Herlings 1-1 in Lierop

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings has won the Dutch International race today at the Lierop circuit in The Netherlands. The five time World motocross champion took an easy opening moto, but then had to follow Jago Geerts home for most of the second moto, but really turned on the heat in the final few laps to close down a gap of around 10 seconds, to claim 1-1 results and the victory. Calvin Vlaanderen was second overall with 3-3 scores and Geerts was third with 6-2 finishes.

Kay De Wolf has won the overall for the MX2 class with a stunning 1-1 performance. The Dutchman, who races for the Husqvarna factory team looked brilliant around the treacherous sand circuit of Lierop. Cas Valk was second overall with 2-4 result and third overall was Lucas Coenen with 6-1.

In the second MXGP moto it was Geerts who led early from Vlaanderen and Herlings, then Van Doninck, Jacobi, Ludwig, Nagl, Platt, Knuiman and Van De Essnburg. Herlings quickly moved into second and was a couple of seconds behind the leader, but that changed quickly as he took the lead a lap later. As quickly as he made up the ground and took the lead, he was 2.3 second ahead and clocking lap times more than a second better than everyone else.

Van Doninck in trouble as he dropped to 13^th place and Geerts back into the lead as Herlings was suddenly four seconds off the pace. Vlaanderen was in third some seven seconds back from Geerts and Jacobi was 15 seconds back in fourth place.

Herlings closed up the lead a little on Geerts, but the Yamaha factory rider doing very well in the front position. Van Doninck back in 25^th place and struggling. On lap five the lead was 1.7 seconds and the Dutchman was charging hard, with a lap time two seconds better than Geerts.

Lap six and the lead was suddenly 3.1 seconds and Vlaanderen in third was a further 10 seconds off the pace of Geerts. Seventh placed Nagl was already a minute off the leader. Lap nine and the lead by Geerts over Herlings was 13 seconds, with Vlaanderen 20 seconds back.

On lap 10, Geerts clocking laps around 1.52.845 and Herlings doing 1.55.433, so no doubt the Yamaha rider is on it. Two laps later it was Herlings with around 1.51.000 and Geerts went 1.54.215, go close the gap up a little.

A lap remaining and the lead by Geerts was 8.3 seconds, with Vlaanderen 37 seconds back in third and the rest of the field more than a minute off the pace of the Belgian. Herlings clocked a time of 1.49.309 and Geerts 1.54.506 in the second last lap.

“The Bullet” cut another five seconds off the lead and with a lap to go was 3.8 second down on Geerts. Vlaanderen now 42 seconds back in third and Jacobi around one minute and 20 seconds back in fourth. Tom Koch fifth. Herlings incredibly wins the moto with 1.4 seconds in hand. Geerts second and Vlaanderen third.