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MXGP Germany: Fifth straight qualifying win for Herlings

Jeffrey Herlings (Red Bull KTM) will go to the gate tomorrow with first pick for the MXGP of Germany at Teutschenthal – round eight of the FIM Motocross World Championship – after his fifth consecutive qualification race win.

The Dutchman, who heads the championship by 29 points, took the holeshot from France’s Gautier Paulin (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) and his team-mate and defending champion Tony Cairoli and led every lap as he streaked to a four-and-a-half second win.

“It was a really good moto,” he said. “I had an awesome start and took the holeshot so I’m very pleased with that but it was hard to make a difference to the other guys because the track was so easy but I’m happy with today and feeling good and looking forward to tomorrow.”

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Herlings’ idea of an ‘easy’ track is vastly different from everyone else’s – make no mistake, Teutschenthal was brutal today with big rocks coming through early on making handguards a necessity – but there’s no roost at the front and Herlings was in control from the get-go.

Belgium’s Clement Desalle (Monster Energy Kawasaki), who won in Russia, went down in turn two and restarted last and after a lap Slovenian Tim Gajser (Team HRC) had moved into fourth but there was no change in position at the front as Cairoli tried and failed to close down Paulin who had the measure of the Sicilian.

The nine-time champion looked comfortable in third until three laps from the end when, after a heavy landing, his start device re-engaged. Designed to compress a rider’s forks out of the gate, start devices seriously restrict front suspension movement and Cairoli had to repeatedly kick his WP units unit they sprang free.

By this time he’d lost places to Gajser, the Monster Energy Yamaha pairing of Jeremy Van Horebeek from Belgium and France’s Romain Febvre along with Swiss racer Jeremy Seewer (Wilvo Yamaha) who won the MX2 overall here last year.

The top 10 was rounded out by Belgian Julien Leiber (Monster Energy Kawasaki), Italy’s Alessandro Lupino (Gebben Kawasaki) and Dutchman Glenn Coldenhoff (Red Bull KTM). Desalle was 21st after a fruitless chase.
With Shaun Simpson (Wilvo Yamaha) and Graeme Irwin (Hitachi ASA KTM UK) still sidelined through injury, UK hopes rested on the shoulders of Max Anstie (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) and Tommy Searle (Bike It DRT Kawasaki) who was making his return to action after breaking his collarbone at round two at Valkenswaard.

With passing difficult on such a fast track, Anstie completed the first lap in 19th and had advanced to 17th at the flag while Searle moved forward from 27th to 20th. EMX250 contender Steven Clarke (Carglass Honda), having a wild card ride in Germany, was 24th.

MXGP Germany qualifying

1    84    Herlings, Jeffrey    NED     KNMV    KTM    24:12.661    13    0:00.000    0:00.000    1:47.006    8    51.8
2    21    Paulin, Gautier    FRA     MCM    Husqvarna    24:17.252    13    0:04.591    0:04.591    1:47.706    5    51.4
3    243    Gajser, Tim    SLO     AMZS    Honda    24:20.436    13    0:07.775    0:03.184    1:47.663    8    51.4
4    89    Van Horebeek, Jeremy    BEL     FMB    Yamaha    24:25.582    13    0:12.921    0:05.146    1:47.756    7    51.4
5    461    Febvre, Romain    FRA     FFM    Yamaha    24:31.107    13    0:18.446    0:05.525    1:47.659    7    51.4
6    91    Seewer, Jeremy    SUI     FMS    Yamaha    24:33.167    13    0:20.506    0:02.060    1:48.479    12    51.1
7    222    Cairoli, Antonio    ITA     FMI    KTM    24:35.607    13    0:22.946    0:02.440    1:47.568    5    51.5
8    33    Lieber, Julien    BEL     FMB    Kawasaki    24:38.243    13    0:25.582    0:02.636    1:48.631    3    51
9    77    Lupino, Alessandro    ITA     FMI    Kawasaki    24:39.573    13    0:26.912    0:01.330    1:49.030    4    50.8
10    259    Coldenhoff, Glenn    NED     KNMV    KTM    24:40.914    13    0:28.253    0:01.341    1:48.995    7    50.8
11    777    Bobryshev, Evgeny    RUS     MFR    Suzuki    24:43.757    13    0:31.096    0:02.843    1:49.061    5    50.8
12    22    Strijbos, Kevin    BEL     FMB    KTM    24:47.659    13    0:34.998    0:03.902    1:48.862    9    50.9
13    141    Desprey, Maxime    FRA     FFM    Kawasaki    24:50.930    13    0:38.269    0:03.271    1:49.764    5    50.5
14    17    Butron, Jose    ESP     RFME    KTM    24:52.466    13    0:39.805    0:01.536    1:49.547    10    50.6
15    27    Jasikonis, Arminas    LTU     LMSF    Honda    24:54.776    13    0:42.115    0:02.310    1:49.003    10    50.8
16    152    Petrov, Petar    BUL     BMF    Honda    24:56.804    13    0:44.143    0:02.028    1:49.854    10    50.4
17    99    Anstie, Max    GBR     ACU    Husqvarna    24:57.993    13    0:45.332    0:01.189    1:49.728    11    50.5
18    12    Nagl, Maximilian    GER     DMSB    TM    24:58.961    13    0:46.300    0:00.968    1:49.367    6    50.6
19    128    Monticelli, Ivo    ITA     FMI    Yamaha    25:14.040    13    1:01.379    0:15.079    1:51.083    4    49.9
20    100    Searle, Tommy    GBR     ACU    Kawasaki    25:26.854    13    1:14.193    0:12.814    1:50.564    7    50.1
21    25    Desalle, Clement    BEL     FMB    Kawasaki    25:32.460    13    1:19.799    0:05.606    1:50.850    2    50
22    6    Paturel, Benoit    FRA     FFM    KTM    25:35.108    13    1:22.447    0:02.648    1:51.833    8    49.5
23    7    Leok, Tanel    EST     EMF    Husqvarna    25:38.502    13    1:25.841    0:03.394    1:52.384    3    49.3
24    511    Clarke, Steven    GBR     ACU    Honda    25:41.040    13    1:28.379    0:02.538    1:52.975    3    49
25    613    Kovar, Vaclav    CZE     ACCR    Gas Gas    25:46.285    13    1:33.624    0:05.245    1:53.145    4    48.9
26    62    Gercar, Klemen    SLO     AMZS    Husqvarna    25:48.455    13    1:35.794    0:02.170    1:53.170    3    48.9
27    85    Ekerold, Stefan    GER     DMSB    KTM    25:49.191    13    1:36.530    0:00.736    1:53.250    6    48.9
28    83    Renkens, Nathan    BEL     FMB    Honda    25:54.243    13    1:41.582    0:05.052    1:52.454    10    49.3
29    93    Bengtsson, Jonathan    SWE     SVEMO    KTM    26:08.001    13    1:55.340    0:13.758    1:53.509    5    48.8
30    926    Delince, Jeremy    BEL     FMB    Honda    26:13.264    13    2:00.603    0:05.263    1:52.831    3    49.1
31    15    Bonini, Davide    ITA     FMI    KTM    20:20.375    10    3 laps    3 laps    1:54.196    5    48.5
32    377    Krc, Martin    CZE     ACCR    KTM    24:22.884    9    4 laps    1 lap    1:55.151    5    48.1
33    920    Valentin, Ander    ESP     RFME    Husqvarna    10:36.473    5    8 laps    4 laps    1:53.850    4    48.6

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