Herlings Is The Real Deal!

Herlings wins USGP

Despite racing in really warm conditions, around a very American styled circuit, Jeffrey Herlings has completed a dream week with victory at the Grand Prix if United States. The Dutchman who had gone 1-1 in the last round of the AMA Nationals last weekend scored 2-1 results today after a terrible start in the opening moto.

The MX2 world champion was quickest all weekend, and continued to build a very good season, winning his fourth MXGP Grand Prix. Eli Tomac finished second overall with a very solid 1-3 result, and Antonio Cairoli was third overall with 2-3 scores.

Jeffrey Herlings: Its awesome. I got a good start and worked my way to the front. Its so hot, like 95 and a lot of humidity. I enjoyed the ride. You know, with five or six minutes to go I wanted to attack and I thought that was best, but then he went down and I got the lead. Bad start in the first moto, but second in the second moto, which helped.

Eli Tomac: We are really happy how things ended up today. We were struggling yesterday and I got a holeshot and won the first moto. To be honest I was surprised with their pace early on and they got away. The track beat me up a bit too and it was tough.

Antonio Cairoli: You know, I tried to get the title. I have a lot of points, but you always want to win. I did the moto good, but my fitness dropped and I was struggling in a rut and slipped over and crashed. Jeffrey passed and he was riding fast, its different because we started late and is riding fast now. We started fast and are riding slower now.

Cairoli took the lead in the second MXGP moto, followed by Paulin, Nagl, Strijbos, Herlings, Tomac, and Gajser. Herlings quickly into second place, and Tomac fourth. Paulin, Tomac and Strijbos in a nice battle.

Cairoli looking brilliant at front as he made a small break on Herlings. Tomac went past Paulin and moved into third place, and he is setting out after Cairoli and Herlings.

Herlings clocks the quickest lap of the race, and closes a little on Cairoli as the two front guys have made a break on the others.

Cairoli then clocked the quickest lap of the race, and Tomac is now eight seconds back in third. Paulin next, then Strijbos, Desalle, Bobryshev,Antie, Van Horebeek and Gajser 10^th.

Herlings closing in on the leader as Herlings riding really well. Cairoli still looks strong, but can he contain the young Dutchman? Tomac losing ground now on the front two, as the KTM guys push harder and harder.

Looked like Herlings backed it down, and was back on it again as the race closed up. Herlings into the lead as Cairoli crashed in a corner. Herlings lapped Justin Barcia in the last lap of the moto.

Herlings won the moto from Cairoli and Tomac.

MXGP – Overall Classification

1 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 22 25 47
2 3 Tomac, Eli USA AMA KAW 25 20 45
3 222 Cairoli, Antonio ITA FMI KTM 20 22 42
4 243 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS HON 18 14 32
5 99 Anstie, Max GBR ACU HUS 15 15 30
6 12 Nagl, Maximilian GER DMSB HUS 16 10 26
7 25 Desalle, Clement BEL FMB KAW 12 13 25
8 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV KTM 14 11 25
9 89 Van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL FMB YAM 11 12 23
10 777 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS MFR HON 13 9 22
11 21 Paulin, Gautier FRA MCM HUS 1 18 19
12 22 Strijbos, Kevin BEL FMB SUZ 0 16 16
13 77 Lupino, Alessandro ITA FMI HON 7 7 14
14 51 Barcia, Justin USA AMA SUZ 8 6 14
15 999 Goncalves, Rui POR FMP HUS 6 4 10