#14: MXGP of Flanders - July 27-28

I’m pumped!! One of the best races on the calendar we’re in for a wild ride!

MXGP is def more exciting vs AMA this year. I'm curious to see if Herlings brings his A-Game and lays an asswhoopin in the sand. 

Lotte is racing with the boys in MX2😎

1-1-1 is my prediction from qualifying , on.

Start practice. Good to see Geerts back.

https://youtube.com/shorts/wzm4Kr3JAOA?si=p8VqlJXsDM7hiMm7

Looking forwards the MXGP battle! Prado ft Herlings in the sand. Prado claimed after Riola he was the sandman now, can he back up the talk and how hard will he battle? Expected more fight out off Prado in Loket after 3 holeshots.

Will JH84 keep it on 2 wheels and go 1-1-1? 
It’s go time now if he wants a shot at the title. 

What can Gajser do? Big weekend for him as this is a round where more riders could get in between!

Huge weekend for Gajser (and Prado).
If you don't feel 100% you can easily lose 20-25 points here if Herlings goes 1-1-1.
There's so many riders that will be better in the sand and much closer to the front than usual (Bogers, Vlaanderen, Coldenhoff, even Geets, van Doninck).

De Wolf vs Coenen should be good too.

EMX Open - 52 riders entered.  Awesome turnout for one of the toughest sand races this year, I wish I could be there...

Micha-Boy De Waal would be my pick to top the podium, even though my friends Marcel Conjin and Robert Fobbe are racing in this class - sorry guys 🤨

De Waal is on another level compared those other guys. If he could keep it on 2 wheels and get decent starts he could definitely win this race! He is been pretty solid this year!

Marcel and Robert should be able to get some good point IMO, but Robert also needs to stay on 2 wheels. 

You’re at Arnhem this year?

So she posted a 2:07.886 lap time in free practice. That beats half of the EMX250 boys in their free practice. Unbelievable. 

And at the most physically demanding track of the year.

The woman's class is genuinely impressive these days. Back in the day I rode 3 hour hare & hounds races at Blewbury and at my prime I won the clubman class pretty regularly. Then one time a married couple showed up and they both beat me. Getting smoked by a housewife is tough to take but when girls like Lotte can put in lap times like that, I don't feel quite so bad.

I once got passed through the whoops by a 14yo girl on an 85. Don’t be too hard on yourself 😂

P17 in time practice for Lotte. Holy shit that is impressive. Motos will be another story but being only 8 sec off of Kay in qualifying at Lommel is already insane 

Mewse P3 in timed practice

Prado 2:00.037 Herlings 2:00.064 Gajser 2 sec behind

Wow, cruel for Tropepe there, track is starting to shape up well

Nice ride from Matteo Puffet in the Open class race for 10th. He won the Open championship in the IMBA European series last year, saw him at the British round of it and he was in a class of his own that day.

Also pulling for Vlaandren to have a good result.  Does he have a two year deal?

Herlings slowly but surely entering beast mode

Insane... 5-6 sec faster than anybody outside the top 3. Can he catch JP?

Herlings turns on the afterburner! God damn!

Great saturday races!

Yes

Mewse with a very respectable 8th, a minute and 7 back at the end. I suppose the 243 playing it safe this weekend. Risk versus reward.

He had a one year contract with a second year option.

Correct, the option is his.