outside. He was outside the top 20
off the start and eventually climbed
his way into 17th, which proved to
be Team America's worst score of
the day and would be the team's al
-
lotted one throwaway score. Webb
was a last-minute replacement
for the injured Chance Hymas and
hadn't raced a 250cc in eight years.
Kay de Wolf, the newly crowned
MX2 World champ, was the top
MX2 rider of race one. He followed
his fellow countryman, Jeffrey Her
-
lings—who dropped his KTM during
a crucial time of the race—in at the
line, with the Dutch duo taking fifth
and sixth, respectively. This put
them in the lead after moto one.
OPEN/MX2
Race two pitted the Open class
(450) riders against the MX2 riders.
It was now Jett Lawrence's time
to shine as he overtook the lead
Tomac pressured leader Gajser for
several laps before breaking off the
attack while continuing to hold off
the defending champion, France's
Romain Febvre, who had tossed his
goggles and was struggling with
Tomac's roost. Tomac rode well
and crossed the line in second just
ahead of Febvre.
The Aussies were in good run
-
ning, too, as an eighth for Hunter
Lawrence and an 11th for Kyle
Webster were solid results to start
off the day.
Team Australia had strategically
given up Hunter's better gate pick
for his 250cc teammate Webster,
giving Webster's lesser-powered
bike a better chance off the start.
The plan seemed to work.
Cooper Webb, the USA's MX2
entry, struggled to finish inside the
top 20 after drawing a poor gate
pick and had to line up at the far
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Gajser pounced at the
last minute and beat
Jett Lawrence to the
line by half of a second.
Jeffrey Herlings
kept it consistent as
Team Netherlands
led heading into the
final race of the day.
