2008 World MXGP Results - Round 5 - Italy - May 18
Mantova Circuit - Marc de Reuver scores first Grand Prix win in MX1 ... Tony Cairoli takes Motocross MX2 win at 'home'
Round 5 - Mantova, Italy - May 18
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
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)
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