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until the end and it paid
off. I'm really happy to
win my second GP in a
row and it is great for the
team and for Yamaha on
their 60th anniversary."
His 1-6 finish was
good enough to take
the overall win ahead
of Kevin Strijbos, who
took second with his 9-1
score. Todd Waters (4-4)
barely edged out David
Philippaerts (2-7) to land
his first-ever podium
finish. Philippaerts took
fourth in front of his Ital-
ian countrymen while Jeremy
Van Horebeek (9-5) rounded out
the top-five.
"It's hard to talk because
of the smile on my face," said
Waters, the Red Bull IceOne
Husqvarna Factory racer. "There
was a few emotions; I came past
pit lane in the last race and got
a pit board 'podium position' so
I wanted to stretch those throttle
cables and go for it!"
Febvre was able to gain
important points over Max
Nagl and Antonio Cairoli in the
championship. Nagl—the cur-
rent leader—finished a sub-par
seventh overall while Cairoli also
had a rough going, finishing 7-18
on the day. Cairoli had to fight
through the pain after his arm
got beat to a pulp in a qualify-
ing crash. The Italian suffered
extensive bruising, stretched
tendons and water on the elbow,
but did not want to disappoint
his home crowd—nor give up too
many points in the champion-
ship—by not racing. He managed
to salvage a 13th overall finish.
In the MX2 division, it was
Honda Gariboldi's Tim Ga-
jser who ended the day on top.
The Slovenian conquered the
muddy, slick conditions to card
a consistent 3-2 finish, awarding
him the overall victory, although
it was Aleksandr Tonkov and Jef-
frey Herlings who were credited
with moto wins.
"I had a couple of bad weeks
where I was crashing and not
riding so well," Gajser con-
fessed. "But then everything
changed and I'm back at the
front again. It was great to win
another GP."
Herlings, meanwhile, col-
lected another podium finish
with a 6-1 score, landing him in
second overall, and allowing him
to stretch his lead in the champi-
onship.
Antonio Cairoli gets out to a good start,
but unfortunately the Italian struggled with
an arm injury all weekend, and could only
muster a 13th-place finish.
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Nearly completely
concealed by mud, Jeffrey
Herlings battles on in the
MX2 division. The Factory
KTM rider managed to
stretch his lead in the
championship with a
second-place finish.
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KTM
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