get overall here, and that's what
I did. I made it tough for myself
in that first race with a very bad
start, but the second race I man-
aged to get out of the gate in a
good way and break hard into
the first corner, then had good
opening laps and managing the
race. Track was very tough, we
were riding on a good pace, so
super happy."
Sporting a striking blue and
yellow color scheme in honor of
Husqvarna's Swedish heritage,
Lucas Coenen put his special
livery to the lead in the MX2 divi
-
sion. The Belgian rider moved
around early leader Simon
Laengenfelder on lap two and
was never contested from there
on out. He claimed his 10th
race win of the season, while
Triumph's Mikkel Haarup moved
to second near the halfway point
of the moto. Laengenfelder took
the holeshot but later settled for
third. It was a day of struggles
for points leader Kay de Wolf, as
he went off the track on lap one
before crashing two more times
during the moto. He salvaged
seventh in race one.
Race two looked like a carbon
copy, as Laengenfelder again
crossed the holeshot line first,
ahead of Coenen in second.
On lap three, Coenen moved
through to the lead and was
never seen again. His dominant
1-1 finishes earned him the over
-
all win for the day while also cut-
ting into his teammate de Wolf's
points gap. Coenen is now 49
markers back in second. Former
MX2 champ Andrea Adamo
executed one of his best races
of the year as he charged up to
second in moto two. The KTM
rider showed flashes of his old
self as he took second on the
day with 4-2 finishes. Laengen
-
felder held on for third in both
motos and earned third overall.
"It was a good weekend,"
Coenen said. "I needed to
bounce back, and I did it. So it
was perfect. Won the two races.
I was just riding smooth out
there and had a lot of fun on the
track. So yeah, it was better than
yesterday, so very positive."
CN
MXGP (Top 5)
1. Jorge Prado (GG) 1-1
2. Tim Gajser (Hon) 2-3
3. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 5-2
4. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 3-4
5. Calvin Vlaanderen (Yam) 6-5
MX2 (Top 5)
1. Lucas Coenen (Hus) 1-1
2. Andrea Adamo (KTM) 4-2
3. Simon Laengenfelder (GG) 3-3
4. Mikkel Haarup (Tri) 2-6
5. Kay de Wolf (Hus) 7-4
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2024 MXGP of Sweden Video
Husqvarna's Lucas Coenen
swept the MX2 class.
