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Gajser bounces back twice to claim 9th overall in the Netherlands

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Tim Gajser had a successful season debut in the Netherlands today as he claimed ninth place overall in the MXGP of Europe at Valkenswaard. After finishing ninth in the opening encounter of the day, he crossed the finish line of race two in fourteenth place despite crashing unhurt in two separate occasions.

Gajser got a good launch as the gates dropped and ran fourth in the early stages of race one. After a couple of strong laps, the Slovenian rider was unable to match the improving pace of the riders around him and had to give up a number of places, moving down to 8th. From there Tim did his utmost to maintain his position but after dropping one more place he was eventually ninth at the finish line as the chequered flag was deployed.

Tim had an even better start to the second encounter, running in second place as the MXGP field entered turn two. Gajser had a difficult time in maintaining the position as he quickly dropped down to 5th place before eventually losing the front and crashing unhurt halfway through the second lap. The former MXGP and MX2 world champion managed to jump back on his Honda CRF450RW and from 18thplace he made his way back to 14th position before another crash occurred.

Team HRC will now pack up and get back on the road towards Spain to contest the MXGP of Spain at Redsand next weekend.

Tim Gajser  243

Actually I am a little bit disappointed because yesterday I had good speed and the qualification race went well, so I was expecting a bit more from today. I had two good starts but made quite a few mistakes that cost me a lot of time but I’m happy that finished both races – and that I didn’t get hurt. We did some important laps, so now I’m looking forward to Spain.

 Tim Gajser

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager – MXGP

After what he’s been through lately in terms of injury and recovery, we can be quite happy with Tim’s performance and results for this weekend. He was fast but lacked a bit of consistency, and he ended up making some mistakes which fortunately left him unhurt. The season has just started for him, so it’ll be important to build some momentum in the upcoming races. The Honda CRF450RW worked really well throughout the weekend so a thank you goes to all the team members for the great job.

 Marcus Pereira de Freitas

Race 1

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Time/Gap
1 HERLINGS Jeffrey 84 NDL 25 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 35:25.408
2 CAIROLI Antonio 222 ITA 22 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +17.536
3 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy 89 BEL 20 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team +29.712
4 ANSTIE Max 99 GBR 18 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing +35.842
5 COLDENHOFF Glenn 259 NDL 16 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +39.777
6 FEBVRE Romain 461 FRA 15 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team +41.582
7 PAULIN Gautier 21 FRA 14 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing +41.778
8 DESALLE Clement 25 BEL 13 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing +1:00.045
9 GAJSER Tim 243 SLO 12 Team HRC – MXGP +1:07.341
10 SEEWER Jeremy 91 SWI 11 Wilvo Yamaha MXGP +1:15.242
11 NAGL Max 12 GER 10 TM Racing Factory Team +1:26.700
12 DESPREY Maxime 141 FRA 9 Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki +1:28.267
13 JASIKONIS Arminas 27 LTU 8 Team Honda Red Moto +1:29.874
14 STRIJBOS Kevin 22 BEL 7 Standing Construct KTM +1:31.581
15 KULLAS Harri 151 FIN 6 Wildcard Rider +1:34.418
16 LEOK Tanel 7 EST 5 A1M Husqvarna +1:51.662
17 LIEBER Julien 33 BEL 4 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing +1 Lap
18 PETROV Petar 152 BUL 3 Team Honda Red Moto +1 Lap
19 LUPINO Alessandro 77 ITA 2 Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki +1 Lap
20 IRWIN Graeme 55 IRE 1 Hitachi Construction Machinery KTM UK +1 Lap

Race 2

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Time/Gap
1 HERLINGS Jeffrey 84 NDL 25 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 34:46.875
2 CAIROLI Antonio 222 ITA 22 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +3.882
3 PAULIN Gautier 21 FRA 20 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing +1:06.699
4 COLDENHOFF Glenn 259 NDL 18 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +1:09.303
5 FEBVRE Romain 461 FRA 16 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team +1:15.542
6 SIMPSON Shaun 24 GBR 15 Wilvo Yamaha MXGP +1:17.843
7 DESALLE Clement 25 BEL 14 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing +1:46.947
8 SEEWER Jeremy 91 SWI 13 Wilvo Yamaha MXGP +1:54.337
9 ANSTIE Max 99 GBR 12 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing +1:56.307
10 STRIJBOS Kevin 22 BEL 11 Standing Construct KTM +1:57.072
11 JASIKONIS Arminas 27 LTU 10 Team Honda Red Moto +1 lap
12 KULLAS Harri 151 FIN 9 Wildcard Rider +1 lap
13 DESPREY Maxime 141 FRA 8 Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki +1 lap
14 GAJSER Tim 243 SLO 7 Team HRC – MXGP +1 lap
15 NAGL Max 12 GER 6 TM Racing Factory Team +1 lap
16 LEOK Tanel 7 EST 5 A1M Husqvarna +1 lap
17 PETROV Petar 152 BUL 4 Team Honda Red Moto +1 lap
18 BENGTSSON Filip 20 SWE 3 Wildcard Rider +1 lap
19 LUPINO Alessandro 77 ITA 2 Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki +1 lap
20 MONTICELLI Ivo 128 ITA 1 iFly JK Racing +1 lap

Rider Standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team
1 HERLINGS Jeffrey 84 NDL 97 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
2 CAIROLI Antonio 222 ITA 91 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
3 DESALLE Clement 25 BEL 67 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing
4 FEBVRE Romain 461 FRA 65 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team
5 PAULIN Gautier 21 FRA 64 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
6 COLDENHOFF Glenn 259 NDL 55 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
7 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy 89 BEL 54 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team
8 ANSTIE Max 99 GBR 45 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
9 SIMPSON Shaun 24 GBR 39 Wilvo Yamaha MXGP
10 SEEWER Jeremy 91 SWI 38 Wilvo Yamaha MXGP
11 NAGL Max 12 GER 37 TM Racing Factory Team
12 JASIKONIS Arminas 27 LTU 31 Team Honda Red Moto
13 LIEBER Julien 33 BEL 26 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing
14 STRIJBOS Kevin 22 BEL 22 Standing Construct KTM
15 SEARLE Tommy 100 GBR 20 Bike It DRT Kawasaki
16 BOBRYSHEV Evgeny 777 RUS 19 BOS GP
17 GAJSER Tim 243 SLO 19 Team HRC – MXGP
18 LUPINO Alessandro 77 ITA 17 Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki
19 DESPREY Maxime 141 FRA 17 Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki
20 KULLAS Harri 151 FIN 15 Wildcard Rider
21 LEOK Tanel 7 EST 12 A1M Husqvarna
22 PETROV Petar 152 BUL 8 Team Honda Red Moto
23 IRWIN Graeme 55 IRE 7 Hitachi Construction Machinery KTM UK
24 MONTICELLI Ivo 128 ITA 7 iFly JK Racing
25 SALAZAR Jetro 60 ECU 5 Wildcard Rider
26 BUTRON Jose 17 SPA 4 Marchetti Racing Team KTM
27 BENGTSSON Filip 20 SWE 3 Wildcard Rider
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