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knew would be important, so that was good and that allowed me to not have to fight through the field. Everything is going really well right now and I'd like to thank all of Team HRC and all the fans." Latvia's own Pauls Jonass took second overall with a pair of second-place finishes, taking the checkered flag approximately four seconds behind Gajser in the first moto and five seconds in the second moto. "This is almost like a dream come true," the Husqvarna rider, Jonass, said. "I always dreamed about winning the home GP. Okay, I came close, but Tim was better this weekend, and he is riding really good this year. And I just tried to stay calm, because it was not easy with the fans and all the emotions. But I managed to keep the first position for a while which was pretty cool, and I got quite excited for that." Spain's Ruben Fernandez (Honda) was third overall, going 3-4 on the day. It was a career- first podium for the Spaniard. "Well, this is good to get it out of the way and to be honest, I'm super happy," said Fernandez. "I always thought I could make it happen and I felt I had the speed for it, I just found it difficult to put it all together in one weekend. Af- ter many bad weekends in a row, I needed to know where I was going wrong and how to work on it and finally put it all together and stay calm and that's what made it possible to be on the podium." In MX2, it was all Jago Geerts. The Yamaha rider from Belgium dominated both motos, going 1-1 on the day for the overall victory. The win bumped him up into a tie for the championship lead with KTM's Tom Vialle, who labored a bit on the sandy Kegums soil. "Today I took two good starts and felt good on the track all day and managed to stay out of trouble," said Geerts, "so I'm really happy about my riding and my speed. It's nice to have the red plate again, but we are tied on points, it doesn't do much but it's always nice." "[The race] was not an easy one for me," said Vialle who was third overall with a 5-3. "I struggled a lot with the track to find good lines in the first race so I was fifth, which, of course, wasn't good, but we made a few changes on the bike for race two which was actually better, and I could fight for third. The weekend wasn't the best and we need to improve a lot, it's still a new bike and we are learning things every weekend." Norway's Kevin Hogmo (Kawa- saki) was second overall with a 2-4. Geerts and Vialle lead the way in the MX2 World Championship with 244 point each, followed by German Simon Langenfelder (GG) with 181 points. CN MXGP 1. Tim Gajser (Hon) 1-1 2. Pauls Jonass (Hus) 2-2 3. Ruben Fernandez (Hon) 3-4 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yam) 5-3 5. Maxzime Renaux (Yam) 6-5 MX2 1. Jago Geerts (Yam) 1-1 2. Kevin Horgmo (Kaw) 2-4 3. Tom Vialle (KTM) 5-3 4. Kay de Wolf (Hus) 12-2 5. Thibault Benistant (Yam) 3-10 VOLUME 59 ISSUE 17 APRIL 26, 2022 P71 Jago Geerts won both MX2 motos and moved into a tie for the championship lead with Tom Vialle.