Liam Everts scored a great MX2 win in Águeda yesterday, taking a double victory on Portuguese soil, with the icing on the cake being his rise to third place in the overall standings.
In the first race, the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider dethroned Simon Laengenfelder (Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing) by 5.880seconds, which shows the difference between the two riders at the front and the rest since, while 5s is a considerable difference, the third-placed rider of the day, precisely #516’s teammate, was 33.021s behind the winner.
The top five was rounded off by the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory duo, with Rick Elzinga and Thibault Benistant in fourth and fifth, in that same order.
For yesterday’s second race in Águeda, the differences between the leaders were even more noticeable, with Everts dominating with a 1:21.173s gap to Elzinga this time, while Monster Energy Triumph’s Mikkel Haarup was third at 2:25.313s. Yes, you read that right!
Benistant was fourth and thus improved one position on the previous race, finishing ahead of Jens Walvoort (KTM SB Racing).
Looking at both races, you can see that this was a particularly difficult round for many, with some riders being overtaken several times.
Everts picked up 50 points and moved up to third place in MX2 with 188 points, while Kay de Wolf, leader with 246, didn’t get any further than the 32 points he picked up in Portugal.
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