Anstie moto, France Trophy
Max Anstie has won the final moto of the MXoN, but it was Team France who took home the Chamberlain trophy for the fourth year in a row, only the third team to do so in the history of the event. Team France with Romain Febvre, Gautier Paulin and Christophe Charlier really dominated the competition, and were easily the best nation. Winning with 20 points, and followed by Team Netherlands with 31pts and Team Great Britain with 32pts.
Class winners were Max Anstie with 1-1 in the MXGP class, Jeffrey Herlings going 1-2 for the Open class and Hunter Lawrence with 4-8 in the MX2 class.
The final moto of the day and its again Anstie who is leading, ahead of Febvre, Van Horebeek, Herlings, Tonus, Seely, Ullrich, Paulin, Gajser, Seewer, Wilson, Coldenhoff, Facciotti, Cairoli, Leok, Bobryshev, Ferris, Irwin, Olsen, and Edmonds in 20th. Covington 26th and Gibbs now back in 32nd place.
Paulin goes past Ullrich, and Cairoli passed Facciotti. Paulin also past Seely, and Gajser into 8th as he passed Ullrich. Irwin moves past Ferris and the Aussies in big trouble. Febvre all over Anstie for the lead as the French look like defending their Chamberlain trophy.
Herlings into third and going after the two front guys. Ferris drops to 21st and Gibbs up to 27th. Seewer up to 8th and the Swizz coming for a podium place as Tonus commands fifth place.
After two laps it was Anstie, Febvre, Herlings, Van Horebeek, Tonus, Paulin, Gajser, Seewer, Seely, Wilson, Cairoli, Coldenhoff, Ullrich, Bobryshev, Leok, Olsen, Noren, Irwin, Facciotti, and Strijbos 20th.
Seely back to 12th place as Wilson and Cairoli move past the American. Wilson into ninth and the home team looking for a podium finish.
Ferris fighting hard into 16th and Gibbs 24th. France in command though with second and sixth. Gajser all over Paulin, as Paulin moved past Tonus and Gajser went for the same, but the two collided and Gajser went down.
Anstie went down and Febvre into the lead and France cruising to victory. After five laps its Febvre, Anstie, Herlings, Van Horebeek, Paulin, Tonus, Seewer, Gajser, Wilson, Cairoli, Coldenhoff, Leok, Seely, Noren and Bobryshev 15th.
Seely again struggling against the GP riders as he drops to 16th place and Covington in 20th. Seely into 19th and Ferris way back. It’s a done day for USA and Australia. Seely another DNF, and again a rear end problem.
Herlings closed on Anstie and Anstie onto Febvre. Top three all-together. Anstie all over Febvre and nearly landed on him over a jump. Anstie much quicker.
Anstie into the lead and Febvre tried to fight back and its giving Herlings a chance to catch them. He was 12 seconds back when he got to third.
Anstie held off a late challenge from Herlings to win the moto and help Team Great Britain onto the podium. France win it from Netherlands and Great Britain.
Race 3 (MXGP + Open) – Classification
1 19 Anstie, Max GBR ACU Husqvarna 37:59.163
2 6 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 38:00.271
3 3 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM Yamaha 38:59.174
4 10 Van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL FMB Yamaha 39:19.722
5 67 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS Honda 39:26.564
6 1 Paulin, Gautier FRA MCM Husqvarna 39:36.130
7 13 Cairoli, Antonio ITA FMI KTM 39:44.017
8 21 Wilson, Dean GBR AMA Husqvarna 39:50.756
9 18 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 40:01.928
10 16 Tonus, Arnaud SUI FMS Yamaha 40:06.811
11 4 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV KTM 40:23.654
12 31 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS MUL Honda 41:00.859
13 12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL FMB Suzuki 38:08.664
14 27 Leok, Tanel EST EMF Husqvarna 38:10.992
15 39 Noren, Fredrik SWE AMA Honda 38:12.452
16 61 Goncalves, Rui POR FMP Husqvarna 38:13.794
17 9 Covington, Thomas USA MUL Husqvarna 38:14.438
18 15 Lupino, Alessandro ITA FMI Honda 38:28.973
19 24 Gibbs, Kirk AUS MA KTM 39:10.430
20 42 Olsen, Stefan Kjer DEN DMU Kawasaki 39:16.627