MX2 pink plate-holder Geerts emerges on high of MX2 at second spherical.
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Consistency prevailed for Jeffrey Herlings at Riola Sardo because the Pink Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing rider charged to a milestone MXGP general, as MX2 pink plate-holder Jago Geerts was victorious within the second spherical of the 2023 championship.
Herlings stormed by the sector to realize 2-2 ends in Sardinia, in the end reaching his a centesimal world championship GP general forward of Glenn Coldenhoff (Monster Vitality Yamaha) who went 5-1 for P2.
Pink plate-holder Jorge Prado (Pink Bul GasGas Manufacturing unit Racing) gained the qualifying race and moto one, however a sixth-place end within the last race resulted in bronze for the Spaniard in spherical two.
Touchdown fourth general was Maxime Renaux (Monster Vitality Yamaha) courtesy of 4-3 finishes, as Dutchman Calvin Vlaanderen (Gebben Van Verooy Yamaha) accomplished the highest 5 with 3-5 outcomes.
Australia’s Mitch Evans (Kawasaki Racing Crew) didn’t compete at Riola Sardo. The quantity 43 broke his thumb within the build-up to the season and was not in a position to full the opening spherical in Argentina in consequence.
When it comes to the championship standings, Prado leads on 100 factors forward of Herlings in second with 93 and Renaux third on 78. Spherical one winner Ruben Fernandez (Crew Honda HRC) skilled a difficult MXGP of Sardegna and completed sixteenth general following a zero-point haul in race one and P11 in race two. He’s now seventh within the title-race with 63 factors.
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Monster Vitality Yamaha’s Geerts emerged victorious in MX2 on countback, 2-1 scores seeing him forward of moto one winner Kay de Wolf (Nestaan Husqvarna Manufacturing unit Racing) when it comes to the spherical consequence.
3-4 finishes landed Thibault Benistant (Monster Vitality Yamaha) third at Riola Sardo, as Simon Laengenfelder (Pink Bull GasGas Manufacturing unit Racing) and Lucas Coenen (Nestaan Husqvarna Manufacturing unit Racing) accomplished the highest 5 with 3-7 and 6-4 scores respectively.
Additionally profitable the qualifying race in Sardegna, Geerts prolonged his factors result in a sizeable 30 after two rounds, with de Wolf second and Bensistant third, one marker adrift from the Husqvarna rider.
The opening spherical of the Girls’s Motocross Championship additionally passed off at Riola Sardo, with Australia’s Charli Cannon (JK Racing) Yamaha touchdown seventh general. Cannon recovered from a flip one incident within the first race to open her season with a P7, later ending eighth in moto two as Daniela Guillen (GasGas) took the general honours with 2-1 outcomes.
