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in his debut 450cc season and ran up front in the opening moto before finishing third. Race two started off even better with Vialle claiming the Fox Holeshot Award and briefly leading the field. Although teammate Herlings moved through, Vialle remained in podium contention and even - tually finished fourth at the line. The 3-4 scorecard was enough for third overall and Vialle's fifth career MXGP podium. This result also pushed Vialle ahead of Maxime Renaux for seventh in the MXGP standings. Jonass went 2-9 for fourth overall, scoring strong points after returning from an injury sustained at the MXGP of Great Britain. Gajser's results were flip-flopped; a crash in race one relegated him to ninth, but he rebounded with a third in race two, putting the Yamaha rider fifth overall. MX2 Sacha Coenen arrived at Ud - devalla needing a breakthrough. After suffering a broken col- larbone during his American vacation, the former MX2 points leader put himself back in the running with a double victory in Sweden. The Belgian domi- nated both motos, taking the Fox Holeshot Award in race one and immediately putting himself at the front. Liam Everts and Janis Reisulis remained close early, but Coenen continued to control the lead. Everts challenged late in the race, but Coenen still took the win. Coenen appeared to be back to full strength again in race two, as he claimed another win, adding an exclamation point to his perfect weekend. The victory marked Coenen's eighth career Grand Prix win and sees him cut the points lead to just 24 points behind the championship leader, Guillem Farres. Everts produced his strongest Grand Prix result of the season with a hard-fought second over - all. The Belgian began race one near the front and remained in contention throughout the open- ing laps. He eventually settled into second behind Coenen but continued to apply pressure all the way to the finish. Race two brought more of the same, as Everts moved into second early on and spent the remainder of the race trying to close the gap to Coenen. He ultimately finished just under two and a half sec - onds behind his fellow country- man (and one second back in race one). The result was Everts' first podium at Uddevalla and serves as proof of his late-sea - son resurgence. Camden McLellan continued his run of consistency as he claimed a fourth-consecutive podium in third overall. Championship leader Guillem Farres delivered an impressive ride after suffering injuries in Saturday's qualifying race. He pushed through the pain to finish fourth. A 6-4 scorecard put Farres fourth overall, salvaging the points lead but seeing it cut to 24 points over Sacha Coenen. CN MXGP (Top 5) 1. Jeffrey Herlings (Hon) 1-1 2. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 2-2 3. Tom Vialle (Hon) 3-4 4. Pauls Jonass (Kaw) 2-9 5. Tim Gajser (Yam) 9-3 MX2 (Top 5) 1. Sacha Coenen (KTM) 1-1 2. Liam Everts (Hus) 2-2 3. Camden McLellan (Tri) 3-3 4. Guillem Farres (Tri) 6-4 5. Janis Reisulis (Yam) 4-6 WIND IN THE P42 Sacha Coenen needed a big weekend, and he got it. He won both MX2 motos, cutting Guillem Farres' championship lead to just 24 points.