season. The German has been making strides in his performances and today was rather impressive when he took the FOX Holeshot and led every lap to win race 1. In race 2 he had another good start amongst the top 10 before moving up to sixth but he was then passed twice and later fell. Even with the fall Nagl had a stellar weekend and finished 4th overall.
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’ s Jeremy Van Horebeek fought hard through both races battling with various riders but most of all his teammate Romain Febvre. In Race 1 Van Horebeek held second position for 16 laps but fell on the 17th and lost the position to Cairoli. In race 2 Febvre had the backing of the home GP fans, beating out
Van Horebeek and with a strong end to the race, the Frenchman finished 4th. The two Yamaha’ s would go 5th and 6th overall with Van Horebeek ahead.
Another notable ride came from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’ s Jeffrey Herlings when he came from near last in race 2. After a first turn crash Herlings was on fire before finishing 5th. The“ Bullet” put in the fastest lap of the race on his charge through the pack and his salvaged 5-5 took 7th overall.
Team HRC’ s Tim Gajser withdrew from today’ s racing due to shoulder pain. The Slovenian was at one point the red plate holder and coming into this weekend was second in the championship. Gajser is now 4th in the
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