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Returning to Lierop - 2005

News Wednesday 29th August 2012 By Geoff Meyer

Seven years ago two World Motocross championships were decided in Lierop, Holland. The 2005 season was a classic with a handful of legends battling for the MX1 title and a young kid named Antonio Cairoli taking his first ever World Motocross title. Stefan Everts picked up his ninth in the MX1 class.

2005 MX1 CHAMPION, EVERTS (YAMAHA): "it was great to wrap up the title in style by winning both races and it was nice to share this moment with so many fans. Surely this title did not come easy, and today is probably the first GP where I had good starts in both races! I had to work hard to win this year, but it makes the satisfaction even bigger. It's a tough call why, but maybe it's just because I grow older. "

2005 MX2 WORLD CHAMPION, CAIROLI (YAMAHA): "If I had to pick a race where I wanted to win the title it would have been here! I really like riding in the sand and because I live close by in Belgium this area has become my second home. I hurt my left wrist yesterday, and my ankle injury already made it hard to push in the deep sand. I fought hard to make it happen here and I kept on believing. In the first race I had a good start, but I could not follow the rhythm of the leaders and I preferred to conserve my energy for the end of the race because realized it was going to be hard. Two laps before the end my team informed me that I had won the title and it was just the most amazing feeling ever. I'm so happy to have won the title! I have now one big goal left and that is to get a good result with the Italian team at the MX of Nations in France."

2005 STANDINGS

MX1: 1 Everts 621 2 Coppins 576 3 Townley 505 4 Pichon 446 5 Ramon 423 6 Smets 3856 7 Leuret 296 8 de Dijcker 274 8 Noble 274 10 Leok 268

MX2: 1 Cairoli 501 2 McFarlane 482 3 Chiodi 427 4 Philippaerts 389 5 Melotte 352 6 Sword 308 7 Pourcel 297 8 Nunn 289 9 MacKenzie 266 10 Goncalves 260

R17 of 17, Sept 4, Desert Martin, Ireland

Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Townley 3 Coppins

Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Townley 3 Ramon

R16 of 17, Sept 4, Lierop, Netherlands

Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Ramon 3 Coppins *** EVERTS WINS 2005 MX1 TITLE ***

Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Townley 3 Ramon MX2: *** CAIROLI WINS MX2 TITLE ***

R15 of 17, Aug 28, Isle of Wight, England

Moto 1: 1 Ramon 2 Pichon 3 Townley

Moto 2: 1 Townley 2 Coppins 3 Pichon

R14 of 17, Aug 21, 2005, Gaildorf, Germany

Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Ramon 3 Townley

Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Leok 3 Coppins

R13 of 17, Aug 7, 2005, Locket, Czech Republic

Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Pichon 3 Coppins

Moto 2: 1 Strijbos 2 Coppins 3 Townley

R12 of 17, July 31, 2005, Nismes Belgium

Moto 1: 1 Pichon 2 Coppins 3 Leuret

Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Pichon 3 Coppins

R11 of 17, July 17, 2005, Sun City, South Africa

Moto 1: 1 Coppins 2 Everts 3 Ramon

Moto 2: 1 Coppins 2 Everts 3 Ramon

R10 of 17, July 3, 2005, Uddevalla, Sweden

Moto 1: 1 Coppins 2 Townley 3 Barragan

Moto 2: 1 Coppins 2 Smets 3 Townley

R9 of 17, June 26, 2005, St Jean d’Angely, France

Moto 1: 1 Townley 2 Everts 3 Coppins

Moto 2: 1 Townley 2 Coppins 3 Pichon

R8 of 17, June 12, 2005, Castiglione del Lago, Italy

Moto 1: 1 Townley 2 Jorgensen 3 Leuret

Moto 2: 1 Townley 2 Everts 3 Smets

R7 of 17, June 5, 2005 - Matchams Park, UK

Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Ramon 3 Townley

Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Pichon 3 Coppins

R6 of 17, May 29, 2005 - Sugo, Japan

Moto 1: 1 Pichon 2 Everts 3 Townley

Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Smets 3 Pichon

R5 of 17, May 15, 2005 - Teutschenthal, Germany

Moto 1: 1 Pichon 2 Smets 3 Townley

Moto 2: 1 Pichon 2 Everts 3 Ramon

R4 of 17, May 8, 2005 - Namur, Belgium

Moto 1: 1 Jorgensen 2 Everts 3 Van Daele

Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Townley 3 Smets

R3 of 17, April 24, 2005 - Agueda, Portugal

Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Seguy 3 Vehvilainen

Moto 2: 1 Pichon 2 Coppins 3 Everts

R2 of 17, April 17, 2005 - Bellpuig, Spain

Moto 1: 1 Pichon 2 Townley 3 Jorgensen

Moto 2: 1 Smets 2 Everts 3 Townley

R1 of 17, April 3, 2005 - Zolder, Belgium

Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Pichon 3 Townley

Moto 2: 1 Smets 2 Pichon 3 Everts

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