their first moto was the
muddiest of all. Still, Ya-
maha's Thibault Benistant
grabbed his first holeshot of
the year and held the lead
for the opening lap. Points
leader Kay de Wolf was the
man on the move as he
passed for first on lap two
and never looked back. The
defending champ looked
comfortable despite the
muddy mess and held on
for the win in the opening
moto. To better his points
situation, de Wolf's closest
championship contender,
Simon Laengenfelder, fell
from a podium position and
later finished eighth. Liam
Everts put in a late-race
charge for second, with
Benistant rounding out the
podium in third.
Race two looked much better
as the track continued to dry
out and offered a much more
raceable surface. This time
Sacha Coenen led a trio of KTMs
across the line, with teammates
Andrea Adamo and Laengen
-
felder closely in tow. Meanwhile,
race-one winner de Wolf found
himself midpack after a lack
-
luster start and battled his way
through the field. Sacha Coenen
looked to be running away with
the win, but a mistake caused
him to stall the bike and forfeit
the lead. Adamo slipped past
for first in the closing stages of
the race and claimed the victory,
breaking the tie and putting him
second overall for the day.
Coenen finished a close
second, but 6-2 results were
only good enough for third
overall. De Wolf managed to
work his way to fourth place
late in the race thanks to a
daring pass that saw him
slip past two riders in the
same section. This move
gave him enough points to
still claim the day's overall
win with 1-4 results. He now
leads the championship by
15 points over Laengen
-
felder.
"Me and Thibault [Beni-
stant] came together [on
the start] and I basically
had to start from the back,"
de Wolf said. "For the first
few laps, I was still down in
17th, maybe 15th. Even with
10 minutes to go, I was only
in eighth. But then in the last
five or six laps, I just went all in.
I found something, dropped my
lap times, and worked my way
up to fourth. I think experience
definitely helps in those mo
-
ments."
CN
MXGP (Top 5)
1. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 1-2
2. Lucas Coenen (KTM) 4-1
3. Ruben Fernandez (Hon) 3-4
4. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 2-9
5. Calvin Vlaanderen (Yam) 8-3
MX2 (Top 5)
1. Kay de Wolf (Hus) 1-4
2. Andrea Adamo (KTM) 5-1
3. Sacha Coenen (KTM) 6-2
4. Liam Everts (Hus) 2-6
5. Thibault Benistant (Yam) 3-5
WIND
IN THE
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Kay De Wolf used 1-4 finishes to take the
overall win in the MX2 division.
