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The ninth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship will be held in St.Jean d’Angely, France on the 1^st June weekend and together with MXGP and MX2 classes, it will take place the fourth round of WMX and EMX125 Championships.

By clicking here you will be able to download the complete Timetable of the event and the EMX125 Entry List can be found here below:

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There is something special about a human who can overcome all the odds and continue to perform at the highest level, no matter what the circumstances. Seven times  FIM Motocross World Champion Antonio Cairoli is a special competitor, but as his team-manger Claudio Di Carli said also a special person.

"Tony is a great rider and a great person. He wanted to win here to do his best to honour his dad who always believed in him right from the beginning of his racing career. Tony's father was also like a family member for all the team. Once again Tony has shown us what a special person he is."

Not only does Cairoli have the ability to be the very best in his chosen sport, but he also is mentally strong enough to push aside the passing of his father, and as he himself said, and move on. Mourning is an important part of a loss, and while Antonio had sleepless nights and the sadness that comes with such a loss, the professional side of the Italian legend didn’t want his performance at Matterley Basin to be anything but what his father would have hoped for.

“I have come through the worst two weeks you can have, for anybody. My father was the one who put me on the bike and never put pressure on. I really spent a lot of time with him training and when you miss this part, and it was unexpected, it’s pretty tough. I didn’t train for two weeks and didn’t sleep for three or four days and this isn’t something you wish for anyone.”

With a black helmet and a patch on the back of his racing pants (saying Ciao Benny) Cairoli made tribute to his father in a special way. He rode like we always expect Antonio Cairoli to ride, with the same passion, the same confidence and the same consistency, but this time, around the beautifully prepared Matterley Basin circuit Antonio rode with an angel on his shoulder. And when he walked the steps of the MXGP podium he knew that watching him was his father and mother.

Now Cairoli will head to St Jean d’Angley in France, the circuit that he visited in 2011 for the Motocross of Nations, just a week after the passing of his beloved mother. Another reminder of how brittle life can be, and how strong our  motocross world champion is. You have the world of motocross standing behind you Antonio, our support is there for you in this, your toughest moment.

The Fox Holeshot award runs across the entire MXGP season. The way it works is 1 point is awarded for each race holeshot. He who has the most points in MXGP at the end of the season will win the grand prize of €10,000 while he with the most points in MX2 will win the grand prize of €5,000.

At MXGP of Great Britain Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli added yet another FOX Holeshot to his tally with the holeshot in race one while Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Matiss Karro claimed his second FOX Holeshot of the season in race two. Meanwhile in the MX2 the holeshot king has still got the gift, claiming his fifth FOX Holeshot this season while Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Aleksandr Tonkov took FOX Holeshot number two.

After MXGP’s round in Great Britain, both Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and KTM Silver Actions Jose Butrón lead their respective classes with five points.

Watch MXGP of Great Britain ‘Fox Holeshot’ slow mo’s in the videos below.

MXGP: Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli & Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Matiss Karro

MX2: KTM Silver Actions Jose Butrón and Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Aleksandr Tonkov

Race highlights from both MXGP and MX2 races at MXGP of Great Britain.

MATTERLEY BASIN (Great Britain), 25 May 2014 - It was obvious the weather gods were out to redeem themselves today, offering peace with their fine display of blue sky and sunshine. Thanks to the endless hours spent on the track last night, moving mud and fixing jumps, the circuit of Matterley Basin was primed and ready for round eight of the FIM Motocross World Championship which fell perfectly into the hands of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s duo of champions Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings.

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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli put on a brave face this weekend after losing a person he considers to be the most important figure in his life, his father. Despite suffering from sleepless nights and doing his best to deal with the understandable grief, Cairoli lined up today with an angel on his shoulder and used that same strength that has made him seven-times world champion to take his fifth overall victory of the season.

Rockstar Energy Suzuki World’s Clement Desalle gets kudos for actually finding his edge today. Had the twenty-five year old Belgian not of washed the front end at speed in race one, the overall could have been completely different. Nevertheless, bent bars and all he managed to salvage fourth and then went on to make a statement in race two when he got off to a good start and knuckled down to take home an unchallenged win. A combination of fourth and first place scores landed the Belgian in second overall.

Introducing MXGP’s Mr. Consistency, Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek continues to keep up his podium appearances with a pair of thirds for third overall. The Belgian second year MXGP contender later said, “I guess this was a bad day for me but people say you win championships on your bad days, so I guess it’s not so bad. But I like this track, I just struggled the whole weekend from qualifying to free practice to training. But two thirds is always better than two times zero, especially at the end of the season.”

Fourth overall equates a season best result for Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Tyla Rattray who battled his way from a bad start in race one to take home eighth. Out for redemption in race two, the South African got off to a much better start up in fourth. A pass on 24MX Honda’s Jeremy Delince ran him into third, but it was short lived when the red plate holder Antonio Cairoli came through a few laps later. Regardless, the 2008 FIM MX2 World Champion held on to a solid fourth for the remainder of the moto to take home fourth overall.

After attempting his return to the gates of MXGP at round six of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Valkenswaard, where he opted to forfeit after warm-up on Sunday, it seems the extra couple of weeks of training have done a world of good for the fan favorite CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy’s Tommy Searle. The Brit re-established himself as a top five rider with his fifth and sixth place scores for fifth overall.

Although he’s technically Scottish, MXGP of Great Britain still feels like a home GP for Hitachi Construction Machinery UK KTM’s Shaun Simpson who qualified second in the slop here yesterday. Disappointingly today, the Scotsman could only put together a ninth and a sixth for seventh overall which left him one point clear of another popular rider here in Great Britain Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Jake Nicholls.

As for race one runner-up Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Steven Frossard, he was a victim of a first turn crash in race two which forced him out of the race.

MXGP Race 1 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 35:06.163; 2. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:03.859; 3. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:13.248; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:19.366; 5. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:27.520; 6. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:40.699; 7. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +0:42.154; 8. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Husqvarna), +0:53.366; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:12.119; 10. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +1:12.857

MXGP Race 2 top ten: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 35:00.023; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:17.717; 3. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:31.838; 4. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Husqvarna), +0:35.822; 5. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:42.005; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:43.077; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:54.148; 8. Matiss Karro (LAT, KTM), +0:59.449; 9. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +1:01.224; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, Honda), +1:03.625

MXGP Overall top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 47 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, SUZ), 43 p.; 3. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 40 p.; 4. Tyla Rattray (RSA, HUS), 31 p.; 5. Tommy Searle (GBR, KAW), 31 p.; 6. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 30 p.; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 27 p.; 8. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 26 p.; 9. Steven Frossard (FRA, KAW), 22 p.; 10. David Philippaerts (ITA, YAM), 20 p.

MXGP World Championship Classification Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 351 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, SUZ), 323 p.; 3. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 316 p.; 4. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 250 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, KAW), 205 p.; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HON), 166 p.; 7. Steven Frossard (FRA, KAW), 164 p.; 8. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 159 p.; 9. Joel Roelants (BEL, HON), 153 p.; 10. Xavier Boog (FRA, HON), 145 p.

MXGP Manufacturer: 1. KTM, 351 points; 2. Suzuki, 333 p.; 3. Yamaha, 316 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 307 p.; 5. Honda, 250 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 200 p.; 7. TM, 144 p.

MX2

The run-away train of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings is clearly set to full steam ahead with the nineteen-year old nicknamed ‘The Bullet’ soaring to yet another convincing double victory. “I really enjoyed racing out here today, the British fans are some of the best in the world, they are awesome and I felt like I got a lot of respect from them this year which was really cool.”

Proving he does in fact have the goods, just not quite as refined as the current FIM MX2 World Champ Herlings, CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy’s Arnaud Tonus matched the lap time of Herlings in race two and kept the Dutchman honest for the first quarter of a moto. A plausible second place finish in that race combined with a bad start in race one which saw him rebound for fifth, still was enough for a respectable second overall.

Honda Gariboldi’s youngster Tim Gajser reached a milestone in his career today in Matterley Basin, putting in two impressive top five finishes, a fourth and a third, for third over all and his first ever FIM MX2 World Championship podium finish. At the tender age of seventeen-years-old it’s clear the future is bright for the young Honda rider who seems to ride with the smarts of a seasoned pro: “when I got stuck behind Dylan, I never thought about what place I was in, I just kept looking forward and for who was next”, the Slovenian said.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jordi Tixier took a hard fought fourth overall. The French vice-world champion was pushing it to the limit in race one which helped him pull off second place. An average start in race two saw the youngster struggle his way forward to fifth.

Glued to the list of MX2 top fivers, Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre brawled his way to an eighth and fourth respectively for fifth overall.

Meanwhile fan favorite BikeIT Yamaha Cosworth’s Max Anstie definitely turned heads in race one when he was the only rider in the class to send it sky high over the quad and clear it lap after lap. A few flashes of the Anstie we had seen at MXGP of Qatar also surfaced throughout that moto as he railed his way to third. In race two, the funny Brit got smashed on the finger with a rock causing such immense pain he had to pull in. It was later confirmed the bone had been compressed.

MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:59.916; 2. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:21.339; 3. Max Anstie (GBR, Yamaha), +0:24.047; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:25.259; 5. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:29.250; 6. Valentin Guillod (SUI, KTM), +0:38.942; 7. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:56.260; 8. Romain Febvre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:59.972; 9. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +1:06.233; 10. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:10.803

MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 35:08.239; 2. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:16.689; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:41.286; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:42.239; 5. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:59.739; 6. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +1:02.273; 7. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:05.939; 8. Damon Graulus (BEL, KTM), +1:10.042; 9. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +1:12.980; 10. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KTM)

MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, KAW), 38 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 38 p.; 4. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 38 p.; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, HUS), 31 p.; 6. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, HUS), 27 p.; 7. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 25 p.; 8. Damon Graulus (BEL, KTM), 23 p.; 9. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 23 p.; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 20 p.

MX2 World Championship Classification Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 344 points; 2. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, KAW), 305 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, HUS), 263 p.; 4. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 253 p.; 5. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 248 p.; 6. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 209 p.; 7. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, HUS), 197 p.; 8. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 184 p.; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, SUZ), 176 p.; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, KTM), 173 p

MX2 Manufacturer: 1. KTM, 374 points; 2. Kawasaki, 331 p.; 3. Husqvarna, 269 p.; 4. Suzuki, 249 p.; 5. Honda, 219 p.; 6. Yamaha, 215 p.; 7. TM, 6 p.

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All the photos of the MXGP of Great Britain will be available here

MXGP was available across the board in high definition, and is also globally available to view live and in HD on www.MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks, viewing times can be viewed by clicking on the logo of your chosen broadcasting network.

MXGP GREAT BRITAIN – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1640

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 15°

Weather conditions: sunny

Crowd attendance: 25,000

NEXT MXGP

The next round of MXGP will take place next weekend, June 1st in St.Jean d’Angely, France.

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Check out the MXGP-tv Studio Show in the video below featuring CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy’s Dylan Ferrandis, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and Kemea Yamaha Racing Team Manager & ex FIM Motocross World Championship title threat Marnicq Bervoets. Also in the videos below, highlights from both MXGP and MX2 races from MXGP of Great Britain.

MXGP of Great Britain Highlights MXGP

MXGP of Great Britain Highlights MX2