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This weekend Maxxis tyres were also protagonists of the Junior 125 World Championship, held in a single test on the Greek circuit of Megalopolis. The Maxxcross tyres, meanwhile, had a good response in MX2 with Simon Laengenfelder who, riding the GASGAS of the DIGA team, concluded two solid performances thanks to which he finished in 9 th place, his second best result of the season. His 5th place overallĪllowed him to keep the 4th place in championship standings.

Latvia mxgp 2021 series#

In the second heat he was able to close 4th after a series of equally thrilling overtakes. To 24 th place: lap after lap the talented Flemish son of a legend overcame the riders in front, managing to cross the finish line 5th. Liam Everts also stood out in the same category, having been protagonist first of the best time practice of his group and then of an exceptional first heat in which he used all his capabilities to remedy a fall that had brought him from 8th His 2nd place overall thus allowed him to climb the championship standings by two positions, taking him to 3rd place, 40 points behind the leader.

Took the lead immediately after a couple of laps, keeping this first position until the finish line.

The German rider was two places ahead of his teammate Isak Gifting who, after a difficult first heat ended in 14th place, redeemed himself in the following one crossing the finish line 10th.Įven in the extremely sandy conditions of the Lommel track, Maxxis tyres guaranteed excellent performance thanks to the combination of Maxxcross MX-ST+ on the front and MX-SM on the rear, which accompanied Rick Elzinga to the 2nd step of the EMX250 podium.Īfter the fantastic performance of the previous stage, the KTM TBS Conversion Racing rider made an encore in Belgium: in the first heat the Dutch finished 3rd thanks to a gritty recovery from the middle of the group and in the second heat

In the MX2, Simon Laengenfelder, with the official GASGAS of DIGA team equipped with Maxxis tyres, once again placed in the top ten of the category with a 10th place that allowed him to gain a position in the championship standings. Jeremy Van Horebeek, after a stunted start, finished in 18th position and due to a crash caused by technical problems in the middle of the second heat, was forced to retire from Race 2 due to damages on his Beta. In the MXGP, the Italian rider of the KTM Marchetti, Alessandro Lupino, returned to the top ten thanks to two brilliant performances with a consistent pace which saw him finish 8th and then 9th, thus securing him 8th place overall and 9th in the World Championship. The rider, who competed with Maxxcross MX-ST+ on front and MX-SM on rear, suffered a bad crash in training but still managed to achieve 3rd place overall which placed him in the Championship lead, which will end at the beginning of September with the double stage of Turkey. Great race for the Venetian Davide De Bortoli in the EMX Open. In the first heat Elzinga crossed the line 2nd after a thrilling series of overtaking, and in the second one recovered from 10th to 3rd position. Riding the KTM TBS Conversion Racing, the Dutchman hit the podium for the third consecutive time thanks to two gritty performances which consolidated his 3rd position in the championship standings.

For the sandy surface of Kegums, all the Maxxis riders relied on the traction qualities of the Maxxcross MX-ST+ on front and MX-SM on rear, which contributed to Rick Elzinga’s 3rd place overall in the EMX250.