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have the most exciting of races,
finishing third in the moto and
overall, with Cairoli fourth over-
all, dropping 13 more points in
the title race.
It's getting a little bit boring
writing "Jeffrey Herlings wins
in…" each week but while the
message was the same again
in France, he certainly made it
exciting with two performances
that had the fans on the edge
of their seats. In both motos he
had poor starts, which allowed
Suzuki's Jeremy Seewer and
Frenchman Benoit Paturel a
chance to run and hide; how-
ever, slowly but surely the "Bullit"
tracked them down. In the first
race, a blistering lap saw him
pass Paturel for lead despite
starting it six seconds behind.
Race two was much of the
same, except joining them was
Husqvarna's Max Anstie (who
was lapped in race one). Seewer
led from the start, with Anstie
and Paturel in tow and Herlings
way down the field. But it wasn't
long before Herlings carved his
way to the front. There was a
brief moment of dismay for the
home crowd as Paturel dropped
a couple of spots, but he quickly
made them back to finish third for
second overall. Seewer joined
him, but the kudos definitely go
to Herlings who put in two great
rides to maintain his 100% overall
victories tally in 2016.
After slowly working his way
up the championship rankings
with steady performances,
American Darian Sanayei upped
his game at what is a "home"
GP for his Bud Racing team. He
went 1-1 on a track that's a cou-
ple of hours away from where
he's based in France, holding off
EMX250 Championship leader
Thomas Kjer Olsen in both mo-
tos for a well-deserved overall.
This is the first time the Star-
Spangled Banner has played at
the MXGPs since Ryan Villo-
poto won in Thailand last year
and with it, has moved Sanayei
comfortably into second place,
63 points behind Kjer Olsen with
four rounds left.
David Bulmer
MXGP
1. Romain Febvre (Yam) 2-1
2. Tim Gajser (Hon) 1-2
3. Evgeny Bobryshev (Hon) 4-3
4. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 3-7
5. Clement Desalle (Kaw) 8-4
MX2
1. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 1-1
2. Benoit Paturel (Yam) 2-3
3. Jeremy Seewer (Suz) 3-4
4. Pauls Jonass (KTM) 5-5
5. Dylan Ferrandis (Kaw) 6-7
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Jeffrey Herlings remains undefeated in MX2.
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