Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 toasted a successful home Grand Prix with Clement Desalle finishing runner-up overall and lifting his seventh trophy of the season at Lommel for the GP of Limburg and the 11th round of 15 in the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Some 23, 300 spectators surrounded arguably the hardest and most technical track this year. The Belgian sand was an immense test of fitness, resilience and machine capability.

Desalle made two decent starts on his dependable factory RM-Z450 Suzuki under cloudy skies and chilly conditions and led virtually all of the opening 35 minute and 2 lap moto. The Belgian weathered resistance from eventual winner Antonio Cairoli and Steven Frossard until the final three circulations when the speed of the Italian was too much to contain. Desalle made sure of second place and then followed up the result with a good battle against countryman Ken De Dycker in the second race. The track was far rougher and consisted of a series of brutal bumps but the 22 year old was able to defeat De Dycker and capture fourth for his overall ranking.

The podium appearance was a welcome relief for the team that suffered the shock of Steve Ramon's heavy crash and hospitalisation during qualification on Saturday. The former World Champion hit the sand head-first and initially lacked sensation in his limbs. The condition was caused by spinal shock and fortunately the consequences did not involve any broken bones and only nerve damage in his neck and other scrapes. Ramon will be moved from the local hospital to another unit closer to his home tomorrow (Monday) but the signs are initially positive for his recovery.

With four rounds of the campaign remaining (Czech Republic, UK, Germany and Italy) Desalle is still second in the standings and 52 points behind Cairoli, 11 ahead of Frossard. Ramon is 11th. The 12th meeting of the season will take place in Loket - the site of Desalle's first GP win in 2009 - near the German border, next weekend.

Clement Desalle:

"After Latvia I used the break to try and recover and it helped. I was confident coming here and I just wanted to feel good on the bike and with my shoulder. On Saturday I was happy with the way it was going, especially on a difficult track like this. Physically I am improving all the time. It felt good to be leading but it is a strange race here because there are so many lines and you can lose time on one lap and then make it back the next. I'm happy to make a good result in Belgium but second is not a win! Every rider knows a big crash like Steve's can happen at any time and it is something you try to put out of your head. When I saw him on the ground not moving for three laps yesterday it was hard to take and makes you think about your life but we have to take it out of our minds in order to ride the bike again."

Sylvain Geboers - Team Owner:

"Steve has undergone some good treatment already. He can feel all of his body and was bending his legs and even wanted to watch the race from his hospital bed. He will move hospital tomorrow to one that is closer to his home and where he had attention after the neck injury in 2009. He has less pain now but is obviously very sore and fragile. Realistically I don't think we can expect to see him racing again this season but the main objective has to be a full recovery and good health."

MX1 Moto1: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:57.975; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), +0:09.126; 3. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:29.308; 4. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:29.343; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:32.189; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:51.252; 7. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:58.628; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +1:07.701; 9. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +1:20.422; 10. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:32.403

MX1 Moto2: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 42:30.771; 2. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:03.509; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:14.535; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), +0:45.467; 5. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +0:50.827; 6. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +1:13.243; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Honda), +1:33.494; 8. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), +1:57.676; 9. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +1:59.104; 10. Marc de Reuver (NED, Yamaha), +2:07.387

MX1 Overall result: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 40 p.; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 38 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 35 p.; 5. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 33 p.; 6. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), 29 p.; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 28 p.; 8. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 26 p.; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Honda), 24 p.; 10. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), 22 p.

MX1 World Championship standings (after 11 of 15 rounds): 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 466 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 414 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 403 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 369 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 349 p. 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 309 p.; 7. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 308 p.; 8. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), 250 p.; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 235 p. 10. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 233 p.; 11. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 229 p.