Cairoli Goes 1, 1 In The Sand

Cairoli dominates at Valkenswaard.

 

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Antonio Cairoli picked up his 88^th GP victory, his seventh at the Valkenswaard circuit and his first at the eurocircuit since 2014. Cairoli won with a perfect day as he scored 1-1 results at the Grand Prix of the Netherlands. So far in 2019 the Italian has gone 1-1-1-2-1-1 and is starting to look in total command as he heads towards the first of his three home Grand Prix’s next weekend.

“Race okay, overall I am happy,” Cairoli said. “I thought it would be difficult with my shoulder, but the second moto wasn't too bad. I controlled the race and it was good for the team to be back at his track and winning.”

Second overall was Clement Desalle and third Tim Gajser.

Cairoli another holeshot in the second MXGP race with Van Horebeek, Monticelli, Gajser, Simpson, Tixier, Tonus, Lupino, Coldenhoff, and Jonass the top ten. Desalle in 11^th spot, and Paulin back in 15^th.

Monticelli into second spot, but then crashed and took Tonus down with him. Monticelli back in ninth and Tonus way back. Desalle again on the charge as he moved into seventh place, and after a lap it was Cairoli, Gajser, Van Horebeek, Simpson, Lupino, Jonass, Paulin, Jasikonis, and Monticelli.

Coldenhoff moved into the top ten, as he passed Monticelli, and Desalle moved into fourth place, with the top ten after two laps being Cairoli, Gajser, Van Horebeek, Desalle, Simpson, Lupino, Jonass, Paulin, Jasikonis and Coldenhoff.

After four laps Cairoli led by two seconds from Gajser, then Van Horebeek, Desalle, Simpson, Lupino, Paulin, Jonass, Jasikonis and Coldenhoff. Anstie in 18^th place.

Gajser wasn’t losing ground on Cairoli as the two did similar lap times, and there was so hope that we saw a battle in the MXGP class.

Cairoli having to push hard as Gajser closed up a little, but not enough to really worry the leader. In third place Van Horebeek was also not losing too much time on Gajser, but fourth placed man Desalle was 20 seconds off the lead rider.

Paulin all over Lupino, but then the Frenchman crashed hard and dropped a few places, down in 13^th after eight laps. After eight laps it was Cairoli with a four second lead, then Gajser, Van Horebeek, Desalle, Simpson, Lupino, Jasikonis, Seewer, Lieber, and Jonass 10^th.

10 laps in and Cairoli held 3.5 seconds on Gajser, then Van Horebeek 10 seconds back, Desalle, Simpson, Jasikonis, Seewer, Lupino, Lieber and Coldenhoff in 10^th.

Jasikonis moved past Simpson for fifth place and closed up on Desalle. Some big names outside the top ten with Jonass 11^th, Paulin 13^th, Anstie 14^th and Tonus down in 23^rd.

Cairoli doing what Cairoli does, holding down a safe lead without having to push too hard, after 13 laps the lead was 4.4 seconds, then came Van Horebeek, Desalle, Jasikonis, Simpson, Seewer, Lieber, Coldenhoff, and Lupino in 10^th.

Jasikonis all over Desalle and the tall Husky rider pushed the veteran Belgian out of the way as he headed to fourth place. After 16 laps it was Cairoli, Gajser, Van Horebeek, Jasikonis, Desalle, Simpson, Seewer, Lieber, Coldenhoff and Anstie in 10^th.

Cairoli wins it from Gajser and Van Horebeek.

MXGP - GP Classification

1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 38 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 36 p.; 4. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 36 p.; 5. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, HUS), 36 p.; 6. Julien Lieber (BEL, KAW), 29 p.; 7. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 28 p.; 8. Gautier Paulin (FRA, YAM), 28 p.; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 25 p.; 10. Max Anstie (GBR, KTM), 17 p.; 11. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HUS), 17 p.; 12. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 15 p.; 13. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KTM), 13 p.; 14. Harri Kullas (EST, HON), 12 p.; 15. Tanel Leok (EST, HUS), 11 p.; 16. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 11 p.; 17. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KAW), 9 p.; 18. Brian Bogers (NED, HON), 9 p.; 19. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 8 p.; 20. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 5 p.; 21. Tommy Searle (GBR, KAW), 3 p.; 22. Sven Van der Mierden (NED, YAM), 2 p.; 23. Petar Petrov (BUL, KTM), 2 p.; 24. Anton Gole (SWE, YAM), 2 p.; 25. Gert Krestinov (EST, KAW), 0 p.; 26. Lars van Berkel (NED, HUS), 0 p.; 27. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, YAM), 0 p.; 28. Jonathan Bengtsson (SWE, KTM), 0 p.; 29. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), 0 p.; 30. Matiss Karro (LAT, HUS), 0 p.; 31. Artem Guryev (RUS, HUS), 0 p.; 32. Volodymyr Tarasov (UKR, KTM), 0 p.; 33. Micha-Boy De Waal (NED, YAM), 0 p.;