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seconds ahead of Guillod. But
Anstie suffered a big crash in the
second moto and did not return
to action. Guillod went on to take
the second-moto win ahead of
Honda rider Tim Gajser.
KTM's Pauls Jonass was
awarded second overall with a
4-3 tally, while Kawasaki's Jordi
Tixier took third overall with a
3-6. Kawasaki rider from Bul-
garia Petar Petrov rounded out
the top five overall.
The race for the MX2 title has
been blown wide open after
it was announced that points
leader going into the race Jeffrey
Herlings will miss the rest of the
season with an injury. Gajser
and Guillod are currently tied
for second (24 points behind
Herlings), and Jonass is just 10
points behind in third. Tixier is
fourth but has some catching up
to do; he's 19 points down on
Jonass. CN
HERLINGS SIDELINED AGAIN
R
ed Bull Factory KTM Team's Jeffrey Herlings suffered yet another major setback in his young rac-
ing career. The oft-injured rider crashed during a qualification moto on Saturday, July 25, at the
FIM World Championship round at Loket, Czech Republic. He was hit by another rider, suffering a
dislocated hip. The injury will keep the
current MX2-points leader off the bike for
the rest of the season, according to the
team's MX2 Factory Team Manager Dirk
Gruebel.
"It was a pretty tough weekend on
everybody, especially Jeffrey," Gruebel
said. "He tried so hard to come back
[from a previous injury] to race here. He
gave everything, all he had and even
more, and somehow he didn't get the re-
ward for it. In the qualifying, he hit a stone
and lost it over the front, and he told me
that from then on it just went bad. Another
rider hit him, the hip is out and unfortu-
nately that's the end of the story for this
season. Now he needs to get some rest,
heal up and be ready for next year." CN
Valentin Guillod
topped the MX2
class, which is now
up for grabs with
five rounds left.
PHOTOS
COURTESY
OF
YAMAHA-RACING
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER/KTM
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Jeffrey Herlings
saw his MX2
title hopes
disappear again
after suffering a
season-ending
injury at Loket.
