had a lot of pain but thought I'd
keep going to try and get fourth
or fifth. I saw I was still able
to catch the guys, so I started
passing them even though I
could barely hold on for the last
three laps. I have a small crack
in my shoulder blade, and I still
don't know how bad it is. We had
a scan, and it doesn't seem too
bad. I don't have any pain now
but racing a dirt bike is a dif-
ferent story. We'll have another
check tomorrow."
"Much respect for [Herlings]
still winning the first moto," Pra-
do said. "I don't think there are
many riders that can do that!"
Gajser leads the champion-
ship with 166 points, followed
by Herlings, Cairoli and Febvre
who are all locked on 143 points.
Prado is holding his own in fifth
with 132 points.
In MX2, the Belgian, Geerts,
out-dueled Australia's Jed Bea-
ton (2-3), Dutch favorite Kay de
Wolf (5-2), Frenchman Maxime
Renaux (9-4) and Austria's Rene
Hoffer (4-10) for the overall win.
"I'm really happy with today,"
said Geerts, who has been
dealing with a knee injury. "Two
really good starts, we are on
the right tracks. The first heat, I
passed [for the lead] on the first
lap and rode my own race, kept
a small gap, so that was good.
In the second heat, I took the
holeshot, but Kay was right there
and he passed me. Then he had
a small crash, but he was still
behind me the whole race, so he
was pushing."
Renaux overtook the cham-
pionship lead in MX2 with 141
points. Next is Mattia Guadag-
nini with 136 points and Ruben
Fernandez with 133.
CN
MXGP
1. Tim Gajser (Hon) 3-2
2. Tony Cairoli (KTM) 8-1
3. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 4-4
4. Jorge Prado (KTM) 6-3
5. Ben Watson (Yam) 9-6
MX2
1. Jago Geerts (Yam) 1-1
2. Jed Beaton (Hus) 2-3
3. Kay de Wolf (Hus) 5-2
4. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 9-4
5. Rene Hofer (KTM) 4-10
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Jago Geerts (93) won both MX2 motos in the Dutch sand.
