MX1 world championship leader Antonio Cairoli celebrated back-to-back moto wins at round 10 in Sweden at the weekend, perfect timing with the FIM Motocross World Championships due now for a summer break.

That allowed the KTM ace to extend his championship lead to 67 points over Belgian Clement Desalle (Suzuki).

Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Josh Coppins (Aprilia) twice finished 11th and settled for 11th overall for the day.

The man from Motueka remains 14th in the championship standings, just five points behind French rider Anthony Boissiere (TM).

As the gate dropped for moto 1 on Sunday, Coppins did not get the jump he expected and was back in the pack left with loads of work to do.  He put his head down and climbed the ladder, rising up from outside the top 20 at the start of the moto to finish 11th.

A better start in the second moto saw Coppins up in the top 10. He seemed to have 9th spot secured until a fuel pump glitch lost him valuable time and he had to relinquish two positions.

“I’m pretty pleased with the day” explained Coppins. “My riding was good in both motos and I enjoyed racing in these conditions.  The circuit was quite tricky after the morning rain and it was difficult to get grip and drive in most places.  I love racing in front of the Swedish fans as they are really passionate about MX.  I have some good memories from Uddevalla,” said Coppins.

In the MX2 class instead the event marked Steven Frossard’s maiden victory after a battle with German teen Ken Roczen in both heats.

Dealle took two second places for second overall ahead of Suzuki team-mate Steve Ramon, putting together two solid motos and finishing ahead of Evgeny Bobryshev.

In the MX2 class, Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings took second on the podium while French rider Gautier Paulin completed the top three at his first podium appearance of 2010. Roczen instead won the final heat but a technical problem ruled him out of heat one when he was chasing Frossard for first.

Championship leader and defending champion Marvin Musquin finished 4-5 and continues to head the points standings.

In the EMX 125 class Jordi Tixier came back to victory and reinforced his Championship lead. The Swedish podium was completed by Stefan Olsen and Samuele Bernardini.

MX1 CLASS

Taking victory number four of 2010, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1’s Cairoli walked away from Sweden with an extended Championship lead.

The Italian, who won both heats, is now 67 points ahead of Desalle whom he passed for the lead of moto two after having dominated the opening moto.

The Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1 Team completed the overall podium and now looks forward to their home Grand Prix in Lommel, Belgium, coming up next on the August 1 weekend.

Desalle was second overall and collected his fifth consecutive podium. The winner of the last GP in Latvia recovered to second in the opening moto and was again second in the final moto, which he was leading until a hard charging Cairoli moved past him and pulled away.

Ramon mounted on the third step of the podium after a solid final moto. The Belgian, who missed this GP last year due to a neck injury, was close to Desalle towards the end of the heat but decided to settle for an eventual safe third. In moto one instead Ramon was fourth.

Once again CAS Honda’s Bobryshev missed his first podium by a bunch of points. The Russian already came close to the podium in Latvia and took another fourth overall in Sweden after he made a mistake in the final moto, when he tried to move past Desalle for second. He was an eventual fourth in the second moto and fifth in the first one.

Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross’ David Philippaerts completed the top five. After a good third place in the opening moto, the Italian had a bad start to moto two and struggled to recover.

Nagl was sixth ahead of Xavier Boog while Söderström was the best placed home rider with 14th overall. Boissiere was 15th in the standings but a head concussion following a second moto crash ruled him out of the final heat.

In 17th place was David Guarneri who crashed in both motos after taking good starts.

RESULTS:

MX1 Race 1 top 10: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:45.425; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:04.040; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:06.051; 4. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:07.916; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:30.542; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:32.808; 7. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), +1:00.576; 8. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +1:01.791; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:03.015; 10. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, TM), +1:17.633.

MX1 Race 2 top 10: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:13.172; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:02.543; 3. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:04.460; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:12.697; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:13.589; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:23.023; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:32.242; 8. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:50.995; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), +0:53.035; 10. Rui Gonçalves (POR, KTM), +1:01.965.

MX1 Overall top 10: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 44 p.; 3. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 38 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 34 p.; 5. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 33 p.; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 30 p.; 7. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 28 p.; 8. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 27 p.; 9. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), 23 p.; 10. Rui Gonçalves (POR, KTM), 20 p.

MX1 Championship top 10:

1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 434 points;

2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 367;

3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 331;

4. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 315;

5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 306;

6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 276;

7. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 269;

8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 223;

9. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 219;

10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 196.

MX2 CLASS

Kawasaki CLS’s Frossard interrupted KTM’s winning streak in the MX2 class as he took his first ever Grand Prix victory at Uddevalla. The French made up for a disappointing qualifying heat on Saturday –he tangled with Roczen at the opening lap and crashed- with two solid performances today.

Frossard moved past Shaun Simpson and Herlings in heat one to lead until the chequered flag while he let Roczen by in the second moto and took second. The German troubled Frossard also in the opening heat, making mistakes but always coming back to the Frenchman’s tail; eventually a mechanical problem ruled him out with just two laps to go. Now the French has equalled runner up Roczen in the Championship standings with a total of 355 points.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Herlings was a positive second on the podium in Uddevalla, where he had never raced a Grand Prix before. The Dutch, who won in Kegums last weekend, was handed second by Roczen in the opening moto and rounded off the day with a fourth place in the final moto.

With Roczen having pulled away from runner up Frossard, the second moto was added drama by Paulin’s recovery in the final laps.

The French rider worked his way to the first 2010 podium by passing both Musquin and Herlings in the final six laps. Combining a third place in moto two and a fifth in moto one, the French earned the overall podium.

After taking third in the opening moto, Kawasaki CLS’ Van Horebeek was troubled by pain to his neck due to last weekend’s injury. The Belgian could do no better than sixth in the second moto and dropped down to fourth overall.

Championship leader Musquin of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2 was a bitter fifth overall, combining a fourth and a fifth place in the heats. Musquin struggled with bad starts but his main rival in the championship Roczen still scored lass points than him due to his dnf in moto one.

American Michael Leib took his best result of the season with ninth overall right ahead of Simpson. The British rider was leading race one when he was passed by Frossard and crashed.

Harri Kullas took 11th leading a Yamaha trio completed by Alessandro Lupino and Christophe Charlier, with the latter being disappointed with his riding after he almost won Saturday’s qualifying.

A broken rear wheel hampered Valentin Teillet’s ambitions of winning race two, which he started in the top three but ended with a dnf.

A crash at the opening lap and a broken exhaust also spelled an early end to Arnaud Tonus’ last moto.

RESULTS:

MX2 Race 1 top 10: 1. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 40:30.167; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:15.059; 3. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:19.256; 4. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:24.680; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:26.994; 6. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), +0:38.253; 7. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +0:47.162; 8. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:56.185; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:57.897; 10. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:02.637.

MX2 Race 2 top 10: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 39:28.824; 2. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:04.424; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:12.277; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:16.510; 5. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:18.213; 6. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:49.514; 7. Michael Leib (USA, Kawasaki), +0:56.939; 8. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +1:02.272; 9. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +1:14.005; 10. Matiss Karro (LAT, Suzuki), +1:16.545.

MX2 Overall top 10: 1. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 47 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 40 p.; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 36 p.; 4. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 35 p.; 5. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 26 p.; 7. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 26 p.; 8. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 25 p.; 9. Michael Leib (USA, Kawasaki), 22 p.; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 22 p.

MX2 Championship top 10:

1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 438 points;

2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 355;

3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 355;

4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 326;

5. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 275;

6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 268;

7. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 244;

8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 243;

9. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 240;

10. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), 203.

Photo courtesy KTM