Gajser, Vialle Top Trentino
R
ound five of the MXGP
World Championship took
place at one of the sport's most
picturesque tracks in the Italian
mountains of Pietramurata for
the MXGP of Trentino, April 8-10.
Fans saw Honda HRC's Tim
Gajser and Red Bull KTM's Tom
Vialle top the Trentino podiums.
MXGP
Yamaha's Glenn Coldenhoff
grabbed the early lead in MXGP
race one and battled for much
of the race with championship
leader Gajser. Gajser made his
way past the Dutchman well into
the moto and went on to his fifth
race win of the season. Colden-
hoff held tough for second place
despite pressure by a closing
Jorge Prado on the Red Bull
KTM.
Prado grabbed another one
of his patented holeshots in race
two ahead of Yamaha's Jeremy
Seewer and Gajser. Prado stalled
his bike early in the race which
dropped him back to fifth and al-
lowed Gajser to slip into the lead
with Seewer in second.
Seewer and Husqvarna's Brian
Bogers exchanged passes and
mistakes while running in podium
contention. They both dropped
positions and gave themselves
more work later in the race.
Gajser controlled the race from
there on out, sweeping Trentino
with perfect 1-1 scores.
Frenchman Maxime Renaux
came charging through the field
to claim second in race two.
His decisive pass on Yamaha
teammate, Seewer, boosted the
former MX2 champ to second
overall. Seewer rebounded and
came home third in race two for
fourth in the overall rankings.
Prado's 3-4 proved consis-
tent enough for third overall. He
remains second in the champion-
ship, 33 points behind Gajser.
"It was a great weekend,"
Gajser said. "Two good races,
second one was perfect, taking a
good start and quickly passing in
the beginning. I made a com-
fortable lead and controlled the
race. I'm really happy."
For Renaux a podium could
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Tim Gajser swept
both motos at the
MXGP of Trentino.
PHOTOS: RAY ARCHER
