The track in Lommel for the fourteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship was extremely gnarly. Quite possibly the gnarliest it has ever been in the last twenty-five years since it first hosted a round of the FIM Motocross World Championship back in 1990. While every rider struggled at one point or another, Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM\u2019s Shaun Simpson and Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki\u2019s Max Anstie made it look a lot easier than it was with their double moto victories for the MXGP and MX2 overalls here at the MXGP of Belgium.<\/p>\n
Everybody loves an underdog, which is why there was not one soul who watched MXGP this weekend who wasn\u2019t happy for Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM\u2019s Shaun Simpson, who didn\u2019t only dominate the most demanding race ever, but he did so as a privateer. \u201cI maybe wasn\u2019t the fastest guy, but I planned it and I knew I could do it. What wasn\u2019t on the script was my crash, I just landed in some soft sand and high-sided, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever got up and on the bike so quickly,\u201d he said, \u201cthis is probably the roughest I\u2019ve seen Lommel, but I would call this real motocross, plenty of bumps, a lot of places to pass and a great contrast to what we are used to. It was totally enjoyable,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
Taking points on fellow Frenchman Romain Febvre was essential for Team HRC\u2019s Gautier Paulin this weekend in order to remain in the MXGP title hunt, and although it wasn\u2019t as easy as most would have predicted, since GP21 is one of the most proven sand riders in the class, he managed to do so with two second place finishes for second overall and a four point gain on the number 461.<\/p>\n
Paulin said after race two, \u201cthe track was like nothing I have ever seen before, it was so rough,\u201d which was a statement Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube\u2019s championship leading rookie Romain Febvre could identify with since he binned it in both races. Despite his wee setbacks, the red plate holder bounced back for third on both occasions, third overall and his ninth consecutive bottle of bubbles.<\/p>\n
Like most riders, Team HRC\u2019s Evgeny Bobryshev had a tough day fighting the track but still finished both races inside the top five for fourth overall while the Belgians Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP\u2019s Kevin Strijbos and Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube\u2019s Jeremy Van Horebeek tied on points for fifth.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The track in Lommel for the fourteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship was extremely gnarly. Quite possibly the gnarliest it has ever been in the last twenty-five years since it first hosted a round of the FIM Motocross World Championship back in 1990. While every rider struggled at one point or another, Hitachi …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[170,168],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unrecognized","tag-motocross","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"\n