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One crash could be all it takes to end the dream of title number 9 in 2016

The 2009 MX1 and MX2 Motocross World Championships start this weekend in Faenza, Italy - where the series ended in 2008 with world titles for David Philippaerts (MX1) and Tyla Rattray (MX2).

Despite a last lap scare, Jonathan Barragan erased the agony of seeing his maiden MX1 victory slip away in the closing stages of the Bulgarian round by winning the first British Motocross Grand Prix to be held at Mallory Park - in front of 41,000 fans.

The 22-year-old came into the fifth and final round having won three events and finished second in the other, but a crash in practice - when he fell on the landing of a double jump - caused some cuts and bruising to his left hip and chest, while the entry list contained AMA Supercross racers Rodr

Although at home off-road, Cairoli also occasionally rides a road bike and spent considerable time on an R6 at Misano during the annual Italian Yamaha Fest - but nothing could prepare him for the M1's 200+ horsepower.