Red Bull KTM world champions Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings were victorious in Valkenswaard’s sixth MXGP World Championship round of the season in The Netherlands on Sunday, extending their respective MXGP and MX2 series leads.

Cairoli finished third in the opening MXGP moto won by Gautier Paulin (Monster Energy Kawasaki), before bouncing back to take the second moto win and securing the overall in the process.

Meanwhile, Paulin’s run of fine form came to an abrupt halt when he went down in moto two, sustaining a suspected broken collarbone and thumb in the incident. He was still credited eighth overall.

Completing the overall podium behind Cairoli was Jeremy Van Horebook (Yamaha) with 2-3 finishes and Kevin Strijbos (Rockstar Energy Suzuki), who scored 6-2 for the round.

In MX2 it was Herlings the class of the field at his home round, streaking to a clean-sweep from Husqvarna’s Romain Febvre and KTM’s Jordi Tixier. Australian champion Luke Styke (KEMEA Yamaha) was 19th overall with 17-18 finishes.

The Women’s championship returned to action at Valkenswaard and it was Australian Meghan Rutledge who rode her Kawasaki to the overall by virtue of a pair of second places. Rounding out the podium was series leader Chiara Fontanesi and Natalie Kane.

The MXGP series will continue on 10-11 May at Talavera de la Reina in Spain.

FIM MXGP World Championship
Round six – Valkenswaard, The Netherlands

MXGP overall results:
1. Antonio Cairoli
2. Jeremy Van Horebeek
3. Kevin Strijbos
4. Clement Desalle
5. Joel Roelants
6. Tyla Rattray
7. Steven Frossard
8. Gautier Paulin
9. Tanel Leok
10. Evgeny Bobryshev

MXGP championship standings:
1. Antonio Cairoli 267
2. Jeremy Van Horbeek 236
3. Clement Desalle 230
4. Gautier Paulin 205
5. Kevin Strijbos 182
6. Max Nagl 166
7. Evgeny Bobryshev 114
8. Shaun Simpson 113
9. Joel Roelants 112
10. Xavier Boog 108
11. Todd Waters (AUS) 107

MX2 overall results:
1. Jeffrey Herlings
2. Romain Febvre
3. Jordi Tixier
4. Valentin Guillod
5. Arnaud Tonus
6. Dylan Ferrandis
7. Aleksandr Tonkov
8. Jose Butron
9. Juilen Lieber
10. Tim Gajser
19. Luke Styke (AUS)

MX2 championship standings:
1. Jeffrey Herlings 244
2. Arnaud Tonus 229
3. Romain Febvre 198
4. Dylan Ferrandis 185
5. Jordi Tixier 185
6. Glenn Coldenhoff 176
7. Aleksandr Tonkov 159
8. Tim Gajser 145
9. Valentin Guillod 139
10. Jose Butron 131
18. Luke Styke (AUS) 45

WMX overall results:
1. Meghan Rutledge (AUS)
2. Chiara Fontanesi
3. Natalie Kane
4. Nancy Van De Ven
5. Stephanie Laier

WMX championship standings:
1. Chiara Fontanesi 121
2. Natalie Kane 120
3. Meghan Rutledge (AUS) 119
4. Stephanie Laier 104
5. Livia Lancelot 99

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