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Seewer nearly went down
right off the start of the second
moto after tangling with another
rider, putting him in a deep hole,
but he again charged to the front
and got to fourth. It would be
good enough to take the overall
victory.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Thomas Covington got a great
start in the second moto and put
it to good use. He took charge
early on and never looked back
for the moto win. Unfortunately
for him, he started the first moto
in 31st place and crossed the
finish line in 14th. His 14-1 netted
him fourth overall.
It was a proud day for Suzuki
after seeing two of its riders
standing on the top two steps of
the MX2 podium. Standing right
next to Seewer on the podium
was Seewer's teammate Hunter
Lawrence, who tallied 4-3 results
to grab runner-up honors.
Third overall went to KTM's
Pauls Jonass with a 2-5. CN
MXGP
1. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 2-1
2. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 1-2
3. Gautier Paulin (Hus) 3-3
4. Clement Desalle (Kaw) 4-4
5. Romain Febvre (Yam) 7-5
MX2
1. Jeremy Seewer (Suz) 1-4
2. Hunter Lawrence (Suz) 4-3
3. Pauls Jonass (KTM) 2-5
4. Thomas Covington (Hus) 14-1
5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (Hus) 3-12
Antonio Cairoli
(222) recorded
his 80th career
GP victory, his
latest coming in
Germany.
Suzuki's Jeremy Seewer recorded
the overall win in MX2, which
included a first-moto win.
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working on," Cairoli said. "I'm
really happy with the GP win
and also extending the points
lead, this is very good. It's a
very special track for me. I'm
very happy to race here in Ger-
many and Teutschenthal is one
of my favorite hard-pack tracks,
it is similar soil to the track I train
on."
Herlings said, "In the first
race I was in second pretty
quick but in the second one
I was around 10th on the first
turn and had to work my way up
to second, I burned too much
energy. He [Cairoli] is the eight-
time champ for a reason, he's
a great rider and I just couldn't
close the gap [in the second
moto]."
In MX2, Team Suzuki's Jer-
emy Seewer came away with
the overall victory after going
1-4. The Swiss rider was fifth
after the first lap in the first moto
but slowly worked his way to
the front, passing points leader
Pauls Jonass late in the race to
nab the win.
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