Antonio Cairoli won his second straight overall today at his home Grand Prix in Trentino, Round 8 of FIM World Motocross Championship. The Red Bull KTM rider won the first moto and finished second in moto 2 to claim the overall. He now trails points leader Tim Gajser by 25 points.
Romain Febvre passed Cairoli late in the second moto to take second overall and pull within four points of the lead. Gajser would finish third.
In MX2, Jeffrey Herlings’ streak of fourteen straight moto wins came to an end in the first moto when the Dutch sensation was beat by Dylan Ferrandis. Herlings would rebound to win the second moto, claiming his eighth straight overall to start the season. Through eight rounds, he holds a commanding 100-point lead over second place Jeremy Seewer.
Ferrandis finished third in moto 2 to claim second overall. Pauls Jonass finished third.
In the EMX250 Class, American Darian Sanayei went 3-2 to claim second overall behind Denmark’s Thomas Kjer Olsen. Through four rounds of the championship, Sanayei sits third overall, forty-five points behind Kjer Olsen.
Stay turned to Racer X for a full report from Trentino.
MXGP Overall (Points per moto)
1. Antonio Cairoli 25-22
2. Romain Febvre 15-25
3. Tim Gajser 18-18
4. Kevin Strijbos 20-15
5. Max Nagl 22-13
6. Evgeny Bobryshev 12-20
7. Jeremy Van Horebeek 16-16
8. Shaun Simpson 10-11
9. Tanel Leok 13-7
10. Ben Townley 14-6
MX2 Overall (Points per moto)
1. Jeffrey Herlings 22-25
2. Dylan Ferrandis 25-20
3. Pauls Jonass 20-22
4. Samuele Bernardini 15-15
5. Jeremy Seewer 18-9
6. Benoit Paturel 9-16
7. Vsevolod Brylyakov 12-13
8. Aleksandr Tonkov 14-10
9. Brian Bogers 3-18
10. Max Anstie 16-5
