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With the EMX125 being maxed out this year in terms of entries and talent, the racing is always epic. In the EMX125 race two, the red plate holder Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux took the holeshot with yesterday’s race one winner KTM Factory Juniors Jorge Prado hot on his heels. Both riders were relentless in their early race battle for the lead which resulted in Renaux having a missive high side and dropping back to around tenth.
While Prado inched away, the local kids HSF Logistics Motorsport Team’s Noud Van Kraaij and Cyril Genot went to war over second place. When Genot finally made a pass that stuck, he threw it away when he got loose through a wavy up-hill section.
In the final stages of the race, Finland’s Miro Sihvonen, who didn’t get off to the greatest of starts, was suddenly in second place and taking massive chunks out of the lead of Prado. Utilizing his amazing style in the sand the Finn managed to charge through and put the pass on Prado with two laps to go to take his second race win of the season.
Meanwhile Prado had to settle for second place, while Renaux and Genot, who had both crashed during the race, managed to bounce back for third and fourth respectively with Van Kraaij rounding out the top five.
At the end of the weekend, with KTM Factory Juniors’ Jorge Prado winning race one and the Diga Racing KTM’s Miro Sihvonen winning race two, Sihvonen took his first ever EMX125 overall victory and podium finish. Meanwhile Prado went one step higher than last weekend finishing second overall, with Cyril Genot rounding out the top three.
EMX125 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 29:21.420; 2. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), +0:00.776; 3. Cyril Genot (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:16.062; 4. Marcel Conijn (NED, KTM), +0:58.310; 5. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:59.261; 6. Kim Savaste (FIN, KTM), +1:11.731; 7. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), +1:12.915; 8. Danne Karlsson (SWE, Husqvarna), +1:14.578; 9. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), +1:15.045; 10. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +1:15.701
EMX125 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 30:53.208; 2. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:01.249; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:32.446; 4. Cyril Genot (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:40.564; 5. Noud van Kraaij (NED, KTM), +0:44.261; 6. Filippo Zonta (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:58.332; 7. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, TM), +1:02.531; 8. Nathan Renkens (BEL, KTM), +1:06.204; 9. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +1:10.821; 10. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), +1:12.893
EMX125 Overall Top Ten: 1. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 47 points; 2. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 47 p.; 3. Cyril Genot (BEL, HUS), 38 p.; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 31 p.; 5. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 28 p.; 6. Noud van Kraaij (NED, KTM), 26 p.; 7. Marcel Conijn (NED, KTM), 25 p.; 8. Filippo Zonta (ITA, HUS), 21 p.; 9. Danne Karlsson (SWE, HUS), 21 p.; 10. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 20 p.
EMX125 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 83 points; 2. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 82 p.; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 75 p.; 4. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 54 p.; 5. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), 53 p.; 6. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 52 p.; 7. Cyril Genot (BEL, HUS), 49 p.; 8. Kim Savaste (FIN, KTM), 39 p.; 9. Filippo Zonta (ITA, HUS), 39 p.; 10. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, TM), 34 p.
EMX125 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 100 points; 2. Yamaha, 75 p.; 3. Husqvarna, 56 p.; 4. TM, 48 p.
 
MXGP EUROPE – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1550m
Type of ground: Sand
Temperature: 17°C
Weather conditions: cloudy |
