HERLINGS, PRADO RULE MXGP
OF SWITZERLAND
I
t was another Red Bull KTM
sweep in round 16 of the 2018
FIM Motocross World Champi-
onship, as Jeffrey Herlings and
Jorge Prado came away with the
overall wins in the MXGP and MX2
classes, respectively at the MXGP
of Switzerland in Frauenfeld-
Gachnang, August 19.
For Herlings, it was his 13th
overall victory of the year and 17th
and 18th moto victories of the year.
Herlings took the lead away
from fast starter Clement Desalle
(Monster Energy Kawasaki) and
never looked back from that point
on, taking the checkered flag
approximately five seconds ahead
of Desalle, who held off former
champion Romain Febvre (Mon-
ster Energy Yamaha) in third and
Glenn Coldenhoff (Red Bull KTM)
in fourth. Max Anstie (Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna) rounded out
the top five.
Second in the championship
Antonio Cairoli (Red Bull KTM)
finished eighth after crashing.
Herlings had to work a little
harder in moto two. After getting
off to a sixth-place start, Herlings
steadily worked his way to the
front of the pack, eventually find-
ing himself involved in a three-way
battle for the lead with Desalle and
Febvre. Herlings fought his way
around then Febvre, then Desalle
and quickly pulled away from the
duo, taking the checkered flag 14
seconds ahead of Febvre, who
worked his way around Desalle,
as did Tim Gajser (Honda HRC)
late in the moto.
Cairoli, who suffered a knee
injury in his first-moto crash when
his bike stalled over a jump, had
another difficult moto and finished
sixth, collecting seventh on the day.
IN
THE
WIND
P32
Jeffrey Herlings
extended his MXGP
points lead after
winning both motos
in Switzerland.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER
