Cycle News Staff | April 8, 2018
MXGP Of Trentino Results 2018 – Red Bull KTM’s Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prado came away with the overall wins in the MXGP and MX2 classes, respectively, at the Grand Prix of Trentino in Pietramurata, Italy, April 7. Herlings swept both MXGP motos, while Prado traded moto wins with American Thomas Covington (Rockstar Husqvarna)
MXGP Of Trentino Results 2018
Herlings’ fifth race win of the season in the first moto came a little easier than usual, as his chief rival (and teammate) Antonio Cairoli suffered a bad start and had to fight his way up through the back—while Herlings sailed comfortably up front.
Cairoli came across the finish line to finish fourth behind winner Herlings, runner-up Clement Desalle (Monster Energy Kawasaki), and third-place Romain Febvre (Monster Energy Yamaha). Tim Gajser (Honda) was fifth.
It was back to normal in the second moto with Cairoli nabbing his sixth holeshot of the year; unfortunately for the Italian, Herlings also got a good start and was applying early pressure.
On lap three, Herlings snuck past Cairoli for the lead and never looked back. Herlings went on to take the win ahead of Cairoli, Desalle, Glenn Coldenhoff (Red Bull KTM) and Gautier Paulin (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna).
Herlings took the overall victory with a 1-1 and Cairoli settled for third overall with a 4-2.
For the first time in the young season, someone finished in between the Red Bull KTM teammates in the overall category, with Desalle taking second overall with a 2-3.
Fourth overall went to Febvre (3-7), and Coldenhoff rounded out the top five overall with a 7-4.
After four of 20 rounds, Herlings is alone at the top of the leaderboard with 191 points; Cairoli is 10 points back in second. Desalle is third but already 36 points behind Cairoli.
Febvre is fourth 10 points behind Desalle.
MXGP Of Trentino Results 2018
In MX2, Spain’s Jorge Prado broke through for his first win of the season with 1-2 moto finishes. He came within a few turns of winning both motos, but Thomas Covington made a surprise pass on him to take the moto win. Combined with a first-moto fifth, Covington was awarded second overall.
German upstart Henry Jacobi was impressive at Trentino. The Husqvarna rider took second in the first moto and was again threatening to do well in the second moto when he hit the ground. He still ended up an impressive third overall, followed by Vsevolod Brylyakov (Yamaha) and points leader Pauls Jonass (Red Bull KTM), who struggled in both motos.
Jonass, however, still enjoys a commanding 28-point lead in the championship over his nearest rival, Prado, 180-152. Denmark’s Thomas Kjer Olsen (Husqvarna) is third with 145 points.
Covington his seventh in the championship with 91 points.
American Darian Sanayei was forced to sit out the Trentino round due to a knee injury that he suffered while competing in a round of the British Championship the previous weekend. Sanayei rode practice at Trentino but pulled out after experiencing pain in the knee. CN
MXGP Of Trentino Results 2018
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