Italy’s defending champion Antonio Cairoli and German teenager Ken Roczen handed two overall victories to KTM at La Salgada at the weekend, the Spanish Grand Prix, the seventh round of 15 in the motocross world championships.

Belgian Suzuki rider Clement Desalle is still the leader of the MX1 class and Roczen regained the red plate from his Dutch team-mate Jeffery Herlings.

Cairoli had a great weekend in Spain dominating Saturday’s qualifying race and obtaining a 2-1 result the following day. Second overall was Italian former world champion David Philippaerts, who was on the podium in La Bañeza after two difficult Grand Prix.

The third step of the podium was for his Yamaha team-mate Steven Frossard thanks to his 1-9 result. Fourth was Portugal’s Rui Gonçalves and completing the top five was French rider Xavier Boog.

Roczen succeeded in winning both heats even suffering from heavy pain on his back, and he placed himself first in the point standings of the MX2 class with six points advantage over Herlings.

Thanks to two-second places, Britain’s Tommy Searle was on the second step of the podium and Frenchman Gautier Paulin completed the top three. Fourth was Herlings and Switzerland’s Arnaud Tonus was fifth.

The second race of the UEM EMX-2 series took place early in the morning and French rider Dylan Ferrandis went out with another win, which gave him the second round victory in a row. Second was Filip Bengtsson with a 2-2 result and the third step of the rostrum was for Donny Bastemeijer. Charles Lefrançois finished fourth overall but he became the new leader of the championship with a five-point advantage over Romain Febvre.

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GP of Spain results

MX1 CLASS:

MX1 Moto one: 1. Steven Frossard (Yam); 2. Antonio Cairoli (KTM); 3. David Philippaerts (Yam); 4. Max  Nagl (KTM); 5. Clement Desalle (Suz); 6. Steve Ramon (Suz); 7. Rui Goncalves (Hon); 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (Hon); 9. Jonathan Barragan (Kaw); 10. Xavier Boog (Kaw); 11. Ken de Dycker (Hon); 12. Davide Guarneri (Kaw); 13. Tanel Leok ™; 14. Anthony Boissiere (Yam); 15. Marcus Schiffer (Suz)

MX1 moto two: 1. Antonio Cairoli (KTM); 2. Tanel Leok ™; 3. Clement Desalle (Suz); 4. David Philippaerts (Yam); 5. Jonathan Barragan (Kaw); 6. Max Nagl (KTM); 7. Evgeny Bobryshev (Hon); 8. Xavier  Boog (Kaw); 9. Steven Frossard (Yam); 10. Rui Goncalves (Hon); 11. Ken De Dycker (Hon); 12. Steve Ramon (Suz); 13. Anthony Boissiere (Yam); 14. Marcus Schiffer (Suz); 15. Carlos Campano (Yam)

MX1 O/A: 1. Cairoli 47pts, 2. Philippaerts 38pts, 3. Frossard 37pts, 4. Desalle 36pts, 5. Nagl 33pts, 6. Leok 30pts, 7. Barragan 28pts, 8. Bobryshev 27pts, 9. Goncalves 25pts, 10. Boog 24pts

MX1 championship points:

1. Desalle 285pts,

2. Cairoli 284pts,

3. Frossard 250pts,

4. Nagl 225pts,

5. Bobryshev 204pts,

6. Philippaerts 199pts,

7. Goncalves 192pts,

8. Barragan 164pts,

9. Boog 161pts,

10. Ramon 149pts,

11. Strijbos 143pts,

12. De Dycker 137pts,

13. Leok 133pts,

14. Boissiere 96pts,

15. Simpson 89pts

MX2 CLASS:

MX2 moto one: 1. Ken Roczen (KTM); 2. Tommy Searle (Kaw); 3. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM); 4. Gautier Paulin (Yam); 5. Nicolas Aubin (KTM); 6. Arnaud Tonus (Yam); 7. Joel Roelants (KTM); 8. Nick Triest (KTM); 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yam); 10. Harri Kullas (Yam); 11. Jose Butron (KTM); 12. Mike Kras (Suz); 13. Alessandro Lupino (Husky); 14. Jake Nicholls (KTM); 15. Petar Petrov (Yam)

MX2 moto two: 1. Ken Roczen (KTM); 2. Tommy Searle (Kaw); 3. Gautier Paulin (Yam); 4. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM); 5. Arnaud Tonus (Yam); 6. Zach Osborne (Yam); 7. Joel Roelants (KTM); 8. Nicolas Aubin (KTM); 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yam); 10. Harri Kullas (Yam); 11. Jake Nicholls (KTM); 12. Alessandro Lupino (Husky); 13. Jordi Trixier (KTM); 14. Michael Leib (Husky); 15. Nick Triest (KTM)

MX2 O/A: 1. Roczen 50pts, 2. Searle 44pts, 3. Paulin 38pts, 4. Herlings 38pts, 5. Tonus 31pts, 6. Aubin 29pts, 7. Joel Roelants 28pts, 8. Glenn Coldenhoff 24pts, 9. Harri Kullas 22pts, 10. Nick Triest 19pts

MX2 championship points:

1. Ken Roczen 301pts,

2. Jeffrey Herlings 295pts,

3. Tommy Searle 268pts,

4. Gautier Paulin 234pts,

5. Zach Osborne 213,

6. Arnaud Tonus 197pts,

7. Max Anstie 167pts,

8. Joel Roelants 166pts,

9. Harri Kullas 164pts,

10. Nicolas Aubin 151pts,

11. Christophe Charlier 130pts,

12. Glenn Coldenhoff 90pts,

13. Jordi Tixier 83pts,

14. Alexander Lupino 79pts,

15. Oliva Butron 62pts.