CAIROLI’S GOOD LUCK STREAK COMES TO AN END AT SWEDISH MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX: DESALLE GETS THE RED PLATE

SWEDISH GP 250  RESULTS
1. Tommy Searle…2-1
2. Jeffrey Herlings…1-7
3. Dylan Ferrandis…4-3
4. Jake Nicholls…6-4
5. Zach Osborne…5-5
6. Jordi Tixier…8-8
7. Joel Roelants…3-16
8. Jeremy van Horebeek…31-2
9. Glenn Coldenhoff…9-12
10. Jose Butron…15-9
Other notables: 11. Romain Febvre; 12. Christophe Charlier; 15. Alex Tonkov; 17. Alessandro Lupino; 18. Max Anstie.

The first 250 start looks more like a Jet Ski race.

Former 125cc two-stroke star Jordi Tixier is now fifth in 250 points (19). Photo: Ray Archer

Jeffrey Herlings, the sand master, has had issues in the mud of Brazil and now Sweden. Photo: Ray Archer 

FIM 250 POINTS STANDINGS
(after 9 of 16 events)
1. Jeffrey Herlings…403
2. Tommy Searle…387
3. Jeremy van Horebeek…330
4. Joel Roelants…263
5. Jordi Tixier…243
6. Jake Nicholls…237
7. Max Anstie…199
8. Dylan Ferrandis…177
9. Jose Butron…168
10. Alessandro Lupino…163
Other notables: 11. Harri Kullas…132; 13. Glenn Coldenhoff…124; 16. Mel Pocock…87; 20. Michael Leib…69.

Clement Desalle (25) was second to the first turn behind Christophe Pourcel.

SWEDISH GP 450 RESULTS
1. Clement Desalle…1-1
2. Christophe Pourcel…2-2
3. Kevin Strijbos…5-3
4. Sebastien Pourcel…3-6
4. Shaun Simpson…4-5
6. Tanel Leok…6-4
7. Gautier Paulin…7-9
8. Xavier Boog…9-8
9. Ken de Dycker…11-11
10. Marc DeReuver…10-12
Other notables:  11. Cedric Soubeyras; 12. Jonathan Barragan; 13. Rui Goncalves; 30. Tony Cairoli; 32. Evgeny Bobryshev.

The Honda team has struggle all season long. Rui Goncalves was 13th in Sweden.

Tanel Leok.

Christophe Pourcel, Clement Desalle and Kevin Strijbos. Christophe’s brother Sebastien just missed the podium.

Shaun Simpson got a shot at Steven Frossard’s unused works Yamaha YZ450F and came oh-so-close to putting it on the box.


Before it all went wrong, Cairoli (222) was in front of Desalle (25), Bobryshev (777) and Philippaerts (19). Tony got a rock jammed in his chain and couldn’t get it out in moto one and was pushed off the track and ended up stuck in the mud that had been bulldozed off the track. Photo: Ray Archer

FIM 450 POINTS STANDINGS
(after 9 of 16 events)
1. Clement Desalle…348
2. Tony Cairoli…345
3. Christophe Pourcel…336
4. Gautier Paulin…315
5. Ken DeDycker…257
6. Kevin Strijbos…243
7. Xavier Boog…236
8. David Philippaerts…212
9. Tanel Leok…201
10. Rui Goncalves…183
Other notables: 11. Shaun Simpson…159; 13. Evgeny Bobryshev…137; 14. Jonathan Barragan…135; 17. Steven Frossard…66; 19. Cedric Sobeyras…54.