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corner I was able to make many
passes. I then caught Jorge
[Prado] and tried to push, I had
some nice lines where I was
catching him, and I even passed
him at one moment, but he
passed me back. Then we were
quite close together, but then I
saw that Romain [Febvre] was
not so close and then I finished
second. Second overall so I am
happy."
In MX2, Frenchman Tom Vialle
extended his points lead over
Belgian Jago Geerts. Had it not
been for an untimely engine stall
on the last lap of the second
moto, Vialle would've won both
motos but instead settled for a
1-2, which was still good enough
for the overall win over Geerts,
who went 5-1.
Third overall went to Den-
mark's Thomas Kjer Olsen (2-7).
The Red Bull KTM rider,
Vialle, stretched out his champi-
onship lead from 46 to 52 points
over Geerts.
Australia's Jed Beaton, who
was sixth overall (3-10) is third
in the standings, but nearly 100
points behind Geerts in the
championship.
"I don't know, I was very com-
fortable with the bike, but then
bike stopped, and I took a little
bit of time to start it again," Vialle
said of the second moto. "But I
was happy with my riding, I was
feeling really comfortable in race
two and the whole weekend. Ac-
tually, it was a really good day for
the championship and now I'm
MXGP
1. Jorge Prado (KTM) 1-1
2. Tim Gajser (Hon) 3-2
3. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 2-3
4. Glenn Coldenhoff (GG) 5-4
5. Clement Desalle (Kaw) 4-7)
MX2
1. Tom Vialle (KTM) 1-2
2. Jago Geerts (Yam) 5-1
3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (Hus) 2-7
4. Roan Van De Moosdijk (Kaw) 8-3
5. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 6-5
Tom Vialle stretched out his MX2
points lead with a 1-2.
only focused on the next races
in Lommel in the sand."
Australian Mitch Evans (Honda
HRC) suffered a broken wrist
when he flat-landed from a jump
while running fourth. His return
to the championship is unclear
at this time. CN
