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CAIROLI, HERLINGS TOPS AT TEUTSCHENTHAL
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o far this year in the MX2
class it hasn't been a case
of whether or not Jeffrey Her-
lings will win, rather how much
will he win by. The Dutch rider
has completely dominated ev-
eryone in all six rounds lead-
ing into Germany, May 8, and
despite suffering from the flu all
week, another convincing win in
qualification seemed to sug-
gest it'd be more of the same on
this rutty Teutschenthal track.
However, it didn't prove to be
quite so easy for the Dutchman
to remain unbeaten. In moto
one, an average start meant
he had to work his way through
from fourth, eventually passing
Dylan Ferrandis midway through
the moto and stretching it out to
a 14-second gap by the finish.
Max Anstie came through in
third with Swiss rider Jeremy
Seewer overcoming a first-lap
crash to ride all the way back to
fourth with a great ride.
In race two, Herlings once
again got a bad sta rt and with
all his main competition ahead
of him, he had work to do.
Anstie led the race right up until
a few laps from the end, when
a bad landing shot him off his
Husqvarna. Ferrandis took the
lead at this point, but having just
coming back from injury, he isn't
quite fully fit yet and Seewer
then Herlings passed him with
minutes remaining. Those two
had been having a battle royal
all moto long and now that they
were 1-2, the intensity increased
even more. Finally though,
Herlings swept inside him and
stretched his unbeaten record
to 14 motos. After the checkered
flag, Herlings refused to shake
Seewer's hand and was quite
irate for what he perceived to be
dangerous riding by the Swiss,
even accusing the Suzuki rider
of trying to take him out due to
orders from his ex-boss Stefan
Everts. It seemed like a flash-
back to a younger Herlings, but
perhaps the flu and the fact he
looked exhausted after the race
played a part.
Not to be outdone by the
MX2 class, things were equally
dramatic with the MXGP boys as
teammates decided this was the
weekend to air their grievances
on the track. In the Yamaha
camp, Romain Febvre decided
that he preferred Jeremy van
Horebeek's gate, thus prompt-
ing a discussion between the
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