Date: 28June 2010

Gareth Swanepoel travelled to Kegums in Latvia this past weekend for Round 9 of the MX1 World Championship, where sunny skies greeted the GP contenders.

Moto one would see a difficult start for ‘Swanie’ as he emerged 17th at the end of the first lap. Battling to get in to a fast enough rhythm Swanepoel’s progress was limited, but in the end he managed to claw his way past Kevin Strijbos and Sweden’s Tom Soderstrom on his way to 15th position at the chequered flag.

Moto was a better start for the South African, this time the number 8 machine was up inside the top 10 and ‘Swanie’ was looking far more comfortable as he battled it out with Congalves, Leok and Guarneri. Sat in a solid 10th position with 2 laps remaining Swanepoel stalled the bike, allowing Guarneri and Boissiere through. Crossing the line in 12th place put Swanepoel 13th overall for the GP.

Swanepoel gave his comments: “The first moto today was pretty hard, I was in the middle of the pack and from there I struggled to move forward. The second race was better, I felt good on the bike and because I was up with quicker guys my pace automatically mirrored theirs.”

This week ‘Swanie’ heads to Estonia for a mid-week international race before then getting over to Sweden for the 10th round of the MX1 GP next weekend.

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Results

MX1 Race 1
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
2 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
6 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
8 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
9 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
10 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
11 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
12 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
13 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
14 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
15 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda

MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
5 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
8 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
9 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
10 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
11 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
12 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
13 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
14 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
15 Walkner, Matthias AUT KTM

GP Overall:
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 47
2 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 43
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 40
4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 40
5 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 31
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 31
7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 28
8 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 25
9 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 24
10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 22
11 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 18
12 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 18
13 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 15
14 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 13
15 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda 9

MX1 World Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 384
2 Desalle, C. BEL 323
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 298
4 Ramon, Steve BEL 277
5 Nagl, M. GER 276
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 269
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 248
8 Leok, Tanel EST 207
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 189
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 189
11 Boissiere, A. FRA 134
12 Strijbos, K. BEL 134
13 Swanepoel, G. RSA 126
14 Coppins, J. NZL 120
15 Goncalves, Rui POR 104