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Gajser said. "I didn't expect much, so to come away with a race win and a podium means a lot." Tom Vialle finished third overall with 3-6 scores. The Honda HRC Petronas rider battled up front with Gajser during race one and held the spot through the checkers. A big crash in the second moto put Vialle outside the top five but he remounted quickly and salvaged sixth, still safely in third overall for the day. He remains third in the MXGP points standings. Lucas Coenen took seventh overall after mul - tiple crashes but still holds the red plate by four over Herlings. MX2 Sacha Coenen dominated the MX2 division with his best ride of the year. The Factory Red Bull KTM rider won the Satur - day Qualifying Race and later claimed both holeshots and both moto victories on Sunday's over- all sweep. Even with a crash in race two, the young Belgian rider still took the top spot and scored massive ground in the champi- onship. With his fifth Grand Prix victory of his career, he's now just three points down from KTM teammate Simon Laengenfelder. "I'm really happy to win all three races this weekend, it's the first time I've done that," Coenen said. Guillem Farres continued his upward trajectory with a second-place finish. The Factory Triumph rider was never outside the top three in any session dur - ing the weekend and bounced back nicely after crashing last weekend in Spain. He moved to third on the first lap of race one and remained there as the rains came down. The Spanish rider started outside the top 10 in race two but fought hard in the improved track conditions. By the time he passed into second, Coenen was too far gone and Farres took the runner-up spot in the race and for the weekend. The podium finish marks his third podium of the season and moves him up to third in the series standings. "The track was really difficult, especially for passing, and in the first race I got stuck behind Mathis [Valin] and couldn't find a way through," said Farres. "In the second one I had a bad start and had to work really hard to come back to second. By the time I got there, the gap was already too big, but we salvaged good points." Kawasaki's Mathin Valin logged his best ride of the year in third. A second- place result in race one saw Valin hold off many front- runners, and he crossed the line just six seconds down from winner Coenen. He overcame a poor start in race two but still earned seventh at the line, which earned him enough points for an overall podium. This is only the second podium of his young career and a great stepping stone for the Factory Kawasaki rider. Points leader Simon Laengen - felder finished off the podium for the first time this year in sixth overall. He finished third in race two and still leads the MX2 points by three over Sacha Coenen. CN MXGP Overall (Top 5) 1. Jeffrey Herlings (Hon) 2-2 2. Tim Gajser (Yam) 4-1 3. Tom Vialle (Hon) 3-6 4. Kay de Wolf (Hus) 7-4 5. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 5-5 MX2 Overall (Top 5) 1. Sacha Coenen (KTM) 2-1 2. Guillem Farres (Tri) 3-2 3. Mathin Valin (Kaw) 2-7 4. Julius Mikula (KTM) 6-4 5. Karlis Reisulis (Yam) 5-5 WIND IN THE P60 Sacha Coenen dominated the MX2 division with all three wins over the weekend.