Cairoli Wins Italian Championship Opener
Monday, February 4, 2013 | 11:45 AM
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The strong one-two position of KTM’s two MX1 candidates was an indication that they are both in top form, especially on the sand track at Sardinia, a new venue experience for many of the racers but where the Red Bull KTM team has been training in the off season. It was also confirmation that the new factory bikes, Cairoli's favorite KTM 350 SX-F and De Dycker's KTM 450 SX-F are ready to race in 2013
Cairoli was out of the gates fast in both the MX1 race and the Elite category that combined the top riders from MX1 and MX1 and laid the foundation of his race by snatching both holeshots. He had a good fight with De Dycker in the MX1 race but later described Elite class as a ‘lonely race’. He put on a powerful display of riding to cross the line with a substantial winning margin to thrill the large crowd of enthusiastic Italian fans who had come to support him.
“It was a sandy track and that’s quite unusual for Italy but it was very good for my training,” Cairoli said after the race. “I had a great fight with Ken in the first race but he made some small mistakes in the second so it turned out to be a bit of a lonely race for me.” Cairoli said he was looking forward to round two in Malagrotta where riders will be back on a hard pack surface on a track that Tony and Ken know well.
The Sardinia race attracted around 10,000 enthusiastic MX fans and was run in near perfect conditions. Early morning rain settled the sand track and the sun came out in the afternoon. It attracted many top level World Championship riders none of whom were able to match the speed and ride of Cairoli and De Dycker. The Red Bull KTM duo now go into the next round with confidence however the weather forecast predicts that it may be very different conditions and could be a difficult race day next week.
Results MX1 Round 1 Italian Championship
1, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM 120 points
2, Ken De Dycker, Belgium KTM 100
3, Evgeny Bobrychev, Russia, Honda, 80
4, David Philippaerts, Italy, Honda, 65
5, Joel Roelants, Belgium, Yamaha, 60
6, Steve Frossard, Yamaha 55
7, Davide Guarneri, Italy, KTM 50
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Motocross is raced in Italy / Europe ?
JimM
Pala374
@ Tony Cairoli
If you do not want to be "lonely" while you are winning your FIM MX1 races, you could enter one or more of the rounds of the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. You will have some company up front in the USA!
I'm not a super fan of super Toni but he would beat 95% of A.M.A. guys ass,effortlessly!
Cairoli has the skills to pay the bills... Euro fan or not that cat straight rips
Jimbo: you're as pathetic as your nickname, hide yourself in your Pala crap
Maybe have a look on Youtube!
----> MX International Italian Championship - Riola Sardo - ELITE
None of your US guys would beat him...deeeeeep sand in Sardinia/Italy!
Its motocross not sandcross nino,no disrespect.
@jgbvr:
Well-that's the difference between Euro and US MX: you have well prepped tracks with perfect soil. watered and groomed to perfection. Over here you have ALL kinds of soil and not well prepped as well. If you can't ride in sand you're not going to be worldchampion. It's as easy as that.
Personally, I hope Tony stays in Europe to finish his racing. The US is no place for him this late in racing career. You need to get over here like Ken Roczen when he raced Loretta's back when. If you are not adapted to the culture of the States and American Motocross, this is nowhere for a guy like Tony. He is too nice a guy to take the potshots he would get over here. I would think it more even to see more Americans go over and there and see just how tough the whole GP experience is. I think that would be a more fair comparison. They are two different worlds of comparing apples. Tony would not be at his best here, and I think any top US rider would not be their best in Europe without years of acclimating to each others turf's.
Not knocking ether continent or their riders, just stating my own opinion, and a lot of people would argue that point against me. It's free, go ahead...you're entitled.
@manes: I could be wrong, but I think Jim's tongue is firmly embedded into his cheek.
Tony gets a chance to see how he stacks up to the AMA riders each year during the MXON. For any athlete, any given day they can win or loose, and Tony has had his share of bad days racing against the Americans. But, when he is on his game, he demonstrates he can run with the best of them, and leave all the competing AMA riders in the dust when the tracks are deep sand.
Nice to see a Canadian - Kade Walker - win the 125 class on, wait for it....a Suzuki RM125...Suzuki still makes them, right? Oh ya.
Link to race here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZViNamdfQs&list=PL3a1YFC6EvyDvn1lI9qyaoMNk3gDtaB1a
Main Event Maker
Dirt bikes Ninho,not sand bikes. K bud,world mx is so much more than sand tracks. Yes tony rips it in the sand, but it call DIRT BIKES-D I R T. NOT SAND. DERKA DERKA
@caseypons :)
J
@Osteo
Euro fans will always have their fooish pride when it comes to their riders. But everyone knows that the USA is MX (as well as SX).
The fact is we did get an ass whoppin at MXDN no excuses.. Theres no comparison until another Brad Lacky or jean michele Bayle proves otherwise
Well put voodoo the only thing tony would be good at over here is fist pumpin in the jersey shore!