Tony Cairoli

Tony Cairoli
Nationality	Italian
Born	23 September 1985 (1985-09-23) (age 36) Patti, Sicily, Italy
Motocross career
Years active	2002 – present
Teams	Yamaha (2004–2009) KTM (2010–present)
Grands Prix	93 (24 MX2, 39 MX1, 30 MXGP)[1]
Championships	9 (MX2 2005, 2007; MX1 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; MXGP 2014, 2017)
Wins	178 (54 MX2, 75 MX1, 49 MXGP)
GP debut	2002, GP of Belgium, 125cc
First GP win	2004, GP of Wales MX2

Antonio "Tony" Cairoli (born 23 September 1985) is an Italian professional motocross racer. He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2002. Cairoli is notable for winning nine FIM motocross world championships, second only to ten-time champion Stefan Everts, making him one of the most successful world championship motocross racers in history.^[2]

Life and career[]

Cairoli was born in Patti, Sicily. He began his motocross Grand Prix career in 2002 riding a Yamaha. He was the 2005 FIM world champion in the MX2-GP class. In 2007 he again won the MX2-GP world championship as well as the English supercross championship.^[3] Cairoli claimed the 2009 MX1-GP FIM Motocross World Championship, and after moving to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, successfully defended his title in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and MXGP 2014 .^[4][5] Cairoli has won several motos on the Motocross des Nations, particularly in 2012 and 2013 when he managed to win every single moto he raced on. On 5 August 2012, in Czech Republic, he won his 50th GP in World Championship.^[6]

Cairoli announced his retirement from motocross on September 14, 2021.

He lives with his wife Jill Cox between Rome, Italy and Lommel, Belgium, where he is training.^[7]

Achievements[]

Results by seasons[]

2004–2006[]

2004 MX2 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Flanders – 15th 21st  Spain 14th 5th 8th  Portugal 12th 4th 5th  Netherlands 3rd 10th 5th  Germany 8th 6th 5th  Benelux 3rd 3rd 3rd  United Kingdom DNS DNS DNS  France 2nd 10th 5th  Italy 9th 2nd 4th  Belgium – 7th 13th  Sweden 15th 5th 7th  Czech Republic 1st 6th 3rd  Wallonia 2nd 4th 1st  Europe [9] 5th 4th 4th  Ireland 3rd 4th 2nd  South Africa 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd

2005 MX2 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Flanders 5th 4th 5th  Spain 2nd 8th 2nd  Portugal 1st 1st 1st  Belgium 1st - 6th  Europe [10] 2nd 16th 7th  Japan 1st 4th 2nd  United Kingdom – 13th 20th  Italy 1st 2nd 1st  France DNS DNS DNS  Sweden 1st 1st 1st  South Africa 9th 2nd 3rd  Wallonia 1st 1st 1st  Czech Republic 1st 2nd 1st  Germany 1st 1st 1st  United Kingdom 3rd 20th 11th  Netherlands 7th 8th 5th  Ireland 5th 19th 10th World Champion

2006 MX2 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Flanders 15th 2nd 8th  Spain – 1st 8th  Portugal 1st 10th 3rd  Germany 5th 7th 5th  Japan 4th 1st 2nd  Bulgaria 1st – 6th  Italy 2nd 2nd 2nd  United Kingdom 6th 1st 2nd  Sweden 2nd 12th 6th  South Africa 2nd 1st 1st  United Kingdom 11th 1st 4th  Belgium 1st 1st 1st  Northern Ireland 2nd 7th 3rd  Netherlands 2nd 3rd 2nd  France 1st 1st 1st 2nd

2007–2009[]

2007 MX2 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Benelux 1st 1st 1st  Spain 2nd 1st 1st  Portugal 1st 1st 1st  Italy 1st 1st 1st  Germany 1st 1st 1st  Japan 3rd 1st 2nd  France 1st 1st 1st  Bulgaria 1st 1st 1st  Sweden 1st 1st 1st  Italy (Faenza) 1st 2nd 2nd  Czech Republic 1st 2nd 2nd  Belgium 16th 2nd 8th  Northern Ireland 1st 1st 1st  United Kingdom [11] DNS DNS DNS  United Kingdom [12] 2nd 1st 1st  Netherlands 1st 1st 1st World Champion

2008 MX2 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Netherlands 2nd 2nd 2nd  Spain 2nd 11th 4th  Portugal 1st 1st 1st  Bulgaria 1st 19th 7th  Italy 4th 1st 1st  United Kingdom 1st 1st 1st  France – 3rd 10th  Germany 1st 2nd 2nd  Sweden 2nd 1st 1st  South Africa – – –  Belgium N.P. N.P. N.P.  Czech Republic N.P. N.P. N.P.  Ireland N.P. N.P. N.P.  Benelux N.P. N.P. N.P.  Italy [13] N.P. N.P. N.P. 6th

2009 MX1 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Italy 1st – 1st  Bulgaria 7th 4th 6th  Turkey 1st 1st 1st  Benelux 1st 3rd 2nd  Turkey 1st 1st 1st  Spain 8th 1st 3rd  United Kingdom 10th 8th 8th  France 7th 2nd 3rd  Germany 2nd 1st 1st  Latvia 2nd 1st 1st  Sweden 4th 1st 2nd  Belgium 5th 2nd 3rd  Czech Republic 6th 2nd 4th  Netherlands 5th 4th 6th  Brazil 6th 12th 9th World Champion

2010–2012[]

2010 MX1 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Bulgaria 5th 1st 2nd  Italy [14] 2nd 1st 1st  Netherlands 1st 1st 1st  Portugal 5th 1st 2nd  Spain 6th 3rd 4th  United States 1st 3rd 1st  France 1st 3rd 2nd  Germany 4th 2nd 4th  Latvia 6th 1st 2nd  Sweden 1st 1st 1st  Luxembourg 1st 1st 1st  Czech Republic 2nd 1st 1st  Brazil 2nd 1st 1st Benelux 2nd 1st 1st  Italy 33rd – – World Champion

2011 MX1 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Bulgaria 7th 10th 9th  Netherlands 1st 2nd 1st  United States 2nd 11th 5th  Brazil 1st 2nd 2nd  France 2nd 3rd 2nd  Portugal 2nd 2nd 2nd  Spain 2nd 1st 1st  Sweden 5th 2nd 3rd  Germany 2nd 2nd 2nd  Latvia 1st 1st 1st  Belgium 1st 1st 1st  Czech Republic 1st 4th 2nd  United Kingdom 3rd 1st 1st  Europe 3rd 2nd 1st  Italy - - - World Champion

2012 MX1 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Netherlands 1st 1st 1st  Bulgaria 4th 3rd 3rd  Italy 3rd 1st 2nd  Mexico 1st 3rd 1st  Brazil 8th 9th 8th  France 1st 1st 1st  Portugal 3rd 2nd 3rd  Belgium 1st 1st 1st  Sweden 35th 30th 30th  Latvia 1st 2nd 1st  Russia 1st 1st 1st  Czech Republic 1st 1st 1st  United Kingdom 1st 1st 1st  Benelux 1st 1st 1st  Europe 1st 1st 1st  Germany 1st 1st 1st World Champion

2013–2015[]

2013 MX1 World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Qatar 3rd 1st 2nd  Thailand 1st 1st 1st  Netherlands 1st 2nd 1st  Italy 1st 1st 1st  Bulgaria 4th 1st 2nd  Portugal 3rd 1st 2nd  Brazil 1st 1st 1st  France 2nd 1st 1st  Italy 4th 2nd 3rd  Sweden 1st 1st 1st  Latvia 2nd 1st 1st  Finland 1st 1st 1st  Germany 2nd 1st 1st  Czech Republic 4th 7th 5th  Belgium 1st 2nd 2nd  United Kingdom 1st 18th 7th  Europe 4th 1st 3rd World Champion

2014 MXGP World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Qatar 2nd 3rd 3rd  Thailand 1st 1st 1st  Brazil[15] 1st 1st 1st  Italy[16] 6th 4th 5th  Bulgaria 2nd 1st 1st  Netherlands 3rd 1st 1st  Spain 6th 2nd 4th  United Kingdom 1st 2nd 1st  France 2nd 3rd 3rd  Italy[17] 1st 1st 1st  Germany 5th 4th 5th  Sweden 1st 1st 1st  Finland 1st 1st 1st  Czech Republic 3rd 2nd 3rd  Belgium 1st 1st 1st  Brazil[18]  Mexico World Champion

2015 MXGP World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Qatar 3rd 4th 4th  Thailand 5th 1st 3rd  Argentina 2nd 2nd 3rd  Italy 1st 2nd 2nd  Netherlands 28th 7th 11th  Spain 3rd 1st 1st  United Kingdom 1st 3rd 1st  France 1st 7th 3rd  Italy 7th 18th 13th  Germany 14th 6th 9th  Sweden 13th 3rd 7th  Latvia 4th 4th 5th  Czech Republic DNS DNS DNS  Belgium DNS DNS DNS  Italy DNS DNS DNS  Netherlands DNS DNS DNS  Mexico DNS DNS DNS  United States 5th 30th 13th 7th

2016–2018[]

2016 MXGP World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Qatar 6th 4th 5th  Thailand 2nd 12th 5th  Europe 7th 2nd 4th  Argentina 2nd 2nd 2nd  Mexico 6th 9th 6th  Latvia 3rd 2nd 2nd  Germany 1st 1st 1st  Italy 1st 2nd 1st  Spain 5th 9th 7th  France 3rd 7th 4th  England 2nd 10th 6th  Italy 6th 3rd 4th  Czech Republic 7th 8th 7th  Belgium 6th 2nd 3rd   Switzerland 1st 5th 1st  Netherlands 4th 1st 2nd  United States 13th 14th 14th  United States 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd

2017 MXGP World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Qatar 1st 1st 1st  Indonesia 4th DNS 4th  Argentina 9th 5th 7th  Mexico 4th 2nd 2nd  Italy 1st 2nd 1st  Europe 9th 1st 4th  Latvia 5th 2nd 2nd  Germany 2nd 1st 1st  France 2nd 3rd 2nd  Russia 2nd 9th 5th  Italy 1st 1st 1st  Portugal 2nd 1st 1st  Czech Republic 3rd 1st 1st  Belgium 2nd 2nd 2nd   Switzerland 3rd 4th 3rd  Sweden 9th 7th 7th  United States 3rd 2nd 3rd  Netherlands 2nd 6th 4th World Champion

2018 MXGP World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Argentina 1st 2nd 2nd  Netherlands 2nd 2nd 2nd  Spain 1st 1st 1st  Italy 4th 2nd 3rd  Portugal 2nd 2nd 2nd  Russia 2nd 5th 3rd  Latvia 2nd 2nd 2nd  Germany 6th 5th 6th  United Kingdom 2nd 2nd 2nd  France 3rd 2nd 2nd  Italy 1st 1st 1st  Indonesia 1st 2nd 2nd  Indonesia 3rd 4th 4th  Czech Republic 2nd 2nd 2nd  Belgium 2nd 2nd 2nd   Switzerland 8th 6th 7th  Bulgaria 8th 2nd 4th  Turkey 2nd 15th 8th  Netherlands 2nd 2nd 2nd  Italy DNS DNS DNS 2nd

2019-2021[]

2019 MXGP World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Argentina 1st 1st 1st  United Kingdom 1st 2nd 1st  Netherlands 1st 1st 1st  Italy 2nd 2nd 2nd  Italy 1st 1st 1st  Portugal 2nd 2nd 2nd  France 8th 16th 7th  Russia 12th 4th 8th  Latvia 2nd DNF 11th  Germany did not participate (Injured)  Indonesia  Indonesia  Czech Republic  Belgium  Italy  Sweden  Turkey  China 10th

2020 MXGP World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  United Kingdom 4th 3rd 3rd  Netherlands 7th 5th 4th  Latvia 7th 17th 13th  Latvia 1st 4th 1st  Latvia 9th 2nd 4th  Italy 3rd 3rd 3rd  Italy 4th 3rd 4th  Italy 2nd 2nd 1st  Italy 3rd 15th 8th  Italy 4th 4th 4th  Italy 5th 1st 2nd  Spain 7th 6th 6th  Belgium 13th 6th 9th  Belgium 5th 2nd 3rd

2021 MXGP World Championship Nation 1st race 2nd race Overall  Russia 3rd DNF 10th  United Kingdom 1st 3rd 1st  Italy 3rd 3rd 3rd  Netherlands 8th 1st 2nd  Czech Republic 6th 1st 2nd  Belgium 3rd 7th 5th  Latvia 3rd 6th 5th

Injuries[]

• 2008 – Torn Acl (Knee, MXGP of South Africa)
• 2014 – Knee injury (at MXON Kegums, Latvia)
• 2015 – Fractured elbow (MXGP of Maggiora, Italy)
• 2016 – 2 broken ribs, wrist injury^[19]
• 2019 - Shoulder injury

References[]

External links[]

• Tony Cairoli at MX1 web site
• Tony Cairoli at KTM web site
• Tony Cairoli at Red Bull web site
• Tony Cairoli, at Gatedrop.com, 11-9-2017
• Tony Cairoli at eWRC-results.com
• Official website