IN
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CAIROLI, ANSTIE WIN SWISS MXGP
A
lot has been made of the
return to Switzerland for the
FIM Motocross World Cham-
pionships and specifically, the
decision to host the Swiss grand
prix at a brand new "manmade"
facility in Frauenfeld, rather
than one of their classic natural
old-school tracks like Roggen-
burg. Beforehand, the critics
pointed to how a country as
mountainous as Switzerland
shouldn't have to resort to using
a relatively flat field in an indus-
trial estate, but after a weekend
filled with awesome racing in all
classes, there really can't be any
complaint from riders, fans or
anyone involved because on top
of great action, the facility was
world class.
In the MXGP class, Antonio
Cairoli continued his mini-revival
by taking the overall ahead of his
two biggest rivals, Tim Gajser
and Romain Febvre. He con-
vincingly won the first moto but
struggled to keep up with Gajser
and Febvre in race two and even
uncharacteristically dropped
two places to Bobryshev and
Coldenhoff on the final lap with
a small mistake.
He wasn't the only one who
made mistakes, though, as the
whole field struggled to put
together two clean races. Gajser
and Febvre both made errors
in the first race, while Gautier
Paulin, Jeremy van Horebeek
and Clement Desalle missed out
on podium spots because their
second motos weren't good
enough on this tricky track.
In terms of the championship,
Cairoli now sits 99 points behind
Gajser which means the Italian
has to finish in front of the Slove-
Factory Husqvarna's Max Anstie leads the charge in the
MX2 class where he would take a 1-1 victory.
