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nian at the next round in Assen
on August 28 to simply keep his
title hopes alive before they head
to America.
Without Jeffrey Herlings once
again in MX2, fans were treated
to a spectacular duel between
Max Anstie and hometown hero
Jeremy Seewer. In the end,
much to the disappointment of
22,000 Swiss fans, it was Anstie
who prevailed after a back and
forth moto two that saw both rid-
ers leading at various stages of
the race. With Anstie winning the
first race ahead of Seewer, the
overall was going to be decided
by whoever won the second
race and both riders gave
everything to make it happen in
their favor. For Seewer, who still
hasn't won a race in his career,
he closed the gap to Herlings to
43 points in the championship
with three rounds remaining.
Third place on the podium
went to Benoit Paturel, whose
3-3 results were good enough
to see him moved up to third
place in the championship. He's
also likely to be promoted to the
French MXoN team as MX2 pick
Dylan Ferrandis broke his arm
yesterday in an accident involv-
ing Thomas Covington over the
finish line jump.
The American actually had
his second-best points tally of
the season with 8-10 results,
good enough for 24 points and
seventh overall on a track he de-
scribed as being a mix between
Loretta Lynn's and Daytona.
This may have been why Dar-
ian Sanayei did so well, beating
everyone in the last round of the
EMX250 class comfortably on
his way to 1-1 results. The Wash-
ington native has won plenty of
motos down at the ranch and
had no problems on the rutty
track, winning by a combined
43 seconds over the rest of the
field. He later confirmed he will
race the two USGPs and then
move up to the MX2 class for
2017.
David Bulmer
MXGP
1. Antonio Cairoli (KTM ) 1-5
2. Tim Gajser (Hon) 9-1
3. Romain Febvre (Yam) 8-2
4. Gautier Paulin (Hon) 2-11
5. Glenn Coldenhoff (KTM) 11-3
MX2
1. Max Anstie (Hus) 1-1
2. Jeremy Seewer (Suz) 2-2
3. Benoit Paturel (Yam) 3-3
4. Samuele Bernardini (TM) 4-6
5. Calvin Vlaanderen (KTM) 6-5
Antonio Cairoli
chipped away
at the MXGP
championship
with another
win at the
Swiss GP, but is
it too little too
late?
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
ACEVEDO
J.P./HUSQVARNA
MOTORCYCLES
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
ARCHER
R./KTM
