The FIM World Motocross Championship has landed on European soil for the first time in 2016, with qualifying for Round 3 of the championship taking place today at Valkenswaard in southern Netherlands.
In MXGP, Max Nagl took pole over Shaun Simpson and points leader Romain Febvre. Antonio Cairoli would finish fifth.
Valkenswaard is a home race for Red Bull KTM’s Jeffrey Herlings, who took an easy win today. Russian Aleksandr Tonkov would finish second with Herlings’ Red Bull KTM teammate Pauls Jonass taking third. Max Ansite crashed early in the race and would finish thirty-third. American Thomas Covington finished twentieth.
In the first EMX 250 race, American Darian Sanayei finished seventh. Conrad Mewse would take the win.
Race coverage takes place on Monday, starting at 3:45 a.m. EST on MXGP-TV.com with the second EMX 300 race. Delayed coverage will air on CBS Sports Network Thursday night.
MXGP Qualifying Results
1.Max Nagl
2. Shaun Simpon
3. Romain Febvre
4. Tim Gasjer
5. Antonio Cairoli
6. Glenn Coldenhoff
7. Kevin Strijbos
8. Evgeny Bobrshev
9. Clement Desalle
10. Jeremy Van Horebeek
….
15. Tommy Searle
21. Ben Townley
MX2 Qualifying Results
1. Jeffrey Herlings
2. Aleksandr Tonkov
3. Pauls Jonass
4. Calvin Vlaanderen
5. Petar Petrov
6. Benoit Paturel
7. Roberts Justs
8. Alvin Ostlund
9. Jorge Zaragoza
10. Freek van der Vlist
…
13. Jeremy Seewer
20. Thomas Covington
33. Max Anstie
WMX Race 1 Results
1. Nancy Van De Ven
2. Kiara Fontanesi
3. Livia Lancelot
4. Courtney Duncan
5. Amandine Verstappen
EMX 300 Race 1 Results
1. Mike Kras
2. Yentel Martens
3. Mike Vanderstraeten
4. Lewis Gregory
5. Antonio Utrilla
EMX 250 Race 1 Results
1. Conrad Mewse
2. Hunter Lawrence
3. Thomas Kjer Olsen
4. Even Heibye
5. Anton Lundgren
..
7. Darian Sanayei
8. Nick Kouwenberg
