De Dycker wins
By Infront Moto Racing on 6th Apr 09
SEVLIEVO (BULGARIA), 5 April 2009 A great Motocross show went on today with four exciting moto's in between the MX1 and MX2 classes which were won respectively by Josh Coppins and Marvin Musquin.
Clinching two second places Coppins was back to victory after a oneyear absence from the top step of the podium while Musquin sealed hisand Honda's maiden MX2 Grand Prix win courtesy of a dominantperformance in heat one.
MX1
Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross' Josh Coppins took his last GP win inTeutschenthal 2008 and this was a great comeback for the Kiwi atSevlievo. Coppins went 2-2 battling it out with De Dycker in heat oneand Barragan in heat two where he led during some laps.
Jonathan Barragan of KTM Silver Action took his personal revengewith the Sevlievo track where last year he crashed while on route tohis maiden GP win. The Spaniard was strong in the final part of heatone, trying to pass Nagl several times at the last laps and eventuallysettling down for fourth. His last moto ended with victory as Barraganwas second on the podium.
New Championship leader Ken de Dycker of Teka Suzuki WMX1 won theopening heat but a tough second moto saw him drop to the third step ofthe podium. The Belgian needs to defend his Championship lead alreadynext weekend as he is just one point ahead of Coppins.
Coppins' team mate David Philippaerts brought the factory Yamahahome in fourth overall after a strong second heat. Philippaerts movedpast Nagl with two laps to go and was then followed by Cairoli, withthe duo taking third and fourth.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Nagl rounded off the top five ahead oftwo time MX2 World Champion Cairoli, who was hampered by a crash in thefirst heat. Nagl took the holeshot in both races and finished with athird and a fifth place.
Previous Championship leader Tanel Leok was seventh overall and dropped down to third in the Championship.
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 39:32.380; ; 2.Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), +0:01.654; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM),+0:03.134; 4. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, KTM), +0:04.667; 5. DavidPhilippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:20.761; 6. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha),+0:24.429; 7. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), +0:34.633; 8. Steve Ramon(BEL, Suzuki), +0:39.058; 9. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Honda), +0:40.287;10. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda), +0:53.605;
MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, KTM), 39:49.118; ;2. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), +0:03.716; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA,Yamaha), +0:04.672; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), +0:05.144; 5.Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:16.094; 6. Tanel Leok (EST, Yamaha),+0:34.952; 7. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:45.789; 8. Ken de Dycker(BEL, Suzuki), +0:53.790; 9. Billy Mackenzie (GBR, Honda), +1:00.398;10. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Kawasaki), +1:04.942;
MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), 44 points; 2.Jonathan Barragan (ESP, KTM), 43 p.; 3. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 38p.; 4. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 36 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl(GER, KTM), 36 p.; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), 32 p.; 7. TanelLeok (EST, Yamaha), 30 p.; 8. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 27 p.; 9.David Vuillemin (FRA, Kawasaki), 20 p.; 10. Clement Desalle (BEL,Honda), 17 p.;
MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 60points; 2. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), 59 p.; 3. Tanel Leok (EST,Yamaha), 55 p.; 4. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, KTM), 54 p.; 5. MaximilianNagl (GER, KTM), 50 p.; 6. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 48 p.; 7.Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), 48 p.; 8. Clement Desalle (BEL, Honda),37 p.; 9. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 36 p.; 10. Aigar Leok (EST, TM),23 p.;
The MX1 GP podium
MX2
Since the MX2 class was established in 2004 Honda had never taken aGP win but the first career Grand Prix win of Marvin Musquin handed themanufacturer their first success in the class. The Frenchman of TeamNGS dominated the qualifying and started from pole in today's heats. Hewon the first one despite a crash and in the second heat a bad startand several mistakes forced him to settle in third.
Championship leader Gautier Paulin of Team Bud Racing Kawasaki PSM rodetwo smart heats and took two second places that helped him maintain afour point lead over new runner up Musquin.
An all French podium was completed by Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2'sXavier Boog who had never finished on the rostrum before. Finishing twotimes fourth Boog battled it out with Guarneri in the first heat.
Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Ricci's Nicolas Aubin was fourthoverall and missed the podium by just three points. His team mateGuarneri finished right behind him.
Simpson struggled to find his rhythm and finished a bitter sixthoverall ahead of Frossard. The latter was on route to take victory inthe first heat but a technical problem stopped him. The second heat wasa different story for the CLS rider as he went out and took his maidenvictory.
MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, Honda), 40:17.207; ; 2.Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:05.163; 3. Nicolas Aubin (FRA,Yamaha), +0:17.238; 4. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), +0:22.518; 5. DavideGuarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +0:27.039; 6. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha),+0:29.354; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, KTM), +0:29.441; 8. Shaun Simpson(GBR, KTM), +0:33.471; 9. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:52.877; 10.Khounsith Vongsana (FRA, Honda), +0:56.991;
MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 40:29.542; ;2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:04.365; 3. Marvin Musquin (FRA,Honda), +0:18.956; 4. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), +0:20.430; 5. DavideGuarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +0:27.027; 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM),+0:29.204; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:32.492; 8. Nicolas Aubin(FRA, Yamaha), +0:32.882; 9. Marcus Schiffer (GER, KTM), +0:43.521; 10.Arnaud Tonus (SUI, KTM), +0:43.898;
MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, Honda), 45 points; 2.Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 44 p.; 3. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), 36p.; 4. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 33 p.; 5. Davide Guarneri (ITA,Yamaha), 32 p.; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 27 p.; 7. Steven Frossard(FRA, Kawasaki), 25 p.; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, KTM), 25 p.; 9. RuiGoncalves (POR, KTM), 24 p.; 10. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 23 p.;
MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 69points; 2. Marvin Musquin (FRA, Honda), 65 p.; 3. Davide Guarneri (ITA,Yamaha), 50 p.; 4. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 47 p.; 5. Xavier Boog(FRA, Suzuki), 45 p.; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 37 p.; 7. StevenFrossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 33 p.; 8. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 30 p.; 9.Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Yamaha), 28 p.; 10. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, KTM), 25p.;
Musquin took his and Honda's maiden MX2 GP win
THE GP OF BULGARIA – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1680 mt
Temperature: 21° C
Weather conditions: dry
Crowd attendance: 28000
As the whole FIM Motocross World Championship, this Grand Prix andthe Women's World Championship Race 2 will be broadcast live anddelayed. Click here to see schedule and coverage online.
NEXT GP
The next round of the World MX1/MX2 Championship isto happen next weekend in Istanbul, Turkey, where the series goes forthe first time. The WMX series continues on May 10 at Agueda, Portugal.