Prado and Coenen Sweep German MXGP
T
he FIM Motocross World
Championship took to
Teutschenthal, Germany for
round eight of the 2024 cam-
paign. The hard-packed and
rutted track made for some
challenging conditions amongst
the title favorites. For Jorge
Prado and Lucas Coenen it was
business as usual as both riders
swept their respective divisions.
MXGP
Glen Coldenhoff shot out
of the gate in race one for his
first holeshot of the year but
was followed closely by the
number-one of Jorge Prado.
Prado quickly moved to the lead
and proceeded to drop the field
as he rode away off the front
of the pack. The current points
leader Tim Gajser moved into
second but came under fire from
podium-hungry riders like Jeffrey
Herlings and Calvin Vlaanderen.
Herlings easily pushed past for
second as Gajser found himself
fighting for the final spot on the
box with the Yamaha of Vlaan
-
deren. After a series of mistakes
from both riders, Gajser man-
aged to hold on for third with
Herlings securely in second.
Prado ran away with the win and
kicked things off with the open-
ing victory.
Race two saw Prado jump
to the lead again as he set his
sights on another moto win. This
left Herlings, Gajser, and Vlaan
-
deren up front again and duking
it out for the rest of the podium
positions. Late in the race, Gajser
made his move on Herlings and
pushed towards the front to
catch Prado. It proved too little
too late for the Honda rider who
ultimately crossed second with
Prado making it a clean sweep,
going 1-1 on the day and reclaim
-
ing the points lead. He's now two
points up on Gajser who finished
second overall. Herlings finished
third on the day and moves to
third in the championship points.
"It was overall a perfect
weekend," Prado said. "I'm super
happy with my riding. Getting
back to hard pack with more
normal conditions for me. It was
good with good starts too. Not
much to say, I'm just very happy
to get another win! We keep
WIND
IN THE
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Jorge Prado (1) successfully
reclaimed the red plate after
winning both motos of the
German MXGP.
