Race One: Isak Gifting in front of his home crowd grabbed the holeshot on his JK Yamaha and what an atmosphere! Gajser was aggressive in turn two as he went up the inside of Herlings who actually got out of the gate well but then got pushed off the track!
Prado got a really bad start for his standards outside the top ten. Gifting lead for three laps to the delight of the home crowd before Seewer made a pass for the lead. Febvre was riding well but just couldn’t make passes stick, Gajser and Prado passed him before he could find his way around Gifting.
Gajser and Prado passed Seewer on the same lap and a lap later Prado put in a fantastic pass on Gajser for the lead. What a fight through the field. Gajser though was right on his back wheel at the end – what a race!
Herlings struggled the first ten minutes but then towards the end passed Vlaanderen and caught Seewer for fourth but when it looked like he’d made a move stalled the bike so fifth was all he could manage.
Race Two:Â Prado got the holeshot and started to run into the distance at the front. It didn’t take Herlings to long to get into second but he couldn’t do anything about Prado who was immaculate around a very sketchy hard pack track.
Gajser was third and looked content with a top three result but the championship gap is down to 17 between him and Prado. With sand next it could get interesting!
Race One:
Race Two:Â
Overall:Â
Updated championship standings:Â
