Seewer wins in France and Prado (3rd) maintains World Cup lead

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the swiss Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) claimed victory in the French GP, the seventh round of the premier class of the Motocross World Championship (MXGP), where the Spaniards Jorge Prado (GasGas) maintained the overall lead and increased his lead further, benefiting from the Dutchman’s departure Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) in the second race.

Seewer regained the taste of victory in a World Championship event thanks to his victory in the opening round ahead of Herlings himself and his second place in second behind Frenchman Romain Febvre (Kawasaki).

The Helvetian had two good starts where he stopped Jorge Prado’s usual head game. In the first round, he knew how to not only maintain command, but did so in the end with complete solvency and in the second, after giving the impression of repeating the script, Febvre overtook him, much to the delight of the local. fans

Prado, who was fourth in the first race ahead of the Spaniard as well Ruben Fernandez (Honda), in the second he started third and although the man from Vigo overtook him at a certain moment, he reacted quickly and gradually integrated himself behind Febvre and Seewer. He tried to come close to having options for success, but he could not achieve it.

The pilot from Lugo could lose the lead if Herlings makes another good sleeve. On the other hand, problems followed the Dutchman and he had to leave in less than twenty minutes.

Herlings started slightly behind, although he again began to work his way back into privileged positions. Instead, a problem with his glasses forced him to stop to replace them and drop to twentieth place. The Geldrop rider, knowing he had a long career ahead of him, began another reaction to gain as many points as possible when, due to a problem with his right footpeg, he was forced to retire.

So, Seewer’sThe French Grand Prix took place ahead of Febvre and Prado, who reached his sixth podium this World Cup season to increase his lead in the overall standings, leading with 342 points, compared to Herlings’ 318 and Febvre’s and 263 Ruben Fernandez.

The next round of the MXGP World Championship is the Latvian Grand Prix, which will take place on June 4 in Kegums.

Fourth podium for Daniela Guillén

In the women’s World Cup, the Spanish Daniela Guillen (GasGas) achieved his fourth consecutive podium by finishing in third place, keeping him in second place overall, twenty points behind Courteney Duncan.

The New Zealander, the Italian Kiara Fontanesi and Guillen they dominate the two races, leaving the ocean in the lead in the women’s World Cup with 185 points, for the Spaniard’s 165 and the Dutch Lotte van Drunen’s 150 with two tests remaining, the Grand Prix of the Netherlands in August and of Turkey in September.

The Spanish too Gabriela Seisfingers he missed the Grand Prix with an infection in a finger on his right hand.

Source: La Verdad

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