Herlings Captures Record-Tying
101st Career Win
J
effrey Herlings tied Stefan
Everts on the all-time GP
wins list after topping the MXGP
of Portugal, April 28-29. It was
also the Dutchman's second win
of the season.
Jago Geerts came away with
the MX2 overall victory, extend-
ing his lead in the championship.
MXGP
Points leader Jorge Prado (Gas-
Gas) was the man to beat in race
one. The Spaniard nailed one of
his patented holeshots and held
on for the duration of the moto.
In the race for second place,
Frenchman Romain Febvre (Ka-
wasaki) and Herlings duked it
out all the way to the checkered
flag. Fevbre managed to hold
Herlings off—barely. The Kawa-
saki rider took the checkers just
0.228 seconds ahead of the Red
Bull KTM rider.
Honda's Ruben Fernandez
grabbed the early lead in moto
two, but Herlings was on the
move.
This time, Herlings got ahead
of Febvre and then set his sights
on the leader, Fernandez. By
lap five, the lead was Herlings'
who then ran off with the win.
He crossed the finish line nine
seconds ahead of Fernandez.
His 3-1 was good enough for the
overall victory.
Febvre went 2-3 for second
overall, while Prado went 1-6 for
the final spot on the podium.
"It's really great to come
and get another win," Herlings
said. "It's been a long road and
I feel I am getting back to my
old self in some ways. A good
performance today. The first
moto wasn't that positive, and
I had some arm-pump again—I
really don't know why—but in the
second one I felt like a different
WIND
IN THE
P32
Jeffrey Herlings won
the MXGP of Portugal
and is one win away
from topping the all-
time GP wins li
