Motocross

Clement Desale and Jeffrey Herlings Master Assen’s Sand Circuit

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Monday, August 29th, 2016

7:52 AM

The raucous crowd created a spine-tingling atmosphere here at the historic Dutch TT Circuit, Assen, for round sixteen of the FIM Motocross World Championship, where Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team‰Ûªs Clement Desalle and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing‰Ûªs Jeffrey Herlings topped the box in their respective classes.

Things couldn‰Ûªt get any crazier than they did overnight at the MXGP of The Netherlands. From Mother Nature unleashing her fury with an epic thunderstorm which was so gnarly it‰Ûªs practically indescribable, to Jeffrey Herlings being beat fair and square in the sand, to Tim Gajser DNF‰Ûªing, to Jorge Prado finishing in the top three on his MX2 debut, the list goes on.

Assen was also the host of the FIM Veteran Motocross World Cup today where Sweden‰Ûªs Mats Nilsson successfully defended his crown with a double moto victory ahead of Holland‰Ûªs own Ton Van Grinsven, while another Swede in the form of Robert Forsell rounded out the top three.

Clement Desale and Jeffrey Herlings Master Assen’s Sand Circuit

The MXGP class fire into action at Assen

Monster Energy Kawasaki‰Ûªs Clement Desalle didn‰Ûªt just want to get the monkey off of his back. He wanted to throw it at the wall, which he finally managed to do this weekend with his first grand prix win since the MXGP of Germany 2014.

‰ÛÏFinally I am back on top of the box,‰Û

Herlings returned to racing ans straight to the top step of the MX2 podium

‰ÛÏIt was a nightmare!‰Û

Clement Desalle returned to the MXGP winners list with a great two moto effort at Assen

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten:
1. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 34:23.278;
2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:08.511;
3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:15.649;
4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:16.595;
5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:32.529;
6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:35.717;
7. Rui Goncalves (POR, Husqvarna), +0:42.884;
8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:49.112;
9. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), +0:56.148;
10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +1:00.466

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten:
1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34:18.739;
2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:02.106;
3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:03.267;
4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:05.370;
5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:24.762;
6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:34.969;
7. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, Suzuki), +0:37.170;
8. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), +0:57.508;
9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:59.272;
10. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:05.532

MXGP Overall Top Ten:
1. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 44 points;
2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 43 p.;
3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 40 p.;
4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 33 p.;
5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 31 p.;
6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 30 p.;
7. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), 25 p.;
8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 24 p.;
9. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 23 p.;
10. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 22 p

MXGP Championship Top Ten:
1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 653 points;
2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 588 p.;
3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 542 p.;
4. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 522 p.;
5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 494 p.;
6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 477 p.;
7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 347 p.;
8. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 342 p.;
9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 326 p.;
10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 307 p.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten:
1. Thomas Covington (USA, Husqvarna), 36:09.602;
2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:21.780;
3. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:22.221;
4. Lars van Berkel (NED, Husqvarna), +0:42.129;
5. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:45.426;
6. Iker Larranaga Olano (ESP, KTM), +0:56.001;
7. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1:01.428;
8. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +1:03.254;
9. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +1:21.887;
10. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +1:32.916.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten:
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:07.512;
2. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:34.735;
3. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:37.375;
4. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:45.073;
5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:58.943;
6. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, KTM), +1:07.701;
7. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), +1:15.245;
8. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +1:16.572;
9. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +1:18.937;
10. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +1:39.988.

MX2 Overall Top Ten:
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 points;
2. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 40 p.;
3. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 31 p.;
4. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 31 p.;
5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 30 p.;
6. Thomas Covington (USA, HUS), 30 p.;
7. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 27 p.;
8. Bas Vaessen (NED, SUZ), 25 p.;
9. Lars van Berkel (NED, HUS), 25 p.;
10. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, KTM), 23 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten:
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 644 points;
2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 568 p.;
3. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 460 p.;
4. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 447 p.;
5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 403 p.;
6. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 378 p.;
7. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 351 p.;
8. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 349 p.;
9. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), 341 p.;
10. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, YAM), 320 p.