VOL. 53 ISSUE 30 AUGUST 2, 2016 P33
Slovenian only drop six points
to the Italian and with just four
rounds left, it is looking good for
the MX2 champ to win back-to-
back titles.
All weekend there was a bit
of a buzz around the Suzuki pits
as they chose to ride in 1991
retro graphics and gear as a
tribute to boss Stefan Everts,
and this buzz must have inspired
Strijbos to turn back the years
and take his first overall GP
victory since 2007. The Belgian
rider "only" went 3-3 but those
were good enough to secure
a well-deserved win for a team
that has endured a tough time in
2016. He ended up winning by
just one point ahead of Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna's Max Nagl
(1-7) who had the overall in the
bag for most of the second race
before a small mistake dropped
him from fourth to seventh. On
the third step of the podium was
Cairoli (6-2) but it could have
been better for the Italian were
it not for some arm-pump in the
first race.
The series now heads to Swit-
zerland for what is looking like
a newly built hard-pack track in
Frauenfeld.
American Thomas Covington
(17-12 for 17th overall) comment-
ed that the diversity is what he
enjoys most about the MXGPs,
riding a hard, slick track in the
Czech Republic one week, to
the deep sand of Belgium the
next week and then back to hard
pack in Switzerland the week
after.
In the EMX250 class, Ameri-
can Darian Sanayei all but se-
cured second place in the cham-
pionship with 3-4 moto scores.
Thomas Kjer Olsen clinched the
title with 2-2 results in Lommel,
but the young American should
be proud of efforts in what is a
tough championship.
David Bulmer
MXGP
1. Kevin Strijbos (Suz) 3-3
2. Max Nagl (Hus) 1-7
3. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 6-2
4. Jeremy Van Horebeek (Yam) 7-4
5. Tim Gajser (Hon) 15-1
MX2
1. Max Anstie (Hus) 1-1
2. Jeremy Seewer (Suz) 4-2
3. Petar Petrov (Kaw) 2-6
4. Brian Boger (KTM) 5-4
5. Benoit Paturel (Yam) 3-7
Max Nagl (12) came close of taking the
overall but fell in the second moto.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
HUSQVARNA
IMAGES/J.P.
ACEVEDO
Max Anstie loved the deep
sand of Lommel and won
both MX2 motos.
PHOTOGRAPHYTBY
TTHUSQVARNA
IMAGES/J.P.
ACEVEDO
