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Cycle News 2017 Issue 09 March 7

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VOL. 54 ISSUE 9 MARCH 7, 2017 P41 and how it can't happen again, but the first turn, because of my good gate pick, I could turn up the inside and still come out fifth," Seewer added. "Some guys were then flying past me and I thought maybe I was going too slow, but then the next lap, they'd get stuck. I just kept going, racing my own race and then, suddenly on the pit board, I saw I was in first. I just tried to finish it and that's how it ended up. In mud races it isn't about doing the fastest laps, it's about surviv- ing; you need to make your laps without mistakes because if you make a mistake, you are dead. I'm just happy though, we've come a long way to get here, and to get the win is massive." TM-mounted Italian Samuele Bernardini was eighth in the opening moto, but he got out front early and pulled away to win moto two; his 8-1 score plac- ing him second overall on the day, just in front of LRT KTM's Julien Lieber (3-4). Lieber took over the points lead with his 3-4 score, while round-one winner (and points leader coming into round two in Indonesia) Pauls Jonass struggled in the mud to 14th in the first moto, and a 25th in moto two, dropping him to fifth in points. The muddy conditions weren't kind to American Thomas Covington, though the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Team rider broke into the top 10 in the sec- ond moto with an eighth. Last week's winner and red plate holder, Red Bull KTM's Antonio Cairoli managed to hang on for fourth under the extreme conditions and maintains the points lead as the series heads to round three in Argentina in two weeks' time. CN MXGP OVERALL 1. Shaun Simpson (Yam) 2. Glenn Coldenhoff (KTM) 3. Clement Desalle (Kaw) 4. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 5. Rui Goncalves (Hus) MX2 OVERALL: 1. Jeremy Seewer (Suz) 2. Samuele Bernardini (TM) 3. Julien Lieber (KTM) 4. Thomas Kjer Olsen (Hus) 5. Davy Pootjes (KTM) Pauls Jonass had a terrible day in the mud. He lost the points lead and dropped all the way back to fifth in MX2. MXGP Monster Energy Yamaha's Ro- main Febvre got the holeshot in the first (and as it turned out, the only) moto, but the track wasn't kind to the 2015 World Cham- pion. He ended up 15th. In his second race for Wilvo Yamaha, Scotsman Shaun Simp- son fought his way through the muck to take the win. "It was good," Simpson said. "I was able to make some good moves the first few laps and I was in the lead about halfway through the race!" Simpson finished just over seven seconds ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Glenn Coldenhoff. In third was Monster Energy Kawa- saki's Clement Desalle who was closing in late in the moto and finished less than five seconds behind Coldenhoff. PHOTOGRAPHY BY KTM IMAGES/RAY ARCHER

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