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THE
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HERLINGS, PRADO TEAR IT UP
AT TRENTINO MXGP
R
ed Bull KTM's Jeffrey Herlings
and Jorge Prado came away
with the overall wins in the MXGP
and MX2 classes, respectively,
at the Grand Prix of Trentino in
Pietramurata, Italy, April 7. Herlings
swept both MXGP motos, while
Prado traded moto wins with Ameri-
can Thomas Covington (Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna)
Herlings' fifth race win of the
season in the first moto came a
little easier than usual, as his chief
rival (and teammate) Antonio Cairoli
suffered a bad start and had to
fight his way up through the back
while Herlings sailed comfortably
up front.
Cairoli came across the finish
line to card fourth behind winner
Herlings, runner-up Clement De-
salle (Monster Energy Kawasaki),
and third-place Romain Febvre
(Monster Energy Yamaha). Tim
Gajser (Honda) was fifth.
It was back to normal in the sec-
ond moto with Cairoli nabbing his
sixth holeshot of the year; unfortu-
nately for the Italian, Herlings also
got a good start and was applying
early pressure.
On lap three, Herlings snuck
past Cairoli for the lead and never
looked back. Herlings went on to
take the win ahead of Cairoli, De-
salle, Glenn Coldenhoff (Red Bull
KTM) and Gautier Paulin (Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna).
Herlings took the overall victory
with a 1-1 and Cairoli settled for third
overall with a 4-2.
For the first time in the young sea-
son, someone finished in between
the Red Bull KTM teammates in the
overall category, with Desalle taking
second overall with a 2-3.
Fourth overall went to Febvre (3-
7), and Coldenhoff rounded out the
top five overall with a 7-4.
After four of 20 rounds, Herlings
is alone at the top of the leader-
board with 191 points; Cairoli is 10
points back in second. Desalle is
third but already 36 points behind
Cairoli.
Febvre is fourth, 10 points be-
hind Desalle.
In MX2, Spain's Jorge Prado
broke through for his first win of the
season with 1-2 moto finishes. He
came within a few turns of winning
both motos, but Thomas Covington
made a surprise pass on him to
take the moto win. Combined with
a first-moto fifth, Covington was
awarded second overall.
"It was a really good weekend for
us," Covington said. "After my knee
injury at the end of last season I've
Jeffrey Herlings won
both motos at the
MXGP of Trentino.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER
