Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team‰Ûªs David Philippaerts and Gautier Paulin again sampled victory upon their works YZ450FM and YZ250FM machines, this time in the sand of Holland as the Italian and Frenchman won the MX1 and MX2 classes respectively in the first meeting of the national series at Mill.
After triumphant runs in the first two rounds of the Italian Championship both riders transferred their attentions to northern Europe and the sand as they continue to dial-in their new bikes ahead of the FIM World Championship on April 3rd/4th. Mill represented the last pre-season outing for the team.
Philippaerts was ruthless through the soft and rutted terrain to obtain two race wins and easily claim the overall.
The former World Champion charged from third to first in the opening moto in as many laps, defeating world championship rivals like Marc de Reuver, Kevin Strijbos and Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team‰Ûªs Ken De Dycker.
In the second moto he was masterful and pulled away to take the flag from sand-specialist De Reuver by more than five seconds.
‰ÛÏI am happy with this race and especially to beat riders like De Reuver and De Dycker here,‰Û
