IN
THE
WIND
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FEBVRE DOUBLES AT GP OF SWEDEN
T
he FIM Motocross World
Championship headed north
to the land of the midnight sun
for round 11 of the series in Ud-
devalla, Sweden, where cham-
pionship leader Romain Febvre
was unstoppable. The Yamaha
Factory Racing Yamalube rider
proved once again to be the
master of traction on the slip-
pery, hard-pack track, where he
rode to his career-first double
victory.
"I am riding a dream and I
hope I don't wake up until the
end [of the] season," said Feb-
vre, who continues to pull away
in the championship. He made
even more ground on defending
champion Antonio Cairoli, who
had another tough day with a
sub-par 13
th
place finish in the
first moto. The factory KTM rider
is still struggling through a wrist
injury suffered at the Grand Prix
of Italy, and was able to salvage
seventh overall by mustering a
third-place finish in the second
moto. He moved into second in
points due to Max Nagl's ab-
sence (the Husqvarna rider still
out after a crash at the Grand
Prix of Germany), but Cairoli
continues to give up valuable
points to Febvre as the champi-
onship.
Traction was hard to come
by, as were consistent results
on the dry and hard-pack track
at the Grand Prix of Sweden.
Behind Febvre's dominant per-
formance, results were strewn
across the board. Second place
went to fellow Yamaha Factory
Racing Yamalube rider Jeremy
Van Horebeek with a 2-5 finish,
while third went to Rockstar En-
ergy Suzuki's Kevin Strijbos who
carded an 8-2 score.
Van Horebeek's podium
marked his first of 2015. The
Yamaha's
Romain Febvre
is on a tear.
The Frenchman
captured
another overall
MXGP victory
and his career-
first double win
at the Grand
Prix of Sweden.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
YAMAHA
RACING
