points gap to Gajser out front down to
only 18 points with fully 14 rounds still
left to run in the championship before
it ends in mid-September in France.
In the MX2 class, the Red Bull KTM
team looked even better on European
soil, sweeping the top-three spots,
followed by the Rockstar Husqvarna
Team finishing fourth and fifth, giving
Austria a complete sweep of the top-five.
Red Bull KTM's 16-year-old protégé
Jorge Prado Garcia chased his more ex-
perienced teammate Pauls Jonass around
for the entirety of the opening MX2 moto,
which ended with Jonass beating Garcia
and LRT KTM's Julien Lieber across the
line for the win. But in moto two, Garcia
got out front early and then held off the
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Urged on by the
home crowd, Italian
Tony Cairoli (222)
won the first MXGP
moto then had to
come from behind
in the second moto
to capture the
overall win.
