Yamaha Red Bull De Carli's Antonio Cairoli has claimed his second win of the season and second double moto set of 2009 after an entertaining afternoon of racing at Agueda for the Grand Prix of Portugal and the fifth event from the calendar of fifteen races in the FIM MX1-GP World Championship. The Sicilian captured two chequered flags to win his fourth Portuguese GP in five years, his first in MX1-GP and with the YZ450F, and extend his immaculate record at Agueda to nine triumphs from ten motos. Cloudy but warm conditions, with a light shower coating the second MX1-GP race, graced the weekend in Agueda. 25,000 spectators (weekend figure) surrounded the hard and rough red soil that proved to be harder and more slippery compared to previous years and forced the riders to consider several tyre options on Saturday. A bumpier surface on Sunday was physically tough. The YZ450F - that was used so effectively by James Stewart to obtain the AMA Supercross Championship in Las Vegas last week - was also an effective tool in the hands of Cairoli who was nothing short of superlative across the Agueda slopes. He fought back from a good start (top five) in Moto1 and a mediocre launch (eighth) in Moto2 to enjoy superior speed over his rivals and twice deny Ken De Dycker victory. A key moment took place in the second race when the former double world champion was fighting for second position with reigning MX1-GP title holder, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team's David Philippaerts, and Clement Desalle. Holding the inside line on a fast downhill Cairoli missed the rut and collided with Philippaerts, forcing a retirement. Philippaerts - who had led the first third of the opening race until a crash dropped him to 5th place - later went to hospital with a painful left hand and was diagnosed with a broken index finger that will mean he travels to Spain next week far from 100% fit.
Josh Coppins rode consistently to score 4th overall, after almost grabbing pole position on Saturday. The Kiwi was adrift of the battle for the lead but his finishes of 7th (a consequence of a fall) and 4th in the motos represented an improvement over his last GP in Holland and demonstrated a recovery from the low energy levels he has recently suffered. Tanel Leok was 6th in the final classification after circulating on the fringes of the top five; recording a 5th position in Moto1 and 6th in Moto2, despite a small technical problem that interrupted his power supply. Cairoli now has a full 'race' lead in the championship standings of 25 points over De Dycker. Coppins is 4th, 2 points ahead of Leok, while Philippaerts' DNF has proved costly and he has dropped to 6th place. Yamaha front the Manufacturer's title chase by 37 points. The YZ450F motorcycle now has claimed four of the five GPs run so far. Yamaha's MX1-GP fleet will now spend the week travelling across the border and through Spain to the Bellpuig circuit and the Grand Prix of Catalunya for round six. Antonio Cairoli, Yamaha Red Bull De Carli, 1st: "This is a lucky and special track for me because I have won nine of the last ten motos here and this year it was unbelievable. In the second moto I did not expect to be able to catch everyone, especially Ken, like that and win the GP. My first lap was really bad but then I could find some good passing places. I am sorry about the contact with David. I did not expect him to be there and it was not my intention to touch. These things happen and they are not nice. After that I could overtake Desalle and was able to focus on catching Ken for the lead. I am really happy with this win. I thought before the season that I might be able to be in the top five by this stage but to be leading the championship is something very special. I am enjoying my riding and this is the important thing."
Josh Coppins, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 4th: "I'm still not quite strong enough and my mind is saying 'go faster' but my body cannot keep up. I am riding smooth and easy with consistent laps and a stupid crash in the first moto was the only real black mark. In the second race I rode pretty well but nothing special and did what I had to do. I pushed at the end to try and pass Desalle but ran out of time. I know that there is better to come. I am doing the best I can, which is not bad but it is just off where I want to be. My starts were alright and overall the weekend was not bad; not as good as the first two GPs but better than the last two." Tanel Leok, Yamaha Red Bull De Carli, 6th: "The result is good; the top six is where I should be every week. I was struggling a little bit in the first moto and wasn't feeling so good but the second race was better until we had some bad luck with that small problem with the bike and I was losing drive in sections and overshooting berms in others. I am being consistent with my motos and I know that on a normal day I am fighting for the podium." David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 13th: "Of course I am worried about my finger. We have the confirmation that it is broken and now we will just have to try and see what we can do next week in Spain. In the incident with Antonio, well, there were two lines and he wanted the first and also the second and came across me. This is part of motocross and not a big problem but it had a big price for me. I think now it is difficult to win the title but there are many races ahead and of course bad luck can still hit the others; everything is possible. I am pleased with the small changes we made to the bike and there is reason to feel positive but I have a lot of pain at the moment and just want to heal from this as fast as I can." Crowd: 25,000 Weather: Cloudy Last Years Winner: Sébastien Pourcel 2009 GP of Portugal 10/05/2009 Race 1 - 20 Laps Pos.    Rider    Manu.    Nat.    Total Time 1    Antonio Cairoli    Yamaha    ITA    39'32.718 2    Ken De Dycker    Suzuki    BEL    0'07.035 3    Clement Desalle    Honda    BEL    0'12.446 4    Maximilian Nagl    KTM    GER    0'14.608 5    David Philippaerts    Yamaha    ITA    0'16.374 6    Tanel Leok    Yamaha    EST    0'21.134 7    Joshua Coppins    Yamaha    NZL    0'50.988 8    Jonathan Barragan    KTM    ESP    0'54.914 9    Gregory Aranda    Kawasaki    FRA    0'58.430 10    Gareth Swanepoel    Kawasaki    RSA    1'11.378 11    David Vuillemin    Kawasaki    FRA    1'23.735 12    Aigar Leok    TM    EST    1'32.244 13    Manuel Priem    Aprilia    BEL    1'41.152 14    Fabien Izoird    Suzuki    FRA    1'58.572 15    Tom Church    CCM    GBR    2'13.666 20    Carlos Campano    Yamaha    ESP    -1Laps Race 2 - 20 Laps Pos.    Rider    Manu.    Nat.    Total Time 1    Antonio Cairoli    Yamaha    ITA    40'13.107 2    Ken De Dycker    Suzuki    BEL    0'10.571 3    Clement Desalle    Honda    BEL    0'18.792 4    Joshua Coppins    Yamaha    NZL    0'20.312 5    Tanel Leok    Yamaha    EST    0'40.474 6    David Vuillemin    Kawasaki    FRA    0'49.212 7    Maximilian Nagl    KTM    GER    0'58.709 8    Gareth Swanepoel    Kawasaki    RSA    1'09.139 9    Gregory Aranda    Kawasaki    FRA    1'15.733 10    Jonathan Barragan    KTM    ESP    1'31.163 11    Aigar Leok    TM    EST    1'44.257 12    Carlos Campano    Yamaha    ESP    1'52.586 13    Manuel Priem    Aprilia    BEL    1'54.589 14    Luis Correira    Suzuki    POR    -1Laps 15    Fabien Izoird    Suzuki    FRA    -1Laps 20    Rob van Vijfeijken    Yamaha    NED    -1Laps Rider Standings    10/05/2009 Pos.    Rider    Manu.    Nat.    Points 1.   Antonio Cairoli   Yamaha   ITA   193 2.   Ken De Dycker   Suzuki   BEL   168 3.   Jonathan Barragan   KTM   ESP   152 4.   Joshua Coppins   Yamaha   NZL   144 5.   Tanel Leok   Yamaha   EST   142 6.   David Philippaerts   Yamaha   ITA   134 7.   Clement Desalle   Honda   BEL   126 8.   Maximilian Nagl   KTM   GER   119 9.   Steve Ramon   Suzuki   BEL   100 10.   Kevin Strijbos   Honda   BEL   82 11.   David Vuillemin   Kawasaki   FRA   73 12.   Gareth Swanepoel   Kawasaki   RSA   67 13.   Aigar Leok   TM   EST   67 14.   Marc De Reuver   Honda   NED   45 15.   Billy MacKenzie   Honda   GBR   42 24.   Carlos Campano   Yamaha   ESP   13 26.   Rob van Vijfeijken   Yamaha   NED   12 Manufacturer Standings    10/05/2009 Pos.    Manufacturer    Points 1.   Yamaha   216 2.   Suzuki   179 3.   KTM   166 4.   Honda   158 5.   Kawasaki   87 6.   TM   67 7.   Aprilia   51 8.   CCM   27 RACE REPORT    10/05/2009 Guarneri 4th through Agueda bumps Guarneri    Guarneri The Grand Prix of Portugal represented the fifth round of fifteen in the MX2-GP World Championship and the warm Agueda circuit was the stage for Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team's Davide Guarneri to fight off the effects of a stomach sickness to take 4th position; his fourth top five finish of the season so far on the YZ250FM. 25,000 spectators (weekend figure) witnessed the Italian tussling for positions inside the top three of both motos across a slippery and very bumpy terrain. He placed 5th in Moto1 and was running as high as 2nd for a long part of Moto2 before succumbing to his low stamina and slipping one place to 3rd. The 24 year old still managed to demonstrate decent consistency and was just 4 points from his first podium appearance of the campaign.    Larrieu Larrieu Team-mate Loic Larrieu took an excellent qualification position with third spot on Saturday. The French teenager repeated his bright starts from the gate to ride to 6th and 5th despite a sore foot and record his highest finish of his rookie season so far with 5th overall. The third member of the team, Nico Aubin, had been suffering during the week with a virus and finished a course of antibiotics on Saturday. The Frenchman could take 8th place in Moto1 but a first lap crash in Moto2 left him at the back of the field and he retired, exhausted after six laps. Saturday's activities were unlucky for the Utag Yamaha.com team and Zach Osborne in particular. The American had set the seventh fastest lap-time in the first practice session but then had a mechanical problem and crashed in the pre-qualification. The Grand Prix of Turkey winner chipped his left radius bone and is expected to be out of action for four to six weeks. Agueda saw the second round of the Women's World Championship but the weekend did not last long for Tarah Geiger as the American clipped a post and crashed on the first lap of the first moto and broke her right wrist. Guarneri is now 3rd and 24 points from the lead in the world championship standings. Osborne is 7th and 2 points in front of Aubin, while Larrieu is 11th. Round six takes place at the Bellpuig circuit next week for the Grand Prix of Catalunya. Davide Guarneri, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 4th: "Today was good. My speed was at the top and only 0.1 or 0.2 away from these French riders! The fast guys all started at the front and it was a good battle at times. I have been feeling sick since yesterday and although this did not affect how fast I can go, it did mean my energy was low and the last ten minutes of both motos were very hard. I had two good starts and that was important for me. The results are consistent but I am trying each GP to reach the podium." Loic Larrieu, Utag Yamaha.com, 5th: "It was a good weekend for me. It started well in qualifying and I could finish 3rd. Today was more difficult because I missed a rut and hit my foot but I could make two good starts in the top two positions and I finished 6th and 5th; that's good result and very positive for my confidence." Nico Aubin, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 14th: "I have been sick again and was taking antibiotics for five days before this GP. I thought I had got rid of this problem after Turkey and now I just hope that in the next two to three days my body will be clear of it. I started in the top ten of the first moto and did my own race and speed. Things were not too bad, eighth is not great but acceptable because I felt low on energy. In the second moto I had a crash on the second lap and when I restarted I managed one lap before feeling completely empty; there was no way I could do any more." Crowd: 25,000 Weather: Cloudy Last Years Winner: Antonio Cairoli 2009 GP of Portugal 10/05/2009 Race 1 - 20 Laps Pos.    Rider    Manu.    Nat.    Total Time 1    Marvin Musquin    Honda    FRA    39'53.534 2    Rui Goncalves    KTM    POR    0'02.587 3    Steven Frossard    Kawasaki    FRA    0'02.923 4    Gautier Paulin    Kawasaki    FRA    0'21.629 5    Davide Guarneri    Yamaha    ITA    0'29.869 6    Loic Larrieu    Yamaha    FRA    0'33.387 7    Arnaud Tonus    KTM    CHE    0'40.667 8    Nicolas Aubin    Yamaha    FRA    0'43.076 9    Ken Roczen    Suzuki    GER    0'47.651 10    Alessandro Lupino    Yamaha    ITA    0'50.485 11    Joel Roelants    KTM    BEL    0'53.004 12    Evgeny Bobryshev    Yamaha    RUS    0'55.186 13    Stephen Sword    KTM    GBR    1'19.580 14    Manuel Monni    Yamaha    ITA    1'26.841 15    Yohei Kojima    Suzuki    JPN    1'31.021 16    Cedric Soubeyras    Yamaha    FRA    1'37.165 Race 2 - 20 Laps Pos.    Rider    Manu.    Nat.    Total Time 1    Rui Goncalves    KTM    POR    39'10.794 2    Steven Frossard    Kawasaki    FRA    0'07.812 3    Davide Guarneri    Yamaha    ITA    0'10.843 4    Ken Roczen    Suzuki    GER    0'13.149 5    Loic Larrieu    Yamaha    FRA    0'15.004 6    Marvin Musquin    Honda    FRA    0'25.511 7    Xavier Boog    Suzuki    FRA    0'27.974 8    Gautier Paulin    Kawasaki    FRA    0'33.318 9    Arnaud Tonus    KTM    CHE    0'47.567 10    Marcus Schiffer    KTM    GER    1'00.810 11    Alessandro Lupino    Yamaha    ITA    1'07.748 12    Jeremy Van Horebeek    KTM    BEL    1'13.836 13    Manuel Monni    Yamaha    ITA    1'18.882 14    Evgeny Bobryshev    Yamaha    RUS    1'36.007 15    Stephen Sword    KTM    GBR    1'44.852 Rider Standings    10/05/2009 Pos.    Rider    Manu.    Nat.    Points 1.   Gautier Paulin   Kawasaki   FRA   171 2.   Marvin Musquin   Honda   FRA   165 3.   Davide Guarneri   Yamaha   ITA   147 4.   Rui Goncalves   KTM   POR   125 5.   Xavier Boog   Suzuki   FRA   108 6.   Steven Frossard   Kawasaki   FRA   105 7.   Zach Osborne   Yamaha   USA   100 8.   Nicolas Aubin   Yamaha   FRA   98 9.   Shaun Simpson   KTM   GBR   97 10.   Arnaud Tonus   KTM   CHE   72 11.   Loic Larrieu   Yamaha   FRA   70 12.   Manuel Monni   Yamaha   ITA   67 13.   Marcus Schiffer   KTM   GER   66 14.   Joel Roelants   KTM   BEL   61 15.   Alessandro Lupino   Yamaha   ITA   56 19.   Evgeny Bobryshev   Yamaha   RUS   38 27.   Cedric Soubeyras   Yamaha   FRA   15 34.   Deny Philippaerts   Yamaha   ITA   6 Manufacturer Standings    10/05/2009 Pos.    Manufacturer    Points 1.   Kawasaki   191 2.   KTM   180 3.   Yamaha   177 4.   Honda   171 5.   Suzuki   128 6.   TM   5
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