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feel comfortable all day.
"The track was tough," Gajser
said. "It was hard and slick, so I
didn't feel so comfortable on the
track, but I'm quite happy with
how the motos turned out. I took
two good starts, and I was riding
smart, and I didn't want to push
too much because it was easy to
make a mistake.
"Overall it was a good week-
end, and I'm happy I could give all
the Slovenian fans something to
cheer about," Gajser added.
Gajser enjoys a comfortable
177-point lead over Seewer in the
MXGP Championship.
Honda rider Jeremy Van Hore-
beek was fifth overall.
In the MX2 class, it was busi-
ness as usual for Red Bull KTM's
Jorge Prado, who
took another over-
all win to extend
his points lead to
90 over Rockstar
Energy Husqvar-
na's Thomas Kjer
Olsen, third overall
on the day.
Prado dominated
both motos to
increase his moto-
win tally to 22 this season.
"It was unbelievable," the
Spaniard, Prado, said of his day.
"Another two solid races and I en-
joyed getting back to Europe and
winning after the Asian rounds. I
felt way better in the second race,
got a good gap, and pushed to
get it home. Last year, I got the
red plate here, so it was nice to
come back."
Kawasaki rider Henry Jacobi of
Germany grabbed second overall
via two strong motos. He went
2-3 to edge out Olsen's 3-4.
"I got a third in the qualification
race on Saturday," said Jacobi,
"and I was lucky with the second in
the first race, and then [I got] third
in the second race [which] was
enough for a podium finish. Adam
was too quick in the second one."
Jacobi was talking about Adam
Sterry (Kawasaki) of Great Britain
who took second place in the
second moto and sixth place in the
first moto to capture fourth overall
for the day.
Yamaha's Jago Geerts of Bel-
gium rounded out the top five
overall.
Prado's teammate Tom Vialle
crashed out of the first moto but
blasted to the front of the pack in
the second moto, but he was still
feeling the effects of his crash in
the first moto and slipped back to
seventh.
The GP racers will be in action
again next weekend for the MXGP
of Belgium at Lommel. CN
MXGP
1. Romain Febvre (Yam) 1-1
2. Tim Gajser (Hon) 2-2
3. Jeremy Seewer (Yam) 3-3
4. Gautier Paulin (Yam) 4-4
5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (Hon) 7-6
MX2
1. Jorge Prado (KTM) 1-1
2. Henry Jacobi (Kaw) 2-3
3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (Hus) 3-4
4. Adam Sterry (Kaw) 6-2
5. Jago Geerts (Yam) 5-6
