Herjan Brakke finishes ninth in the MX des Nations with Team Holland

Herjan
Brakke of the Yamaha van Beers Racing Team finished inside of the top
ten with the Dutch MX des Nations Team at St. Jean d’Angely in France.
In the first moto Herjan crashed in the start and had to come back from
last position. Herjan gave everything he had and finished the race in 29^th position. In the second moto he took a poor start and came out of the first corner around 30^thposition.
During the race he passed several riders but in the second part of the
race he lost some positions as well and finished the race in 26^th position. Finally he finished in ninth position with the Dutch MX des Nations Team.

The
circuit of St. Jean d’Angely was in perfect shape when the practice
sessions started on Saturday. Herjan found his rhythm straight away in
the free practice session and set the 16^thfastest time. In
his qualifying heat he was riding in eighteenth position for almost the
entire race. In the middle of the race he lost a position and dropped
back to nineteenth position. It didn’t took him so long to get this
position back and finally he crossed the finish line in eighteenth
position. His Dutch team mate Donny Bastemeijer finished in 20^th position
in the MX2 class and Jeffrey Herlings finished seventh in the open
class. With these results the Dutch Team finished sixteenth overall and
this was enough for qualification for the race on Sunday.

Because
of a lot of overnight rain the track circumstances were a lot different
in the warm up session on Sunday morning. Just before the start of the
first moto it started to rain again. Herjan’s first moto started with
bad luck. He crashed in the first corner and had to start a charge back
trough the field. He tried to pass as many riders as possible. This
wasn’t so easy because the level was really high. Despite this he
managed to pass several riders and finished the race in 29^thposition.

In the second moto he took a poor start and came out of the first corner around 30^th position.
His riding went really well in the beginning of the race and he managed
to work himself up to around twentieth position. Unfortunately he lost
some positions as well in the second part of the race and he finally
finished the race in 26^th position.

Overall
he finished in ninth position with the Dutch MX des Nations Team. Next
weekend the Yamaha van Beers Team will participate in the penultimate
round of the Dutch Open Championship Series at Markelo.

Results MX des Nations:

MX1 + MX2
1.Reed(AUS) 
2.Roczen(GER) 
3.Dungey(USA) 
4.Searle(GBR) 
5.Rattray(RSA)
23. Bastemeijer (NED)
29. Brakke (NED)

MX2 + Open
1.Paulin(FRA) 
2.Herlings(NED) 
3.Villipoto(USA) 
4.Roczen(GER) 
5.Strijbos(BEL)
21. Bastemeijer (NED)

MX1 + Open
1.Villopoto(USA) 
2.Dungey(USA) 
3.Rattray(RSA) 
4.Searle(GBR) 
5.Guarneri(ITA) 
9.Herlings(NED)
26. Brakke (NED)

Team Overall
1.USA 26pts 
2.FRA 39pts 
3.AUS 44pts 
4.GBR 46pts
5.BEL 54pts 
6.RSA 56pts 
7.GER 68pts
8.ESP 68pts 
9.NED 81pts 
10.EST 86pts