VOL. 50 ISSUE 27 JULY 9, 2013
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WHO ELSE BUT CAIROLI, HERLINGS
a knee injury a few weeks back
Herlings dominated both MX2
and has curtailed his midweek motos. The Dutch rider finished
training as a result.) The plan 40 seconds ahead of KTM rider
paid off as he led from start to Jose Butron in the first moto and
finish in the second moto to 50 seconds ahead of Jordi Tixier
claim the overall victory.
in the second moto. The win was
De Dycker finished second the 18-year-old Herlings' 27th cain the moto for second overall, reer Grand Prix victory.
while Rockstar Suzuki's Clement
Butron ended up second overDesalle went 3-3 for third overall. all with a 2-3 and Tixier captured
Kawasaki Racing Team's third overall with a 4-2.
Gautier Paulin and Jeremy Van
Herlings has a commanding
Horebeek rounded out the top 139-point lead in the MX2 Chamfive overall.
pionship over Tixier. Butron is 50
After 11 rounds, Cairoli leads points in back of Tixier.
Paulin by 82 points. Desalle is 18 Antonio Cairoli went 2-1 for the overall
points behind Paulin in third.
MX1-class win at the Grand Prix of Latvia.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ARCHER/KTM IMAGES
I
t's beginning to sound like a
broken record as Red Bull KTM
teamsters Antonio Cairoli and
Jeffrey Herlings took top honors
at the FIM World Championship
Motocross rounds in Kegum,
Latvia, on July 7. Cairoli traded
moto wins in the MX1 class with
teammate Ken de Dycker, while
Herlings won both MX2 motos,
which he has done pretty much
all year.
Cairoli was content following
De Dycker to the checkered flag
in the first moto, wanting to save
his energy for the tie-breaking
second moto. (Cairoli suffered
