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Cycle News 2024 Issue 33 August 20

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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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 P56 Jeffrey Herlings dominated in the sand and in front of the home fans at the MXGP of The Netherlands.

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