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CAIROLI, SEEWER
GRAB WINS AT TEUTSCHENTHAL
A
ntonio Cairoli chalked up
another MXGP victory in
Teutschenthal, Germany, May
21, while Jeremy Seewer scored
a hard-fought win in MX2, de-
spite American Thomas Cov-
ington getting the second-moto
win.
In the premier MXGP class,
Cairoli and his Red Bull KTM
teammate Jeffrey Herlings
traded moto wins, but it was
Cairoli who topped the all-impor-
tant tie-breaking second moto,
which puts his name down in the
record book as the official GP
winner. Cairoli had his chance
to win the first moto, as he
grabbed an early lead but could
hold off Herlings late in the race.
Herlings worked his way up
through the field, and when
Cairoli bobbled, it was enough
for Herlings to eventually make
the pass for the win.
Cairoli again got out in front
early in the second moto, while
Herlings was mired back in the
pack off the start.
Herlings again fought his way
up through the pack in round
two, but this time when he got
into second, Cairoli was long
gone, forcing Herlings to settle
for second in the race and on
the day.
Third overall went to Husqvar-
na's Gautier Paulin who went
3-3 on the day. But it was a very
good day for the Frenchman, as
he gained big points on cham-
pionship runner-up Tim Gajser,
who rode in pain, the result from
a crash earlier in the qualifiers.
The defending champ, Gajser,
went 12-10 on the day for 11th
overall. Paulin is now just one
point behind Gajser in third.
Cairoli, however, still enjoys
a comfortable points lead; the
Italian now has 305 points to
Gajser's 261.
"I got really good starts today
and this is what we have been
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