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ishing 19th and 20th, which was a blow for both teams. Herlings then continued to edge out as he led by 23.951 seconds, with Guillod managing to get back past Hofer. Jacobi also found his way around Lu- pino and was up in fifth place, with Team Belgium's Brent van Doninck just ahead. Guadagnini then too got around his fellow countryman Lupino but was unable to catch Jacobi and was forced to settle for sixth as the checkered flag fell. Herlings went on to win the race by an impressive 49.117 seconds, with Guillod securing second for Team Switzerland and Hofer finishing third for Team Austria. Team Italy entered the final race with a solid 19-point lead over Team Belgium, who were second at the time, with Team Great Britain third and looking to stay in the fight. In the final moto of the day, it was Team Great Britain's Ben Watson with the holeshot, but, once again, it was Herlings who muscled his way to the front, with Cairoli managing to squeeze past Watson also. While race-one winner, Olsen, was one of the unlucky riders who crashed in the start. Herlings then set the fastest lap of the race as he looked to check out like he did in race two. Cairoli kept things close for a few laps with Watson remaining third behind the pair. While Team Belgium were look- ing to fight for a potential podium finish, they were dealt their first blow with their rider Cyrcil Genot forced to retire from the race early on. Later in the race, Van doninck was forced to do the same. This put the team out of the run for a medal. In the early stages of the race, the top 10 consisted of Herlings, Cairoli, Watson, Coldenhoff, Sab- ulis, Lupino, Team MFR's Evgeny Bobryshev, Team Great Britain's Shaun Simpson, Boisrame and Ken Bengston of Team Sweden. Benoit Paturel of Team France dropped to 16th place which al- lowed Olsen and Jasikonis through, while Lupino had a huge crash and dropped down to ninth place. Not long after, Watson was an- other rider to get caught out with the Brit going down big. Luckily, he was able to get going quickly and only lost a position to Cold- enhoff who was having a much better race that time around. With five minutes to go before the end of the race, there was drama as a pending penalty put into question Italy's fate. By that point Herlings had, once again, checked out of the race as Cairoli was keeping it steady in second. It was all down to Lupino to make up another position in order to keep the hope of a victory alive, despite that pending penalty for course cutting. It was game on for Lupino who was keen on getting around Sabulis and eventually managed to do so which put him seventh. In the end, the Italian was given a 10-place penalty and was classified as 17th. In the end, it was Herlings who won the race and went 1-1 for the first time at the 'Nations, though it was not enough for Netherlands to win, as a 2-17 score in race three from Cairoli and Lupino was enough for Team Italy to secure the victory on home soil. In terms of the race, Cairoli was second with Coldenhoff finishing third. IN THE WIND P36 Austria's Rene Hofer was the top MX2-class rider.