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clear of his championship rival
Jonass, who was fifth overall on
the day with 4-6 results.
American Thomas Covington
(Rockstar Energy Husqvarna)
was fast in the sand and came
away second overall with 2-3
moto scores.
"I'm really happy with second
overall at this tough GP," Cov-
ington said. "A few years ago,
I couldn't even think this would
be possible over here in Lom-
mel. There's been a few week-
ends where I felt I should have
won the GP, but this weekend
Jorge [Prado] was just better. I
could push him during the first
part of the motos, but after that
I decided to keep it steady and
ride safely for the overall po-
dium. I just can't thank the whole
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
team members [enough] for all
their hard work. We've been able
to get some great results during
the last few GPs and it's onwards
and upwards from here.
"This weekend I'm really hap-
py to be up here on the podium
in Lommel," Covington added.
"I really struggled here my first
few years in Europe so to come
away with a podium is pretty big
for me, I think it has been a long
time since an American was on
the podium at Lommel so it is a
pretty cool accomplishment."
Covington is closing in on
the top five in the champion-
ship. He now trails fifth-place
Calvin Vlaanderen (Honda) by 27
points.
Covington's teammate Thom-
as Kjer Olsen was third overall
with 3-4 moto scores and Bel-
gian Jago Geerts (Yamaha) was
fourth with 7-2 moto results. CN
MXGP
1. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 1-1
2. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 2-2
3. Max Anstie (Hus) 4-4
4. Romain Febvre (Yam) 3-5
5. Glen Coldenhoff (KTM) 6-3
MX2
1. Jorge Prado (KTM) 1-1
2. Thomas Covington (Hus) 2-3
3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (Hus) 3-4
4. Jago Geerts (Yam) 7-2
5. Pauls Jonass (KTM) 4-6
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER/KTM
IMAGES
Jorge Prado (pictured) is now
pulling away from former MX2
leader Pauls Jonass after
topping both motos.
PHOTOGHRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER/KTM
IMAGES
Thomas Covington (64) was second overall in MX2.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JUAN
PAUBLO
ACEVEDO/HUSQVARNA
IMAGES
