2008 FIM World Motocross – Round 5 – Italy
Published May 18th, 2008
Mantova Circuit – Marc de Reuver scores first Grand Prix win in MX1 … Tony Cairoli takes Motocross MX2 win at ‘home’
| MX1 Results | ||
| 1. | Marc de Reuver 3/3 | HON |
| 2. | Seb Pourcel 1/7 | KAW |
| 3. | D Philippaerts 5/2 | YAM |
| 4. | Ken de Dycker 2/6 | SUZ |
| 5. | Max Nagl 12/1 | KTM |
| 6. | Josh Coppins 4/5 | YAM |
| 7. | Billy Mackenzie | HON |
| 8. | Tanel Leok | KAW |
| 9. | Steve Ramon | SUZ |
| 10. | Marcus Schiffer | KTM |
| 11. | Clem Desalle | SUZ |
| 12. | Aigar Leok | YAM |
| 13. | Komel Nemeth | KTM |
| 14. | Manuel Priem | KAW |
| 15. | Tom Church | KAW |
| MX1 Point Standings | ||
| D Philippaerts | 187 | |
| Steve Ramon | 159 | |
| Josh Coppins | 149 | |
| Ken de Dycker | 135 | |
| B Mackenzie | 130 | |
| Seb Pourcel | 129 | |
| M. de Reuver | 116 | |
| Max Nagl | 114 | |
| J Barragan | 105 | |
| Tanel Leok | 98 | |
| Komel Nemeth | 74 | |
| Clem Desalle | 73 | |
| Mike Brown | 70 | |
| Manuel Priem | 67 | |
| Marcus Schiffer | 59 | |
| MX2 Results | ||
| 1. | Tony Cairoli 4/1 | YAM |
| 2. | Tyal Rattray 3/2 | KTM |
| 3. | Tommy Searle 2/3 | KTM |
| 4. | Nic Aubin 1/6 | YAM |
| 5. | Shaun Simpson 7/4 | KTM |
| 6. | Steven Frossard | KAW |
| 7. | J v Horebeek | KTM |
| 8. | R Goncalves | KTM |
| 9. | G Paulin | KAW |
| 10. | Manuel Monni | YAM |
| 11. | Stephen Sword | KAW |
| 12. | Erik Eggens | SUZ |
| 13. | Carl Nunn | SUZ |
| 14. | A Boissiere | KTM |
| 15. | Xavier Boog | SUZ |
| MX2 Point Standings | |
| Tyla Rattray | 199 |
| Tony Cairoli | 196 |
| Tommy Searle | 191 |
| Nicolas Aubin | 146 |
| Rui Goncalves | 132 |
| Shaun Simpson | 124 |
| Stephen Sword | 113 |
| J v Horebeek | 109 |
| Xavier Boog | 99 |
| D. Guarneri | 97 |
| Manuel Monni | 97 |
| G Paulin | 86 |
| A Boissiere | 63 |
| M Musquin | 55 |
| J Roelants | 54 |
Italy
MX1 – Marc de Reuver scored his first ever MX1 Grand Prix win today at the beautiful Mantova, Italy race circuit on the #14 Honda. Seb Pourcel continued his strong showings this year, by winning the first moto, combined with a seventh in the second moto. David Philippaerts scored third overall today, and strengthens his points lead in MX1.
MX2 – ‘Hometown’ rider, and current MX2 Motocross World Champion Tony Cairoli did not disappoint the hometown crowd in coming away with the win in the MX2 (250cc) class. Tony fell in the first moto, but came back to finish fourth. He came back to win the second moto as well.
Tony and Tyla Rattray (South Africa) and even Tommy Searle (England) are the top three contenders in the MX2 series. Tyla is on top with 199, Cairoli second with 196, and Searle just behind with 191. The next race is June 1 in England.
Women’s World Championship Series – Round 2
It was round 2 of the 2008 Women’s World Motocross Championship Series as well in Mantova. The results after two motos for the overall:
- Stephanie Laier (GER, KTM) (photo of her on the #110 KTM)
- Katherine Prumm (NZL, Yamaha)
- Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki)
- Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki)
- Ashley Fiolek (USA, Honda)
Video Highlights
Photo Gallery
Courtesy Youthstream
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