Herlings, Coenen Dominate Dutch GP
T
he Dutch sands set the stage
for round 16 of the FIM World
Motocross Championships at
the MXGP of The Netherlands in
Arnhem, August 17-18. With the
series in its final stages and the
points race coming to a head,
fans saw an exciting weekend
of racing with neither points
leader taking home the overall
win. Instead, two sand special
-
ists, Jeffrey Herlings and Lucas
Coenen, captured the wins.
MXGP
Herlings dominated the day in
front of his home country. "The
Bullet" did not get off to a favor
-
able start in race one and was at
one point 18 seconds behind the
early leader, Jorge Prado. The
KTM rider continued to press
forward after starting back in
10th. With three laps left in the
moto, he passed Prado around
the outside line and put three
seconds on him at the finish.
Again, in moto two, Herlings
found himself off track on lap
one, but this time further up
the grid. It took nine laps for
him to put those early mistakes
behind him and fans could see
the Dutchman coming to life. He
again passed both Tim Gajser
and Prado for the lead, this time
extending his margin to nine
seconds at the line. A double
race victory put him on top of
the podium for the day.
"I finally got a good start," said
Herlings. "I think I was P3, and
I followed Glenn [Coldenhoff]
and Tim [Gajser] for a while. I
just wanted to try to attack, you
WIND
IN THE
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Jeffrey Herlings
dominated in the sand
and in front of the home
fans at the MXGP of
The Netherlands.
