I
t was another KTM sweep at the
MXGP of The Netherlands at
Valkenswaard, March 31. Red Bull
KTM's Antonio Cairoli and Jorge
Prado dominated both motos
of their respective classes with
Cairoli winning both MXGP motos
and Prado sweeping the MX2
motos.
Cairoli had a little bit of help in
the first MXGP after race leader
Max Anstie (Standing Construct
KTM) went down on his own.
Cairoli, who led early on before
the Brit, Anstie, passed him,
went on to take the moto win with
4.2 seconds to spare of Belgian
Clement Desalle (Kawasaki).
Frenchman Gautier Paulin
(Yamaha) took the checkers right
behind Desalle in third, followed
by Husqvarna rider Arminas Ja-
sikonis and Honda's Jeremy Van
Horebeek.
Honda's Tim Gajser was sev-
enth after suffering a hard get-off.
Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha), Shaun
Simpson (KTM) and Jordi Tixier
(KTM) rounded out the top 10.
Anstie ended up 16th.
Cairoli led it the whole way
in the second moto, but Gajser
kept the pressure on him at the
finish. The Italian, Cairoli, took the
checkered flat out in front but by
only 1.5 seconds ahead of Gajser.
Cairoli and Gajser were well
ahead of the next-best rider, Van
Horebeek. The Belgian took the
checkered flag approximately 30
in back of Gajser.
Jasikonis had another strong
performance, taking fourth in
the moto with room to spare over
Desalle.
Seewer, Julien Lieber (Kawa-
saki), Simpson, Anstie and Glenn
Coldenhoff (KTM) completed the
top 10.
In the overall ranking, it was
Cairoli, Desalle, Gajser, Van Hore-
beek and Jasikonis, in that order,
filling out the top five.
In the championship standings,
Cairoli, who has won all three
rounds so far, has already opened
up a comfortable points lead. He
is at the top of the charts with 147
points, followed by Gajser with
125 and Desalle with 103.
IN
THE
WIND
P38
Cairoli, Prado
Top MXGP Of The
Netherlands
Antonio Cairoli
won both
MXGP motos at
Valkenswaard.
PHOTOS: RAY ARCHER
