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The FIM Motocross World Championship arrives in Lierop to celebrate the penultimate Grand Prix of the season with Antonio Cairoli being already the 2010 MX1 World Champion after the Brazilian GP. In the MX2 class everything is still to be decided, but Marvin Musquin has a highly range of possibilities to be proclaimed the 2010 MX2 World Champion with still one round to go.
Recent 2010 MX1 World Champion Antonio Cairoli obtained his fourth World Title in Brazil two weeks ago, which is his second in a row in the MX1 class and his first one with the revolutionary 350cc KTM machine. Clement Desalle lost all the chances to fight for the Championship when his Suzuki machine stopped by the end of the last heat of the Brazilian GP. The Belgian will have to fight teeth and nail with his pursuers, David Philippaerts and Max Nagl, if he wants to defend his second position in the Championship. Completing the top five is sand specialist Steve Ramon.
Marvin Musquin heads Lierop with his second MX2 World Championship Title in his mind. The French is 72 points ahead the German Ken Roczen and this weekend he will ride safe to go home with the Title under his name. Roczen, though, will not leave things easy for the French and he will fight until the last checked flag to avoid Musquin's victory. Third in the Championship is Steven Frossard, followed by injured Jeffrey Herlings, who will missed his home GP. Zach Osborne is now completing the top five.
The Grand Prix of Benelux will also host the last and crucial round of the FIM Veterans Word Cup. Mats Nilsson has a 45 points advantage over second classified Pascal Bal and Erwin Hendrickx is just one point behind the Belgian.
MX1
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1's Cairoli handed KTM their so expected MX1 World Title on the revolutionary 350cc machine in the last GP in Campo Grande, Brazil. The Italian conquered the Title in his very first chance thanks to an outstanding performance in the Brazilian track and also helped by the misfortune of Desalle. Cairoli has won 36 Grand Prix so far and if he achieves the victory in Lierop will be tied in GP victories with Belgian Hallman and with only two Grand Prix difference with Eric Geboers.
Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1's Desalle is now 30 points ahead Italian Philippaerts and has to keep focused if he wants to keep his second position in the MX1 Classification. The Belgian is a sand specialist and last year was third overall in Lierop, so he is heading the Netherlands with high hopes for a GP win and settle down his runner up position in the points standings.
Third in the MX1 Championship is Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross' Philippaerts, who will not leave things easy to Desalle and will fight until the end to improve his third position in the Championship. The Italian was only fifth overall last year in Lierop, but he did an incredible first heat finishing second after GP winner De Dycker. Besides, Philippaerts arrives in Lierop after being second overall in the Brazilian GP in Campo Grande.
Following the Italian there is Nagl of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1 team, who is 21 points behind the Italian and is only 12 points ahead Belgian Ramon. In the last three Grand Prix's, the German has shown that he is recovered from his collarbone injury suffered in France and will try to improve his seventh position obtained last year in the Dutch track and cut some points to Philippaerts.
Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1's Ramon is fifth in the points standings and although he was just eighth overall last season in Lierop, he expects to grasp some points to the leading Championship riders. The Belgian is not far from home and hopes to see his fans cheering for him and try to clinch his first GP victory of the season.
Estonian Leok follows Ramon in the MX1 Classification and seventh is last year's GP winner De Dycker. Boog, who showed in Brazil that he is ready to race again with top riders after his knee injury, is eighth in the Championship 21 points ahead ninth classified Bobryshev. Completing the top ten is Guarneri, who got a solid sixth position in Brazil.
Coppins is eleventh in the Championship but his second position in Lierop last year will give him extra motivation to enter the top ten of the MX1 Classification. Gonçalves, who follows the New Zealander in the Championship, was also second last year in the MX2 class, so it is also a good track for the Portuguese to climb up some positions in the Championship.
Strijbos will not race this weekend due to a shoulder injury and his teammate Butrón, who is been racing in the MX2 class this season, will debut in the MX1 class this weekend in Lierop.
MX2
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2's Musquin could not conquer the MX2 World Title in the last GP in Campo Grande, Brazil, but the French is heading the Netherlands with 72 points advantage over runner up Roczen and with a lot of chances to achieve his second World Title in a row.
Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2's Roczen arrives in Lierop not thinking much about the Championship and being only focused on his riding. The 16 year old, who was third overall last year in Lierop, is performing an excellent ending of the season and is conscious that will be extremely difficult to stop Musquin to win the Title.
Following the German is Kawasaki CLS' Frossard who seems to be struggling a little bit in the last Grand Prix's of the season. The French is not a sand specialist but will try to defend his third position in the MX2 Classification this weekend in Lierop, the Netherlands.
