She weekend at the sand pit that is Valkenswaard has come to an end, as Red Bull KTM Factory riders Jeffrey Herlings and Tom Vialle dominate the MXGP and MX2 classes at the MXGP of The Netherlands.
KTM Factory now leave round two of the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship with two red plates as they lead both championships.
In race one, it was Red Bull KTM Factory‰Ûªs
Jorge Prado with the FOX Holeshot closely followed by fellow KTM factory rider
Jeffrey Herlings and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP rider
Jeremy Seewer. Just a couple of moments later though, Seewer made a mistake and crashed out of the race.
A lot happened on the first lap, as Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP‰Ûªs
Arnaud Tonus and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory rider
Pauls Jonass also came together with both riders going down, loosing quite a few positions. Also getting caught up in a bit of drama was SM Action M.C Migliori ‰ÛÒ J1 Racing‰Ûªs
Henry Jacobi and the Standing Construct GasGas Factory rider
Glenn Coldenhoff. Both riders crashed out and were left with a lot of work to do.
Meanwhile Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory rider and qualifying race winner, Arminas Jasikonis was in seventh position, making his way through the field.
On the official first lap of the race, it was Prado who led the way followed by Team HRC‰Ûªs
Tim Gajser, Herlings and Jasikonis. SS24 KTM MXGP privateer
Shaun Simpson got off to a good start and was running in an impressive fifth place.
Gajser didn‰Ûªt wait long and made a swift move on the MXGP rookie, Prado. Herlings also followed, brining Jasikonis with him, pushing the young Spaniard down a further two position. A few laps later and Gajser had already ran away with it, extending his race lead to 7.425 second over Herlings who was being chased down by the #27 of Jasikonis.
With the top three making a run for it, the battle was then on for fourth place. Simpson was clearly feeling good out on track and was taking time out of Prado who was ahead of him. He may have pushed a little too hard though, as he took a pretty big fall, finishing the race in 25th.
Having a good ride in the race was the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP rider
Gautier Paulin who was in 5th, before making a pit-stop for goggles, losing a position to the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing‰Ûªs
Clement Desalle. With fresh goggles, the Frenchman was able to catch the Kawasaki rider and muscle his way through to move back into P5. Both riders finished the race in 5th and 6th respectively.
With just a few laps to go, Herlings was pushing to find new lines and improve his lap times, but by this point Gajser was already 13.967 second ahead, as Jasikonis continued to follow in third. In the end Gajser took the first race win, as Herlings was forced to settle for second, and Jasikonis finishing third.
