Herlings dominates MX2, Bobby & Keeno win in MX1
Jeffrey Herlings also continued his winning streak in Heerde. With two series victories, the first with broken glasses, 'The Bullet' still leads the championship. Joël Roelants (3 + 2) came second, ahead of Van Horebeek and Coldenhoff. In the strong MX1, Gautier Paulin (4 + 2) took the overall victory, although the regular Rui Goncalves finished with two third places with equal points. Kevin Strijbos made a great impression in both races, the KTM UK rider finished third. The series victories went to Evgeny Boryshev and Ken De Dycker, but the two Honda pilots also dropped out of a race each after a crash. In the standings of the ONK MX1, Bobby remains in the lead, he is now 10 points ahead of Rui Goncalves and 11 points ahead of number three De Dycker.
A busy day in Heerde for the third round of the ONK Motocross. Due to the youth competitions (85cc and MX2 youth), the track had become very difficult even before the MX2 and MX1 time training. No problem for Jeffrey Herlings who was more than 2,5 seconds faster than Jeremy Van Horebeek, Coldenhoff, Roelants and Nicholls completed the top 5. In the MX1, ONK leader Bobryshev qualified fastest ahead of De Dycker and De Reuver. The Kawasaki duo Paulin (7th) and Boog (8th) clearly had to get used to their first race in the sand, and that certainly applied to Barragan who stuck at the 25th fastest time!
Herlings above all
Yamaha factory rider Christophe Charlier recovered nicely after less time training, he finished fourth in the first race. Herlings won again ahead of Van Horebeek and Roelants. Good old Erik Eggens came in a strong 7th after Glen Coldenhoff.
MX2 Race 1
1. Herlings, 2. Van Horebeek, 3. Roelants, 4. Charlier, 5. Kras, 6. Coldenhoff, 7. Eggens, 8. Bastemeijer, 9. De Waal, 10. Heibye
Yet again Bobryshev!
The first MX1 race was marred by a crash involving De Reuver, Van Nooten and De Dycker. Fortunately there was a restart. In that second race, Kevin Strijbos was in charge for a long time, but in the end only Bobryshev was able to stop 'the Kid'. Marc De Reuver had to retire with engine problems, Brakke finished 5th.
MX1 Race 1
1. Bobryshev, 2. Strijbos, 3. Goncalves, 4. Paulin, 5. Brakke, 6. Klein Kromhof, 7. Schiffer, 8. Verhoeven, 9. Saris, 10. Boog
Tension was hard to find in the second MX2 race as Jeffrey Herlings doubled up to 6th place. Roelants now finished second ahead of Glen Coldenhoff and Jake Nicholls. Lars Van Berkel finished neatly 7th.
MX2 Race 2
1. Herlings, 2. Roelants, 3. Coldenhoff, 4. Nicholls, 5. Van Horebeek, 6. Heibye, 7. Van Berkel, 8. Van Wezel, 9. Febvre, 10. De Waal
The second MX1 race was uneventful! Bobryshev fell off at the start. Boog was the first leader until he also made a mistake. As with the rest of the day, we had to pay attention during the treacherous start, as Kevin Strijbos and Ceriel-Klein Kromhof also fell. At the front, De Dycker took the lead for Goncalves. While the weather continued to deteriorate, Strijbos was still able to come back nicely! Herjan Brakke was halfway fourth, but in the end he had to settle for 7th place. Paulin managed to get past Goncalves in the final phase, but Ken De Dycker won.
MX1 Race 2
1. De Dycker, 2. Paulin, 3. Goncalves, 4. De Reuver, 5. Strijbos, 6. Schiffer, 7. Brakke, 8. Van Daele, 9. Verhoeven, 10. Oldekamp
Photos: Ronnys photo
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