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saki) pulled out of the race with a
clutch issue, and in the second
moto, Gautier Paulin (Husqvarna)
dropped out with a mechanical
issue after placing fourth in the
first moto.
Herlings leads the champion-
ship with 241 points, followed by
Cairoli with 225, Febvre with 169,
Desalle (165), Paulin (147) and Glen
Coldenhoff (140), who went from
15th to sixth in the second moto.
MX2 saw the Spaniard, Prado,
pull back a few points on champi-
onship leader Pauls Jonass. Prado
won both motos while Jonass kept
the damage to a minimum in the
first moto by finishing second. It
was the second moto that cost
Jonass after getting off to a slow
start then crashing while trying to
make up for it. He ended up sev-
enth in the moto for fifth overall.
Second overall went to
Thomas Kjer Olsen (Rockstar
Husqvarna), followed by Jed Bea-
ton (Kawasaki) and Ben Watson
(Yamaha).
American Thomas Coving-
ton pulled out of the first moto
with a knee injury and did not
return for the second. "I got off
to a great start in the opening
moto and quickly found myself
in second position," Covington
said. "My pace was good and I
really wanted to battle for the win
in the first race. Six or seven laps
into the moto I hit a soft spot as
I was going into a turn and hurt
my knee. There was a lot of mud
in some places and that made
things harder. It's the same knee
I hurt at the end of last season
at the Motocross of Nations and
the pain was too much to con-
tinue. Right now I am not exactly
sure what the extent of the injury
is. We will get it checked with
my doctors first thing tomorrow
morning and hopefully we can
start making plans for my return
to the races soon."
Jonass now leads Prado by a
small 14-points margin, 216-202
in the MX2 championship. Olsen
is third with 185 points. CN
Jorge Prado (61) leads
the way in MX2 en route
to a 1-1 romp.
