Everts wins in Germany

Stefan Everts won both races at the German Motocross GP to return to winning form with his 85th GP win.

Everts led the first race from start to finish in front of 12,000 people at Gaildorf, near Stuttgart. Steve Ramon took second, with fellow KTM rider Ben Townley in third.

The second race was almost a a copy of the first, despite a mistake by Everts in the closing stages. As the Belgian was restarting his Yamaha, Mikael Pichon caught up, only to fall at the same corner. Everts eventually finished ahead of Tanel Leok and John Coppins.

The next round of the championship take place on the Isle of Wight, on August 27/28.

In MX2, Antonio Cairoli pushed Yamaha to the manufacturer title by taking both races. The first race saw Cairoli win in front of Andrew McFarlane and British KTM rider Carl Nunn, who claimed his best result of the season. In the second race Cairoli headed a Yamaha podium with Alessio Chiodi and Mickael Maschio. Nunn again finished strongly with a fourth place.

MX1 championship standings:

1. Everts 589

2. Coppins 536.

3. Townley 460

4. Pichon 404

5. Smets 385.

6. Ramon 380.

7. Leuret 278.

8. De Dijcker 268.

9. Leok 254.

10. Noble 252.

MX2 championship standings:

1. Cairoli 501.

2. McFarlane 482.

3. Chiodi 427.

4. Phillippaerts 389.

5. Melotte 352.

6. Sword 308.

7. Pourcel 297.

8. Nunn 289.

9. Mackenzie 266.

10. Guarneri 260.

The race weekend also saw confirmation that Cedric Melotte will move up from MX2 to join Stefan Everts in the MX1 championship in 2006. KTM, meanwhile, will field Spaniard Jonathan Barragan to partner Marc de Reuver in the Red Bull KTM squad.