Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prado were the big winners at the MXGP of Latvia, with both riders winning a race respectively. The Dutchman was in very good form and ended up scoring more points than anyone else at Kegums to take home the winner’s trophy for the day, on a day when Tim Gajser took the lead in the championship.
In the first MXGP race Herlings (KTM) was the standout performer, beating Tim Gajser (Honda) by 14.0806s, while Glenn Coldenhoff (Fantic) took the final podium place, with his team-mate Brian Bogers fourth and Kevin Horgmo (Honda) fifth, in a race in which championship leader Prado (GASGAS) was seventh.
For the second race of the category, Prado didn’t want to lose any more ground and ended up recovering, and in what a way, to finish as the winner, with Gajser again in second but now just 1.665s behind the winner. Herlings once again proved his mettle and took the final spot on the podium, crossing the finish line 3.403s behind #1.
The top five was completed by Coldenhoff and Bogers, with the Fantic Factory Racing MXGP duo once again together.
In the GP standings, the highlight went to Herlings with a total of 45 points, one more than Gajser, while Prado was third with 39.
In the overall championship standings, the leader is now Gajser with 454 points, four more than Prado, while Herlings is third with 386.
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