MOTOCROSS
FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5 / APRIL 25-26, 2015
VALKENSWAARD CIRCUIT / VALKENSWAARD, HOLLAND
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fans singing the national anthem
is something you cannot buy,"
Paulin said. "It's something that
just a win can bring. I'm really
happy to feel that again today as
it is something really, really cool
and this is what we do all the
work for. It's been a great race,
especially when you dominate
the weekend—qualifying win, first
moto win, second moto win—it's
just been a perfect weekend."
Points leader, Husqvarna's
Max Nagl was second overall
with 2-2 moto finishes, followed
by Suzuki's Clement Desalle
with a 4-3. Desalle prevented
two Hondas from being on the
podium after nipping Paulin's
teammate Russian Evgeny Bo-
bryshev at the finish line in the
second moto. The two traded
4-3 moto scores, with DasAlle
coming out on top via his better
second-moto finish.
It wasn't a good weekend for
defending champ Antonio Cairoli
who suffered a hard get-off in
the first moto, which affected
him in the second moto.
"I came off on one jump in the
first moto and I hit my head a bit,
and my wrist, but luckily nothing
bad," Cairoli said. "In the second
moto, I started well, but after a
few laps, I got a strange feeling in
my hand and, for most of the 25
minutes, I could only ride with one
hand. It was very risky in some
places and very difficult. I don't
think it's anything serious but we
are going to check and we have a
couple of weeks to rest."
Cairoli went DNF-11 on the day
but is still third in the champion-
ship.
In MX2 action, Red Bull KTM's
Jeffrey Herlings chalked up his
sixth victory at Valkenswaard
Jeffery Herlings won both
MX2 motos despite falling in
the second moto.
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despite a crash along the way.
French rider Jordi Tixier (Kawa-
saki) and Russian, Aleksandr
Tonkov (Husqvarna) joined
Herlings on the podium.
"It's good to have won here
again, but the sixth time, it wasn't
easy," Herlings said. "I had a
pretty good start in the first moto
and stayed out of trouble. But
I didn't have a good start in the
second moto. I had a small crash
and I had to come back from the
middle of the pack. So I made
it a little tough for myself. But I
worked my way up to the front
and won, so that was good." CN
