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was sixth in championship.
"I am feeling really good but
both races were really tough be-
cause Arnaud was really fast and
pushing," said Gajser. "Overall,
I am happy winning again. Three
races ago I was more than 40
points behind Tony and now I
have the red plate."
In the MX2 class, Prado (Red
Bull KTM) won both motos but
had to work especially hard for
the first one after starting from
outside the top 10. However, he
steadily carved his way through
the pack, passing Thomas Kjer
Olsen (Husqvarna) late in the
race to get the win. Belgian Jago
Geerts (Yamaha) was third.
Prado nailed the holeshot in
the second moto and ran off with
the win, finishing nearly five sec-
onds ahead of Olsen, the rider
closest to Prado in the champi-
onship. Geerts finished third in
the moto ahead of Italian Michael
Cervellin (Yamaha) and French-
man Tom Vialle (KTM).
Prado, Olsen and Geerts filled
out the overall podium.
"I felt pretty good this week-
end," Prado said. "The track was
hard, but I felt good getting the
Saturday qualifying race win, and
today I was in the back of the
pack [in the first moto], so I had
to make my way up to the front,
but I had good speed and fought
all the way to the end to get the
win."
American Darian Sanayei
(Kawasaki) showed some prom-
ise by putting his bike at the front
of the pack early in the first MX2
moto and near the front of moto
two. He couldn't quite parlay
those encouraging starts into a
top-10 overall finish, but he did
take a strong sixth in moto one,
and ended the day 12th overall.
Fellow American Mitchell
Harrison (Kawasaki) earned five
championship points on the day
with 19th overall.
Prado's lead in the champion-
ship over Olsen is now up to 20.
Geerts is another 70 points back
in third. CN
Jorge Prado won
again in MX2 but
had to work for it.
PHOTO: RAY ARCHER
