#3-4-5: MXGP of Latvia / Riga / Ķegums – August 8 & 9 / 11 & 12 / 15 & 16

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DeStouwer 8/11/2020 3:06am
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EMXOpen race 1 is live!
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ATKpilot99 8/11/2020 3:17am
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Is Greg Smets any relation to Joel ?
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edge60 8/11/2020 3:34am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Is Greg Smets any relation to Joel ?
Joel is his father.
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Motofinne 8/11/2020 3:43am
8/11/2020 3:43am Edited Date/Time 8/11/2020 3:48am
Fuck i'm happy for Savaste. Yeah it's "only" a moto win in EMX Open but that guy has been through injury hell.
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DeStouwer 8/11/2020 4:12am
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Strange and nasty crash from De Wolf Blink
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WCRider 8/11/2020 4:32am
8/11/2020 4:32am
Good race Liamski
crusty_xx 8/11/2020 4:35am
8/11/2020 4:35am
Great to see Locurcio improving. He can probably podium or even win on hardpack
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Hegz 8/11/2020 4:38am
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crusty_xx wrote:
Great to see Locurcio improving. He can probably podium or even win on hardpack
He definitely looks comfortable on the kawi. Sucks for Kay he was riding good.
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LvHuis 8/11/2020 4:40am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Is Greg Smets any relation to Joel ?
started riding on his 16th, was into soccer etc before.
crusty_xx 8/11/2020 6:30am
8/11/2020 6:30am
This class is awesome
De Wolf and Edberg probably switched places 15 times already
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Motofinne 8/11/2020 6:30am
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What a battle between Edberg and De Wolf!
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unable to watch emx 250 race 1. cannot load m3u8: 404 not found
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Finnish_Flash_62 8/11/2020 12:02pm
8/11/2020 12:02pm
Shoutout to Meico Vettik to getting 2nd overall in EMX250 on the smoker!
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tek14 8/11/2020 12:28pm
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Loving this midweek racing action! Cant wait to see big boys tomorrow again.
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philG 8/11/2020 1:39pm
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Hakon Frederickson went fro 37th to 10th in moto 1 and 3rd in moto 2, i think he is only 17 too.. one too watch,
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MagMx08 8/11/2020 2:35pm
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That second EMX250 moto today was brilliant. Unreal racing for a bunch of youngsters. How they race so close and don’t wipe each other out takes serious skill. Thanks to all racers for great viewing. Gotta love being a moto fan! Bring on tomorrow boys.
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DeStouwer 8/11/2020 5:41pm
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philG wrote:
Hakon Frederickson went fro 37th to 10th in moto 1 and 3rd in moto 2, i think he is only 17 too.. one too watch,
And keep in mind that he's actually "only" a replacement rider for the injured Andrea Adamo. He's doing really well so far!
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crusty_xx 8/11/2020 6:26pm
8/11/2020 6:26pm
philG wrote:
Hakon Frederickson went fro 37th to 10th in moto 1 and 3rd in moto 2, i think he is only 17 too.. one too watch,
He's good. I saw him race SX in Germany this winter. had never heard of him before and he came out and won a moto
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DeStouwer 8/11/2020 11:30pm
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MX2 Free / Time Practice is live. Looks cloudy today at Latvia.
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Motofinne 8/11/2020 11:35pm
8/11/2020 11:35pm
They should scrap the qualifying races and do like this. The camera in the pit lane is really interesting!
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Edge-Of-Adhesion 8/11/2020 11:36pm
8/11/2020 11:36pm
Motofinne wrote:
They should scrap the qualifying races and do like this. The camera in the pit lane is really interesting!
Totally.
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Ray_MXS 8/12/2020 12:02am
8/12/2020 12:02am
Considering how well Guadagnini rode in the few MX2 GPs he did last year, I expected him to almost clean house.

Goes to show how good this class is, and incredibly fun to watch.

Shoutout to Isak Gifting and Tim Edberg. Isak and Tim might be the best Sweden has in store for the next decade and thank those guys for that. God knows Sweden has been useless the last 15 years. Alvin Östlund is doing alright in MX2 but he just isnt getting anywhere. He had his shot for a number of when he was at his best at Kemea Yamaha but he didnt produce. Now he´s forever stuck in support teams and while that isnt bad, Its cool he´s battling in the top 15 in the world, but I cant help to feel he peaked already.

Anyhow. Its so exciting to have racing again!
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DeStouwer 8/12/2020 12:17am
8/12/2020 12:17am
Some news from last Sunday:

Nathan Renkens and Simon Längenfelder went straight ahead in the first corner at the start of MX2 race 1. Renkens hurt his right knee at the tumbler, so that he could not complete the motos. However, the Belgian was not the only one who shared in the damage.



French photojournalist Pascal Haudiquert was hit and had to go to the medical center for patchwork (a broken nose and painful upper body). However, he made his return to photograph the end of the first MX2 race. "My nose will carry my 540th GP with it for a while," Pascal joked. "But that hasn't stopped me from finishing my job!"



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Motofinne 8/12/2020 12:33am
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Ray_MXS wrote:
Considering how well Guadagnini rode in the few MX2 GPs he did last year, I expected him to almost clean house. Goes to show how good...
Considering how well Guadagnini rode in the few MX2 GPs he did last year, I expected him to almost clean house.

Goes to show how good this class is, and incredibly fun to watch.

Shoutout to Isak Gifting and Tim Edberg. Isak and Tim might be the best Sweden has in store for the next decade and thank those guys for that. God knows Sweden has been useless the last 15 years. Alvin Östlund is doing alright in MX2 but he just isnt getting anywhere. He had his shot for a number of when he was at his best at Kemea Yamaha but he didnt produce. Now he´s forever stuck in support teams and while that isnt bad, Its cool he´s battling in the top 15 in the world, but I cant help to feel he peaked already.

Anyhow. Its so exciting to have racing again!
You have such a bright future. Same with Denmark and even Norway. Unfortunately we Finns are in a low point when our biggest talents in Savaste, Sihvonen and Weckman all have had an insane amounts of big injuries.

But i guess that is how it goes for smaller MX countries like us, it goes up and down. We might be in a different situation in 15 years.
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Ray_MXS 8/12/2020 12:39am
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Ray_MXS wrote:
Considering how well Guadagnini rode in the few MX2 GPs he did last year, I expected him to almost clean house. Goes to show how good...
Considering how well Guadagnini rode in the few MX2 GPs he did last year, I expected him to almost clean house.

Goes to show how good this class is, and incredibly fun to watch.

Shoutout to Isak Gifting and Tim Edberg. Isak and Tim might be the best Sweden has in store for the next decade and thank those guys for that. God knows Sweden has been useless the last 15 years. Alvin Östlund is doing alright in MX2 but he just isnt getting anywhere. He had his shot for a number of when he was at his best at Kemea Yamaha but he didnt produce. Now he´s forever stuck in support teams and while that isnt bad, Its cool he´s battling in the top 15 in the world, but I cant help to feel he peaked already.

Anyhow. Its so exciting to have racing again!
Motofinne wrote:
You have such a bright future. Same with Denmark and even Norway. Unfortunately we Finns are in a low point when our biggest talents in Savaste...
You have such a bright future. Same with Denmark and even Norway. Unfortunately we Finns are in a low point when our biggest talents in Savaste, Sihvonen and Weckman all have had an insane amounts of big injuries.

But i guess that is how it goes for smaller MX countries like us, it goes up and down. We might be in a different situation in 15 years.
Indeed. Finland had a good start to the 2000s with Vehveläinen and Kovalainen but it's been a bit quite lately.

We need to get back to the golden olden days when Sweden and Finland rules the GPs 😂
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Motofinne 8/12/2020 12:49am
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Vlaanderen is on fire!
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thehenk 8/12/2020 1:19am
8/12/2020 1:19am
those f&h kawasaki's are on fire again
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mccread 8/12/2020 1:37am
8/12/2020 1:37am
That was mega. Jasikonis’ scrub on that jump before the finish line on his fast lap Blink What a class, incredibly deep!

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