"The second race was so much
better," Febvre said. "I pulled the
holeshot and rode my own race.
I was feeling good, the track was
heavy, but I could make the differ
-
ence. It's a shame for the first race
that I could not win because I got a
stone stuck in the rear brake."
In the MXGP Championship,
Prado leads Febvre by 92 points.
Seewer is another 77 points back
in third. Coldenhoff trails Seewer
by 52 points in fourth. Honda's
Ruben Fernandez is a distant fifth.
Championship leader Prado
said, "This weekend was a tricky
one. My rhythm was not quite
right, but the first moto was good
with a holeshot and a win. I had
a worse start in the second moto
and was in a fight at the begin
-
ning before putting myself in a
decent position. It was super
tough, and I did not want to make
a mistake. It was an okay week
-
end in the end."
Laengenfelder led from start to
finish in the first MX2 moto, while
Adamo and Everts fought over
the remaining podium positions.
Everts held down second for the
first half of the race before falling
and handing second to Adamo,
who went on to finish second,
with Everts taking third.
Dutch rider Rick Elzinga
(Yamaha) ran in fourth for most
of the race until he fell with two
laps to go and dropped to ninth.
Yamaha's Jago Geerts inherited
Elzinga's spot and finished out
the race there ahead of Kevin
Horgmo (Kawasaki).
Lucas Coenen came from be
-
hind early in the second moto to
take the lead away from Everts.
But Coenen had to do it all over
again when he went down, but
then had the lead once more by
lap five. From then on, the race
was all Coenen's who went on to
take the moto win.
Everts fought off Geerts to
take second, which was enough
to give the KTM rider the overall
victory with a 3-2.
First moto winner Laengenfelder
had a midpack start and sixth was
all he could do. His 1-6 netted the
GasGas rider fourth overall.
Coenen's 6-1 resulted in sec
-
ond overall.
Geerts finished third in the sec-
ond moto for fourth overall.
"I didn't expect to have the win
today," Everts said. "I should have
been second in the first moto but
made that clumsy mistake with
two laps to go. I pumped myself
up for the second moto and got
the holeshot. I needed to keep
Jago [Geerts] behind me, and
that's what I did."
Championship leader Adamo
said, "Not bad motos for me
today, mainly because I felt quite
lost on the track after Saturday.
I was struggling. So, we made
some changes, and the first moto
was good. I was even able to
catch Simon [Laengenfelder] for a
while until I had a little issue with
the goggles. The tip-over in the
second moto cost me the podium
or maybe more. But I'm happy
anyway because I felt fast and
comfortable on the bike, especial
-
ly when the track was so rough.
Adamo still enjoys a comfort-
able lead in the Championship
over Everts, 705-633, with three
rounds to go. Another 30 points
back in third is Geerts, who is just
eight points ahead of Laengen
-
felder. Coenen is fifth, 84 points
behind Laengenfelder.
CN
MXGP
1. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 2-1
2. Jorge Prado (GG) 1-4
3. Jeremy Seewer (Yam) 3-2
4. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yam) 4-3
5. Tim Gajser (Hon) 5-5
MX2
1. Liam Everts (KTM) 3-2
2. Lucas Coenen (Hus) 6-1
3. Simon Laengenfelder (GG) 1-6
4. Jago Geerts (Yam) 4-3
5. Andrea Adamo (KTM) 2-5
VOLUME ISSUE AUGUST , P37
Liam Everts won
the MX2 class for
the second time
this year with a 3-2.
PHOTO: RAY ARCHER
