Clement Desalle and Ken Roczen first red plate holders of 2011 season

Monday 11 April: The 2011 season opened this past weekend in Sevlievo, Bulgaria.

Clement Desalle got a really tight overall victory, after finishing first with the same points as second classified Steven Frossard. And third was Jonathan Barragán thanks to his superb performance on the second race.

It was not a good weekend for 2010 MX1 World Champion Antonio Cairoli, as on Saturday he could not find his rhythm and today he unfortunately twisted his left knee during the first heat and could not do a good performance on the second one.

MX2: Ken Roczen dominated the whole weekend and obtained his second red plate of his career. Second was a consistent Tommy Searle and third was Jeffrey Herlings.

This morning took also place the second race of the UEM EMX 125 and Italian Simone Zecchina got the first round victory of the season. Second was his compatriot Samuele Bernardini and third Swiss rider Jeremy Seewer.