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Cycle News Issue 33 August 21

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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

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