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with Febvre, Herlings and Gajser rounding out the top four. The points were still tight going into race two. Prado crossed the holeshot line first ahead of Cairoli and Gajser. Herlings started in sixth while Febvre was way down in 13th. Gajser quickly made a two- for-one pass around Cairoli and Prado for the lead. An urgent Herlings was making moves as he also got around both KTM team- mates for second. He worked his way just behind Gajser but eject- ed himself off the bike shortly after the finish line. He remounted in seventh place. Seewer and Febvre locked into a battle as they pushed up to second and third, respectively. Herlings was back on a charge and made his way back around the KTM's of Cairoli and Prado. Shortly after, he flat-landed a jump and crashed yet again. This huge mistake put him all the way back in 10th place. Herlings again got up and went on to fin- ish fourth, passing Cairoli, who moved over for his teammate, in the final corner on the last lap. At the front it was all Gajser who took the race win ahead of Seewer and Febvre. Seewer's 2-1 earned him the overall for the day over Gajser in second and Febvre third. Despite a slew of mistakes and handing the points lead over to Romain Febvre, Herlings eventu- ally finished fourth overall. Febvre now leads the series just one point over Gajser and two over Herlings with only two rounds remaining. MX2 Yamaha's Maxime Renaux clinched the MX2 Champion- ship on Sunday after establishing a large points lead early in the season. He managed it well from then on out and was presented the number-one pate on Sunday. Renaux' teammate, Jago Geerts, the closest rider to him in the championship going into the MXGP of Trentino tripleheader, effectively handed Renaux the title on Sunday after falling in moto one and DNF'ing moto two. "We made it! We are the World Champions in 2021 in MX2, so that is a great achievement," said Renaux. "I am so happy to get the world title with a race win and the GP win, which means a lot to me. It's always something you want to grab with a win. It was an amazing day for me. I will never forget this, for sure!" Geerts, who has struggled with consistency all season, slipped to third in the championship and now trails Red Bull KTM's Tom Vialle by 16 points. CN WEDNESDAY MXGP of Pietramurata 1. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 3-1 2. Tim Gajser (Hon) 2-3 3. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 1-5 4. Jeremy Seewer (Yam) 4-2 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yam) 7-6 MX2 1. Rene Hofer (KTM) 4-1 2. Jago Geerts (Yam) 2-6 3. Ruben Fernandez (Hon) 3-5 4. Mattia Guadagnini (KTM) 11-2 5. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 7-4 SUNDAY MXGP of Garda 1. Jeremy Seewer (Yam) 1-2 2. Tim Gajser (Hon) 4-1 3. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 2-3 4. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 3-4 5. Tony Cairoli (KTM) 5-5 MX2 1. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 2-1 2. Tom Vialle (KTM) 4-2 3. Ruben Fernandez (Hon) 3-3 4. Rene Hofer (KTM) 1-8 5. Wilson Todd (Kaw) 7-4 IN THE WIND P42 Frenchman Maxime Renaux clinched the MX2 Championship.