 414 p.; 4. Suzuki, 375 p.; 5. Honda,
313 p.; 6. TM, 9 p.;
Musquin
flying on the Belgian sand
VETERANS
Despite having been crowned
World Cup winner yesterday already, Swedish Nilsson went on to take his
fourth consecutive moto win, mounting on the top step of the podium for the
second consecutive round. Van Grinsven ended second overall courtesy of two
runner up finishes while Engdahl completed the podium as he finished third
twice.
With Nilsson securing the
World Cup victory at the end of the 2009 FIM Veterans’ World Cup,
Lhertiteau ended second despite a tough Belgian round – he finished 11th
overall. Injured Iven was third in the Cup but he could not defend the
number one plate as he injured himself ahead of the penultimate round in
Latvia.
VETERANS Race 1 top ten: 1.
Mats Nilsson (SWE, Yamaha), 26:43.514; ; 2. Ton van Grinsven (NED, KTM),
+0:03.727; 3. Jonas Engdahl (SWE, KTM), +2:14.051; 4. Koos Dijkstra (NED,
Honda), +2:33.685; 5. Freddy Verherstraeten (BEL, Kawasaki), +2:36.081; 6.
Johan Aerts (BEL, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 7. Andres Krestinov (EST, KTM), -1
lap(s); 8. Chris Symons (BEL, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 9. Peter Bergsma (NED, KTM),
-1 lap(s); 10. Kim Hellman (FIN, Honda), -1 lap(s);
VETERANS Race 2 top ten: 1.
Mats Nilsson (SWE, Yamaha), 27:43.888; ; 2. Ton van Grinsven (NED, KTM),
+0:04.369; 3. Jonas Engdahl (SWE, KTM), +1:14.217; 4. Koos Dijkstra (NED,
Honda), +2:37.099; 5. Freddy Verherstraeten (BEL, Kawasaki), +2:40.367; 6.
Andres Krestinov (EST, KTM), -1 lap(s); 7. Peter Bergsma (NED, KTM), -1
lap(s); 8. Johan Aerts (BEL, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 9. Roger Jacobsson (SWE,
Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 10. Christophe LherIteau (FRA, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s);
VETERANS Overall top ten: 1.
Mats Nilsson (SWE, Yamaha), 50 points; 2. Ton van Grinsven (NED, KTM), 44
p.; 3. Jonas Engdahl (SWE, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Koos Dijkstra (NED, Honda), 36
p.; 5. Freddy Verherstraeten (BEL, Kawasaki), 32 p.; 6. Andres Krestinov (EST,
KTM), 29 p.; 7. Johan Aerts (BEL, Yamaha), 28 p.; 8. Peter Bergsma (NED, KTM),
26 p.; 9. Roger Jacobsson (SWE, Yamaha), 22 p.; 10. Kim Hellman (FIN,
Honda), 21 p.;
VETERANS Cup top ten: 1. Mats
Nilsson (SWE, Yamaha), 232 points; 2. Christophe Lhertiteau (FRA, Kawasaki),
153 p.; 3. Peter Iven (BEL, Honda), 144 p.; 4. Erwin Hendrickx (NED, Honda),
126 p.; 5. Andres Krestinov (EST, KTM), 112 p.; 6. Koos Dijkstra (NED,
Honda), 99 p.; 7. Jan Blancquaert (BEL, Suzuki), 90 p.; 8. Peter Bergsma
(NED, KTM), 81 p.; 9. Ton van Grinsven (NED, KTM), 78 p.; 10. Juri Makarov (EST,
Honda), 74 p.;
Nilsson
was pumped with his first ever Cup Victory
\\Mikkel
2/8 2009
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