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in moto two).
On Sunday, Tomac still
struggled with his starts, but
not nearly as bad as he did on
Saturday. However, the biggest
key difference between Satur-
day and Sunday for Tomac was
how well he was able to move
through the field.
In moto one, Glenn Colden-
hoff grabbed the holeshot over
eight-time World Champion
Cairoli. Then came Nagl, Ya-
maha's Jeremy van Horebeek,
and then Tomac officially at the
end of lap one. But that was
after Tomac had already made a
handful of passes on the open-
ing lap. Tomac worked his way
into second in the first couple
laps, but had more work in store
to get around Cairoli, who by
then had moved into the lead. It
20-minute-plus-two-lap race.
Out front, last year's Glen Helen
GP winner—Yamaha's Romain
Febvre—took a solid win in front
of Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Max Nagl, Red Bull KTM's Dean
Wilson, Suzuki's Kevin Strijbos,
and Yamaha's Valentin Guillod.
Newly crowned MXGP World
Champion Tim Gajser and Red
Bull KTM's perennial superstar
Antonio Cairoli both went down
off the start and could only find
their way up to 11th (Cairoli) and
14th (Gajser), respectively.
The finish in the Saturday
qualifying race determined
the gate picks for both motos
on Sunday (unlike in the AMA
Nationals where timed qualifying
only determines the gate pick in
moto one, while your moto-one
finish determines your gate pick
Eight-time World
champ Antonio
Cairoli (222) held
off the charge from
newly crowned
MXGP World Champ
Tim Gajser (243)
to finish second in
moto two.
