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Excitement continued in the FIM Motocross World Championships as the series just saw its penultimate round get underway in Lierop under mixed weather conditions and in front of 35.000 spectators. Home rider Marc de Reuver won in front of the massive crowd as Ken de Dycker and Max Nagl rounded off the podium. David Philippaerts remained the series leader courtesy of two gutsy races as runner up Steve Ramon lost points on the Italian as he finished a bitter eighth.

Tyla Rattray took another GP win to increase his points lead over team mate and runner up Tommy Searle, second on today’s podium. Nicolas Aubin rounded off the top three and moved up to third in the Championship.

The Women’s World Championship ended today with Livia Lancelot taking a clean sweep as the French rider won both the overall and the Title to become the first ever Women’s Motocross World Champion. Steffi Laier took second in the GP and in the Championship.

MX1: Martin Honda’s sand specialist Marc de Reuver took the first ever GP victory on his favourite ground and no other place was better than his home round in Lierop. Winning heat one, De Reuver had a tough time in the final heat as Teka Suzuki WMX1’s Ken de Dycker won to seal the second overall position. On the other hand De Reuver crashed twice but won courtesy of a strong recovery. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Max Nagl rounded off the podium ahead of Yamaha Monster Motocross’ David Philippaerts and team mate Joshua Coppins. Steve Ramon had a tough time and could only manage to finish eighth overall.

Billy Mackenzie sat out of the GP because yesterday’s crash in practice caused him unbearable pain to the rib area.

MX1 RACE 1: De Reuver took victory in heat one after displaying great sand riding skills; the Dutchman felt the pressure of a hungry De Dycker who crashed in the final laps while chasing De Reuver for first. Once De Dycker crashed Philippaerts found himself in second but Barragan, who crashed in the opening laps while chasing early leader Nagl from second, eventually moved past for the runner up spot ahead of Philippaerts. Coppins rode solid to take fourth ahead of Nagl, who crashed with 13 minutes to go. Ramon dropped to seventh after a good start while De Dycker ended eighth.

MX1 RACE 2: An eventful final moto ended with De Dycker on top of the classification from Nagl and De Reuver. The latter put together two impressive recoveries; the first one after he crashed into Barragan, who had previously crashed, and the second one after he crashed when he was at the lead. For the first time in his career Priem led a moto but a mistake saw the Belgian drop down to ninth. Nagl confirmed his solid self by taking second and the same goes for Desalle, finishing fourth ahead of Philippaerts and Coppins. The latter gave victory a go when he stormed to De Dycker’s tail in the final laps but a mistake and a crash hampered his final result. Ramon ended eighth ahead of Priem.

MX2: Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Tyla Rattray took a step closer to the Title by winning the GP of Benelux with a double moto victory. Team mate and runner up in the Championship Tommy Searle took second while Ricci Racing Yamaha’s Nicolas Aubin completed the podium at the end of two hard fought motos. Other Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Rui Goncalves and KTM UK’s Shaun Simpson rounded off the top five ahead of Gert Krestinov and Matiss Karro, both authors of superb performances.

Steven Frossard crashed and injured in the second moto. After he was taken to the hospital to remove a brake peg that penetrated the lower part of his body Frossard is now ok. The fracture to his fibula will prevent him to race Faenza and the Red Bull MXoN as the new French Team’s line up will be announced soon.

MX2 RACE 1: Rattray won a hard fought first moto which started with Goncalves on the lead; the Portuguese tried to pull away and set quite a good pace until Rattray and Searle caught up with him to move past eventually. In the final laps Searle chased down Rattray but crossed the chequered flag in second. Goncalves was third ahead of Aubin as Roelants rounded off the top five. Karro took ninth after spending the first laps in the top five while sand specialist Gert Krestinov was twelfth after a couple of crashes.

MX2 RACE 2: Krestinov took an early lead then Rattray moved past to take a dominant win from Searle, who tried once again to come closer to the Championship leader. Again Aubin worked his way up to third after a troubled start while Goncalves and Krestinov rounded off the top five. Latvian Karro ended eighth after having ridden with the front runners in the early stages.

Frossard and Roelants crashed at the end of the opening lap and the Frenchman ended to the hospital with a broken fibula and part of a brake peg inside the lower part of his body. The peg was successfully removed and the rider is now ready to recover. 

MX1 - Grand Prix Race 1
1 de Reuver, Marc Honda 40:03.592
2 Barragan, Jonathan KTM 40:11.617
3 Philippaerts, David Yamaha 40:15.099
4 Coppins, Joshua Yamaha 40:24.162
5 Nagl, Maximilian KTM 40:26.365
6 Leok, Tanel Kawasaki 40:29.524
7 Ramon, Steve Suzuki 40:54.347
8 de Dycker, Ken Suzuki 41:19.513
9 Pourcel, Sebastien Kawasaki 41:26.641
10 Schiffer, Marcus KTM 41:28.968
11 Desalle, Clement Suzuki 41:36.831
12 Priem, Manuel Kawasaki 41:39.257
13 Leok, Aigar Yamaha 41:48.823
14 Roos, Patrick KTM 42:04.230
15 Columb, Scott Suzuki 42:39.842
16 Saris, William Yamaha 40:07.768
17 Melotte, Cedric Aprilia 40:23.561
18 Correira, Luis Suzuki 40:32.723
19 Church, Tom Kawasaki 41:02.325
20 Leonce, Loic Yamaha 41:08.345
21 Schroeter, Dennis KTM 41:59.263
22 Campano, Carlos Yamaha 40:06.607
23 Laureyssen, Jan Honda 41:15.457
24 van Uden, Rob Honda 42:02.122
25 Renet, Pierre A. Suzuki 25:21.154
26 Salvini, Alex Suzuki 17:20.903
27 Rowson, Ray Honda 14:36.996
28 Aranda, Gregory Kawasaki 19:15.307
29 Seronval, Steve TM 2:28.629

MX1 Grand Prix Race 2
1 de Dycker, Ken 40:14.189
2 Nagl, Maximilian 40:18.842
3 de Reuver, Marc 40:27.819
4 Desalle, Clement 40:28.922
5 Philippaerts, David 40:30.667
6 Coppins, Joshua 40:35.604
7 Schiffer, Marcus 40:42.889
8 Ramon, Steve 40:50.944
9 Priem, Manuel 40:56.348
10 Leok, Aigar 41:39.000
11 Saris, William 41:46.332
12 Pourcel, Sebastien 41:54.058
13 Barragan, Jonathan 42:00.867
14 Melotte, Cedric 42:11.685
15 Campano, Carlos 42:14.010
16 Church, Tom 42:20.203
17 Leonce, Loic 40:15.742
18 Correira, Luis 40:23.468
19 Columb, Scott 40:46.030
20 Aranda, Gregory 40:52.189
21 Laureyssen, Jan 41:38.261
22 Schroeter, Dennis 41:40.477
23 de Belder, Tom 41:56.806
24 Roos, Patrick 16:45.813
25 Leok, Tanel 13:58.989
26 Renet, Pierre A. 16:17.915
27 Salvini, Alex 12:45.533
28 Seronval, Steve 7:48.356
29 van Uden, Rob 5:16.454
30 Laansoo, Juss 6:15

MX2 - Grand Prix Race 1
1 Rattray, Tyla 41:04.886
2 Searle, Tommy 41:05.500
3 Goncalves, Rui 41:20.062
4 Aubin, Nicolas 42:11.355
5 Roelants, Joel 42:12.795
6 Simpson, Shaun 42:29.611
7 Boog, Xavier 42:50.185
8 van Horebeek, Jeremy 42:50.394
9 Karro, Matiss 43:04.712
10 Swanepoel, Gareth 43:11.899
11 Bobryshev, Evgeniy 43:28.994
12 Krestinov, Gert 41:08.308
13 Monni, Manuel 41:12.887
14 Seistola, Matti 41:14.919
15 Sword, Stephen 41:26.365
16 Frossard, Steven 41:35.220
17 Guarneri, Davide 41:43.600
18 Boissiere, Anthony 41:50.961
19 Kullas, Harri 42:00.074
20 van Hastenberg, Jan 42:02.023
21 Bonini, Matteo 42:04.368
22 van de Ven, Rinus 42:06.645
23 van Vijfeijken, Rob 42:27.712
24 Osborne, Zach 42:35.603
25 Coldenhoff, Glenn 42:38.604
26 Banks-Browne, Elliot 42:46.497
27 Tyletski, Evgeni 41:25.758
28 Eggens, Erik 23:52.309
29 Verbruggen, Dennis 9:19.502
30 Bobkovs, Aigars 0:00.000

MX2 - Grand Prix Race 2
1 Rattray, Tyla 41:13.223
2 Searle, Tommy 41:26.524
3 Aubin, Nicolas 42:07.115
4 Goncalves, Rui 42:15.378
5 Krestinov, Gert 42:22.030
6 Simpson, Shaun 42:51.429
7 Bobryshev, Evgeniy 42:58.237
8 Karro, Matiss 43:00.843
9 Swanepoel, Gareth 43:06.563
10 van Horebeek, Jeremy 43:12.317
11 Guarneri, Davide 43:14.943
12 Seistola, Matti 43:16.371
13 Sword, Stephen 43:21.000
14 van Vijfeijken, Rob 43:51.430
15 Monni, Manuel 41:14.429
16 Bonini, Matteo 41:19.318
17 van de Ven, Rinus 41:23.726
18 Nunn, Carl 41:37.851
19 van Hastenberg, Jan 41:39.121
20 Kullas, Harri 41:39.397
21 Coldenhoff, Glenn 42:02.856
22 Tyletski, Evgeni 42:11.347
23 Bobkovs, Aigars 21:31.992
24 Osborne, Zach 18:48.185
25 Banks-Browne, Elliot 17:18.172
26 Eggens, Erik 11:36.259
27 Frossard, Steven 0:00.000
28 Roelants, Joel 0:00.000

FIM Women's Motocross World Championship - MX2 - Race 1
1 Laier, Stephanie 27:16.891
2 Lancelot, Livia 27:40.620
3 Mann, Elin 27:48.700
4 Fiolek, Ashley 28:11.436
5 De Mol, Marielle 28:22.025
6 Wagemans, Brenda 28:23.494
7 Papenmeier, Larissa 28:24.729
8 Veenstra, Marianne 28:32.293
9 De Winter, Elien 28:34.708
10 van Wordragen, Nicky 28:57.404
11 Dunn, Aubriana 29:22.296
12 Franke, Maria 27:28.826
13 Verkade, Shirley 27:31.512
14 Sjöberg, Sofia 27:37.171
15 Petterson, Sara 27:51.124
16 Klink, Nina 27:58.579
17 van der Wekken, Britt 28:48.116
18 Pedersen, Mie 28:52.226
19 De Groot, Desiree 28:54.969
20 Adriansson, Sandra 28:55.960
21 Paull, Sophia 29:01.714
22 Johansson, Sofia 29:19.876
23 Borchers, Anne 29:20.560
24 Irmgartz, Kim 29:22.170
25 Moral, Sandra 29:53.778
26 Goodlad, Amie 27:39.625
27 Fransoo, Natascha 11:31.789
28 Lewis, Megan 11:37.079
29 Zondag, Leonie 9:48.176

Women's Motocross World Championship - MX2 - Race 2
1 Lancelot, Livia Kawasaki 27:05.013
2 Papenmeier, Larissa Suzuki 27:22.783
3 Fiolek, Ashley Honda 27:29.043
4 De Mol, Marielle Yamaha 27:35.998
5 van Wordragen, Nicky KTM 27:42.559
6 Laier, Stephanie KTM 27:52.378
7 Veenstra, Marianne Suzuki 27:56.104
8 Wagemans, Brenda KTM 27:57.138
9 Franke, Maria Kawasaki 28:03.289
10 De Winter, Elien KTM 28:57.331
11 Sjöberg, Sofia Honda 28:57.808
12 van der Wekken, Britt Honda 29:00.426
13 Mann, Elin KTM 29:12.212
14 Petterson, Sara KTM 29:14.354
15 Adriansson, Sandra Suzuki 29:28.890
16 Klink, Nina Honda 29:36.229
17 De Groot, Desiree Yamaha 29:41.506
18 Verkade, Shirley KTM 30:12.547
19 Dunn, Aubriana Honda 24:48.865
20 Irmgartz, Kim Suzuki 27:06.740
21 Johansson, Sofia Suzuki 27:49.035
22 Williams, Louise Honda 27:49.616
23 Paull, Sophia Honda 28:12.727
24 Moral, Sandra Suzuki 28:16.959
25 Pedersen, Mie Suzuki 29:00.356
26 Goodlad, Amie Kawasaki 31:12.382
27 Borchers, Anne Suzuki 12:01.150


IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS Philippaerts lifted his Championship lead to 477 points, 14 more than runner up Ramon. De Dycker is third ahead of Barragan and Coppins. 

Top ten:
1. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 477 points; 2. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 463 p.; 3. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Suzuki), 452 p.; 4. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, KTM), 419 p.; 5. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), 415 p.; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 394 p.; 7. Sebastien Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 392 p.; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Kawasaki), 337 p.; 9. Billy Mackenzie (GBR, Honda), 293 p.; 10. Marc de Reuver (NED, Honda), 277 p.

Rattray leads the MX2 standings with a relatively safe 33 point cushion in between himself and Searle. Big news is that Aubin, Simpson and Goncalves are now rounding off the top five as the trio moved past injured Cairoli. Though the three riders are spread in just 16 points which could lead to a change in the forthcoming GP in Faenza.

Top ten:
1. Tyla Rattray (RSA, KTM), 596 points; 2. Tommy Searle (GBR, KTM), 563 p.; 3. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 381 p.; 4. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 367 p.; 5. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 365 p.; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Yamaha), 357 p.; 7. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 289 p.; 8. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), 283 p.; 9. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), 277 p.; 10. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 259 p.

Photos + Intro: BdJ
Text: Youthstream