Jeffrey Herlings and Tim Gajser were the big winners of the first and second heats in the MXGP of the Czech Republic, this weekend in Loket. Both riders knew what it was like to climb to the highest place on the podium, both times relegating Jorge Prado to second, but Gajser was the most consistent and ended up with the overall victory.
In the first heat, the KTM rider managed to be the fastest and finished with a lead of over 8s ahead of Prado, with Gajser finishing third with a delay of over 10s. Jeremy Seewer and Calvin Vlaanderen completed the top five.
In the second heat, Prado again failed to reach victory and finished second, with Gajser being the first to finish. Vlaanderen managed to be on the podium this time, ahead of Herlings and Romain Febvre.
In the overall GP standings, Gajser scored 45 points, one more than Prado and three more than Herlings, and with seven rounds to go, he leads the championship with 663 points, a comfortable advantage over Prado, with 627, while Herlings is third with 608.