MX3 Qualifying:
This race arguably had some of the most anticipated and questioned riders of the weekend in it with The Netherlands’ Jeffrey Herlings, Team USA’s Justin Barcia, and Team Great Britain’s Max Anstie. When the gate dropped, Barcia shot out to the early lead followed by Anstie, Team Belgium’s Ken De Dycker, and Herlings. It’s worth noting, though, that Herlings hit the gate and got a horrible start, but after the first lap, he had climbed his way up to fourth. Two laps later, things changed when Anstie went down allowing De Dycker to take over second and Herlings third. One lap later, though, Herlings was already around De Dycker and catching Barcia up front. All it took was one more lap for Herlings to get on the rear fender of Barcia and make a pass. After that, Barcia did all he could to stay with the Dutchman, however, he ultimately went down and got stuck in the green fence that lines the track. After getting some help getting through the fence, he rejoined the race and finished sixth. Following the race, though, Barcia was disqualified for receiving outside assistance when getting out of the fence. As for Herlings, he rode away to take the win, but on the last lap, felt some pressure from De Dycker; Team Estonia’s Tanel Leok completed the podium in third.
In spite of his win, following the race, Herlings said he had his issues, “I was really struggling with arm pump, which was weird because I never have that,” he said afterwards. “Tomorrow, I hope to make it happen individually and hopefully as a team we can get on the podium or in the top-five.”
Results:
1. Jeffrey Herlings (The Netherlands)
2. Ken De Dycker (Belgium)
3. Tanel Leok (Estonia)
4. Max Anstie (Great Britain)
5. Davide Guarneri (Italy)
6. Todd Waters (Australia)
7. Marcus Schiffer (Germany)
8. Valentin Guillod (Switzerland)
9. Luis Correia (Portugal)
10. Filip Bengtsson (Sweden)
OVERALL TEAM QUALIFYING:
1. Germany
2. Belgium
3. Italy
4. The Netherlands
5. France
6. Great Britain
7. USA
8. Estonia
9. Russia
10. Australia
TAGS: Belgium, blake baggett, dirt bike, Justin Barcia, Lommel, motocross, Motocross of Nations, mx, MXon, ryan dungey, sand track
