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MXGP Russia: Calculated qualifying win for Herlings

Series leader Jeffrey Herlings (Red Bull KTM) goes to the startgate in pole for tomorrow’s MXGP of Russia at  Orlyonok – round six of the FIM Motocross World Championship – after a cool, calculated ride in this afternoon’s qualification race.

“It was good,” said Herlings. “I had a great start but I think somebody crashed on the inside because they pushed me wide but I still managed to come out fourth and then work my way up to the front so it was a good race and it’s good to be starting from pole tomorrow.”

Herlings had actually missed the morning’s first free practice session after his race kit was lost in transit and he was forced to make a 360-mile round trip to retrieve it but he showed no ill-effects from the surprise detour.

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“We had a rough time coming here with losing the bags and staying awake all night but it’s a pleasure to be here and I hope to do good tomorrow. It’s going to be an important day.”

The Dutchman looked to have taken the holeshot after banging bars with Tim Gajser (Team HRC) into the opening turn but when the Slovenian went down it allowed Romain Febvre (Monster Energy Yamaha) to take the lead from his team-mate Jeremy Van Horebeek.

Defending champion Tony Cairoli (Red Bull KTM) was running near the front with British hope Max Anstie (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) holding an initial fifth on the first lap.

On the fast, hard-pack track littered with big jumps and dramatic changes in elevation, Febvre – the 2015 world champion – began to open up a gap and with five minutes of the 20-minute plus two lap race gone he was three-and-a-half seconds clear of Van Horebeek.

Scot Shaun Simpson (Wilvo Yamaha) had gated just outside the top 10 but he crashed heavily down one of the steep, flat-out fast hills and DNFed.

Cairoli, who sits second in the standings 16 points behind his team-mate, was held up by Max Nagl (TM Factory Racing) as Van Horebeek capitalised on a crash by Febvre to move into the lead with Herlings close behind.

With four seconds covering the top four, Herlings took the lead with less than five minutes to go and from there eased clear to take his third qualification race win of the season by just over one-and-a-half seconds from Van Horebeek.

Belgian Julien Lieber (Monster Energy Kawasaki) led home his team-mate Clement Desalle in third and fourth after both took advantage of a slip by Cairoli with two laps to go.

Anstie, who’s missed the last three rounds with concussion, rode a solid race for eighth and Ireland’s Graeme Irwin (Hitachi ASA KTM UK) was 21st.
to the season and the 18-year-old, who’s currently seventh in the title chase, was a disappointing 18th.

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MXGP Russia qualifying race

1    84    Herlings, Jeffrey    NED     KNMV    KTM    23:42.878    14    0:00.000    0:00.000    1:39.855    6    54.3
2    89    Van Horebeek, Jeremy    BEL     FMB    Yamaha    23:44.391    14    0:01.513    0:01.513    1:39.953    13    54.2
3    33    Lieber, Julien    BEL     FMB    Kawasaki    23:46.089    14    0:03.211    0:01.698    1:39.341    7    54.6
4    25    Desalle, Clement    BEL     FMB    Kawasaki    23:46.920    14    0:04.042    0:00.831    1:39.462    6    54.5
5    222    Cairoli, Antonio    ITA     FMI    KTM    23:47.607    14    0:04.729    0:00.687    1:39.330    9    54.6
6    91    Seewer, Jeremy    SUI     FMS    Yamaha    23:50.457    14    0:07.579    0:02.850    1:39.751    9    54.3
7    12    Nagl, Maximilian    GER     DMSB    TM    23:52.818    14    0:09.940    0:02.361    1:40.057    13    54.2
8    99    Anstie, Max    GBR     ACU    Husqvarna    23:54.905    14    0:12.027    0:02.087    1:40.031    11    54.2
9    77    Lupino, Alessandro    ITA     FMI    Kawasaki    23:56.039    14    0:13.161    0:01.134    1:39.437    10    54.5
10    21    Paulin, Gautier    FRA     MCM    Husqvarna    23:59.458    14    0:16.580    0:03.419    1:39.533    12    54.5
11    461    Febvre, Romain    FRA     FFM    Yamaha    24:01.947    14    0:19.069    0:02.489    1:38.945    13    54.8
12    259    Coldenhoff, Glenn    NED     KNMV    KTM    24:07.199    14    0:24.321    0:05.252    1:40.184    10    54.1
13    6    Paturel, Benoit    FRA     FFM    KTM    24:10.430    14    0:27.552    0:03.231    1:41.364    6    53.5
14    243    Gajser, Tim    SLO     AMZS    Honda    24:14.589    14    0:31.711    0:04.159    1:39.426    14    54.5
15    777    Bobryshev, Evgeny    RUS     MFR    Suzuki    24:17.610    14    0:34.732    0:03.021    1:40.026    13    54.2
16    128    Monticelli, Ivo    ITA     FMI    Yamaha    24:29.190    14    0:46.312    0:11.580    1:42.136    7    53.1
17    17    Butron, Jose    ESP     RFME    KTM    24:32.788    14    0:49.910    0:03.598    1:41.761    11    53.3
18    152    Petrov, Petar    BUL     BMF    Honda    24:34.566    14    0:51.688    0:01.778    1:41.934    12    53.2
19    141    Desprey, Maxime    FRA     FFM    Kawasaki    24:37.969    14    0:55.091    0:03.403    1:42.744    12    52.8
20    22    Strijbos, Kevin    BEL     FMB    KTM    24:39.338    14    0:56.460    0:01.369    1:41.853    10    53.2
21    55    Irwin, Graeme    GBR     MCUI    KTM    24:55.794    14    1:12.916    0:16.456    1:41.900    6    53.2
22    411    Kahro, Erki    EST     EMF    Honda    25:19.902    14    1:37.024    0:24.108    1:44.977    11    51.6
23    7    Leok, Tanel    EST     EMF    Husqvarna    25:21.770    14    1:38.892    0:01.868    1:41.844    14    53.2
24    93    Bengtsson, Jonathan    SWE     SVEMO    KTM    24:22.505    13    1 lap     1 lap    1:49.120    5    49.7
25    27    Jasikonis, Arminas    LTU     LMSF    Honda    10:39.769    6    8 laps    7 laps    1:40.575    4    53.9
26    24    Simpson, Shaun    GBR     ACU    Yamaha    5:27.169    3    11 laps    3 laps    1:41.611    3    53.3

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