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two that was settled when van
Horebeek plowed into the side
of the reigning champ on the first
lap, plunging him down the field
where he could only make his
way back up to 10th. Meanwhile
at the front of the field, Antonio
Cairoli and Tim Gajser put on a
great show with the youngster
giving the multi-time champ ev-
erything he could handle before
finally admitting defeat and back-
ing it down. German Max Nagl
came home third, much to the
delight of the home crowd.
In part two of the teammate
battles, Honda pair (both factory-
backed riders but not technically
teammates) Evgeny Bobryshev
and Gajser collided in the sec-
ond moto as Gajser tried to pass
his Russian elder. Just like in
Latvia, this left the MX2 champ
with a lot of work to do, but he
slowly but surely worked his way
back up to fourth. This meant
that Febvre could only make up
one place and two points on
his championship rival after a
pretty disappointing weekend.
The main benefactor of all this
action though was Cairoli who
went 1-1 for his first MXGP win
of 2016. The Italian is now 36
points behind Gajser, who leads
Febvre by eight points. With 11
rounds left, there is plenty of
time to close that gap on the two
current champs. It's all shaping
up to be a great year!
In the EMX250 class, American
Darian Sanayei moved up to fourth
place in the championship with
another podium performance.
His 6-2 results on this technical
track gave him third overall behind
Australian Hunter Lawrence and
Danish red-plate holder Thomas
Kjer Olsen. Sanayei sits 37 points
behind the Dane with seven
rounds remaining.
David Bulmer
MXGP Class
1. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 1-1
2. Tim Gajser (Hon) 2-4
3. Evgeny Bobryshev (Hon) 8-2
4. Max Nagl (Hus) 306
5. Romain Febvre (Yam) 10-3
MX2 Class
1. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 1-1
2. Dylan Ferrandis (Kaw) 2-3
3. Jeremy Seewer (Suz) 4-2
4. Max Anstie (Hus) 3-5
5. Benoit Paturel (Yam) 7-4
Jeffrey Herlings kept his perfect
season alive in MX2.
Tony Cairoli
topped the MXGP
class in Germany.
It was his first win
in almost a year.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER/KTM
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