Antonio Cairoli claimed his second MX1-GP event in the space of a week to extend his lead in the FIM World Championship to 57 points - more than one Grand Prix - with just five meetings left to run in the 2009 contest.

The first ever trip to Latvia took place at the Kegums circuit and saw the stylish Sicilian race to 2nd and 1st positions in two sweaty but cloudy motos and watched by 32,000 spectators.

The tenth round of fifteen in the '09 schedule and the second of three GPs inside three weeks occurred within a presentable and well-structured circuit, 50km south-east of the capital city of Riga. A long, loose-soiled and technically difficult track awaited the protagonists of the MX1-GP category. The soft surface quickly became rough with many deep ruts and bumps littering the jumps, waves and rollers.

Cairoli opted for a different tyre profile choice to his peers which hindered his launch from the start gate slightly but the 23 year old claimed worked better for him across the course. With inventive and effective lines through the whoops section and ripping through the long uphill waves, Cairoli made time and positions from inside the top ten in both races.

He pushed leader Clement Desalle all the way to the line in the first moto in what was yet another exciting finale. The De Carli representative just missed the chequered flag by two tenths of a second and incredibly set his quickest lap on that circulation after almost forty minutes of racing. In the second outing he again built up his speed to pass riders such as Tanel Leok, Josh Coppins, Ken De Dycker, David Philippaerts and Max Nagl to reach Desalle and sprint ahead with three laps remaining.

Cairoli has now won 8 motos from 20 and 4 grand prix from 10 in his first season in MX1-GP. He has 29 career victories and enjoys a gap of 57 points over Nagl in the standings with just 250 left to win.

Rui Goncalves rode a masterly second moto in Latvia to snatch his third MX2 GP victory of the season and move into third in the championship standings. Team-mate Marvin Musquin was overall second.

Goncalves ended the day with equal points with Musquin who won the first moto and was second to Goncalves in the second - but this time the GP glory went to the Portuguese rider.

Musquin, also satisfied with his weekend, retains the coveted red plate and consolidates his lead in the world championship standings and now has a 49-point lead on second placed Frenchman Gautier Paulin.

The win for Goncalves, who was also on pole, was a huge confidence boost and he clearly enjoyed the conditions at the new world championship venue at Kegums in Latvia.

Runner up Musquin was obviously happy to retain his red plate and not surrender any points with his second place.

MX1:
Uitslag:
1. Antonio Cairoli (Ita/Yamaha) 47 punten
2. Clement Desalle (Honda) 41
3. Joshua Coppins (NZe/Yamaha) 40
4. Max Nagl (Dui/KTM) 35
5. Ken de Dycker (Suzuki) 34
6. David Philippaerts (Ita/Yamaha) 30
7. Aigar Leok (Est/TM) 28
8. Manuel Priem (Aprilia) 22
9. Carlos Campano (Spa/Yamaha) 22
10. Gareth Swanepoel (ZAf/Kawasaki) 21

WK-stand:
1. Antonio Cairoli (Ita) 385 punten
2. Max Nagl (Dui) 328
3. David Philippaerts (Ita) 327
4. Joshua Coppins (NZe) 314
5. Clement Desalle 309
6. Ken de Dycker 298
7. Tanel Leok (Est) 270
8. Jonathan Barragan (Spa) 215
9. Aigar Leok (Est) 167
10. Gareth Swanepoel (ZAf) 151

MX2:
Uitslag: 1. Rui Goncalves (Por/KTM) 47 ptn
2. Marvin Musquin (Fra/KTM) 47
3. Gautier Paulin (Fra/Kawasaki) 36
4. Ken Roczen (Dui/Suzuki) 36
5. Davide Guarneri (Ita/Yamaha) 32
6. Joël Roelants (KTM) 30
7. Dennis Verbruggen (Honda) 27
8. Evgeny Bobryshev (Rus/Yamaha) 23
9. Marcus Schiffer (Dui/KTM) 22
10. Steven Frossard (Fra/Kawasaki) 18

WK-stand:
1. Marvin Musquin (Fra) 371 ptn
2. Gautier Paulin (Fra) 322
3. Rui Goncalves (Por) 301
4. Davide Guarneri (Ita) 296
5. Steven Frossard (Fra) 264
6. Ken Roczen (Dui) 200
7. Nicolas Aubin (Fra) 197
8. Xavier Boog (Fra) 197
9. Manuel Monni (Ita) 165
10. Jeremy van Horebeek 157