kind of flying, so he passed me,
he made a small mistake so I
knew that this was my chance,
and I could not throw it away. I
pushed as hard as possible; he
was still there on my rear wheel,
but I won."
Defending champion Jeffrey
Herlings did not suit up. He is still
on the mend due to a preseason
crash/injury.
In MX2, which saw several top
contenders drop their bikes in
both motos, it was GasGas rider
Laengenfelder who made the
fewest (if any) mistakes on the
day, winning both motos for his
maiden MX2 overall victory. The
German pretty much went wire-
to-wire for the win, while KTM's
Tom Vialle chased the whole way,
finishing just four seconds back.
Dutchman Kay de Wolf
(Husqvarna) was right there, too,
taking third right behind Vialle.
Belgian Jago Geerts (Yamaha)
and Frenchman Stephen Rubini
(Honda) rounded out the top five
in the moto.
In moto two, Laengenfelder
passed fallen leader Vialle on the
third lap and never relinquished
the position.
Vialle gave chase the whole way
only to fall again on the last lap and
hand second to Geerts, who had
been keeping the pressure on.
The Dutchmen Roan Van De
Moosdijk (Husqvarna) and Wolf
completed the top five.
Laengenfelder pulled a
maximum 50 points on the day,
while Vialle was second overall,
followed by Geerts, Wolf and
Moosdijk.
Laengenfelder admitted he
was a bit surprised to get the
win with a pair of firsts. "I didn't
expect it," he said. "I was coming
into this weekend trying to do my
best and didn't think about any
positions but then in the qualify-
ing race I felt good and had a
good start. The riding was really
good for me and also, I felt really
good on the bike, so then today I
had two really good starts. In the
second race it was really tough
to fight with Tom and Jago, they
were really fast, and I was just
trying to look forward."
CN
MXGP
1. Tim Gajser (Hon) 1-2
2. Jorge Prado (KTM) 4-1
3. Jeremy Seewer (Yam) 2-4
4. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 3-6
5. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yam) 9-3
MX2
1. Simon Laengenfelder (GG) 1-1
2. Tom Vialle (KTM) 2-3
3. Jago Geerts (Yam) 4-2
4. Kay de Wolf (Hus) 3-5
5. Roan Van De Moosdijk (Hus) 6-4
IN
THE
WIND
P50
German Simon Laengenfelder
won both MX2 motos.
