21,500 fans at the Loket circuit in the Czech Republic were thrilled by Yamaha Factory Racing's Jeremy Van Horebeek‰Ûªs maiden MXGP overall round win after his won the second moto at the 14th round of the 2014 World Motocross championship.
Van Horebeek took a solitary second position behind runaway victor Kevin Strijbos of the Rockstar Suzuki team in Moto1, setting the stage for a long and patient stalk of the reigning MXGP number one, Red Bull KTM's Antonio Cairoli in Moto2.
Van Horebeek kept close to the Sicilian and in the last three laps then pulled the pin to pressurise his friend and rival. When Cairoli bobbled and missed a rut on the entry to the corner at one of the lowest parts of the hillside track then YZ450F pilot had his chance and squeezed through to lead and hold his advantage to the flag for an emotional end to a bumper day for Yamaha after Kiara Fontanesi won her third MXW title and Christophe Charlier walked the MX2 podium for the first time this year.
After previously accumulating eleven podium finishes in a row up until his fourth position in Finland two weeks ago, Van Horebeek was back on the box in style and with the added bonus of trimming the deficit to Cairoli in the MXGP standings to 57 points with 150 points still on offer.
