IN
THE
WIND
P44
GRAND PRIX OF TRENTINO
R
ed Bull IceOne Factory
Husqvarna rider Max Nagl
traded moto wins with defending
MXGP World Champion, Antonio
Cairoli, in the hills of Italy, April
19, beating the Italian KTM rider
by nine seconds in the second
moto of the Grand Prix of Tren-
tino and bringing home the over-
all victory for the third time in four
races this season.
The two GP veterans remain
tied for second place in series
points, just one point behind
RockStar Energy Suzuki rider
Clement Desalle, who finished
third overall, after battling with
Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan
Villopoto for much of the day.
The reigning AMA Supercross
Champion and Thailand MXGP
winner got the short end of the
stick in both races; finishing
fourth in moto one after getting
passed by Desalle, then going
down hard halfway through the
second moto while dicing with
the Belgian.
When the gate dropped for
moto one it was Cairoli with the
holeshot, followed by Nagl and
Villopoto, who came within a
whisker of wadding it up while
exiting the first turn, right in front
of Desalle. For the next 35 min-
utes, Nagl repeatedly stuck his
front wheel in on Cairoli, but was
unable to make the pass.
"We were having a great
battle—I did feel faster in plac-
es—but I didn't want to take the
risk necessary to make the pass
stick," said the German.
There was no such problem
for Desalle who went back and
forth with Villopoto over third
before eventually making it stick.
Honda's Gautier Paulin finished
fifth.
Nagl ripped the second-moto
start and left the field to fight it
Ryan Villopoto
saw his
championship
hopes take a
big hit after
suffering a
crash-induced
DNF in Italy.
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