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"I didn't get the best start in
the second race, but I passed
Kay [de Wolf] and Thibault
[Benistant] and was second
behind Jago," said Vialle. "I felt
good actually and then after
two laps, I passed Jago on the
start straight. Then Jago was
pushing a lot, he passed me
two times, but I passed him
back and then I had a little tip
over, and I crashed. When I
crashed, I thought, this is it, it's
finished, but when I saw that
Jago crashed with me, I thought
'no way' this is not possible, and
I managed to get going quickly. It
was crazy, and I was lucky there
a little bit, but that is part of the
game. It was a long race; I was
watching the clock a lot. I am
happy, it was a tough season and
to finish like this is so nice."
"Honestly, I'm very disappoint-
ed," said Geerts. "I really can't
believe my luck. I felt good on
the track today and gave every-
thing. In the first race, I missed
the start a little bit and then had
a little crash, but still finished
second. In the second race, I
was just really unlucky with Tom
crashing right in front of me and
I could not avoid his bike. It cost
me a lot of time, and then I had
to push so hard to come back
that I fell again, and from there it
was game-over."
In the MXGP class, which saw
just 19 riders on the gate, Tim
Gajser, who had already clinched
the title, capped off the season
with the overall win with a 3-2 in
Turkey. Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha)
and Romain Febvre (Kawasaki)
filled out the podium.
The MXGP Championship
officially finished up with Ga-
jser on top with 763 points and
Seewer second with 657 points.
Jorge Prado (GasGas) edged out
Maxime Renaux (Yamaha) by 11
points to get on the podium in
third. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yamaha)
rounded out the top five just
three points behind his team-
mate, Renaux.
Despite Honda winning the
MXGP Championship, Yamaha
came away with the MXGP
Manufacturers Championship
with 805 points to Honda's 770.
GasGas, Husqvarna and Kawa-
saki rounded out the top five.
Yamaha edged out KTM by 11
points to win the MX2 Manufac-
turers title. GasGas was third.
CN
MXGP
1. Tim Gajser (Hon) 3-2
2. Jeremy Seewer (Yam) 2-3
3. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 8-1
4. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 1-8
5. Mattia Guadagini (GG) 4-5
MX2
1. Tom Vialle (KTM) 1-1
2. Jago Geerts (Yam) 2-2
3. Roan Van De Moosdijk (Hus) 4-3
4. Kay de Wolf (Hus) 3-6
5. Simon Langenfelder (GG) 5-5
Tim Gajser closed out
his championship-
winning season with
another overall win in
the MXGP class.
