After 48 hours of torrential rain before race day on Sunday, qualifying saw the majority of the riders go absent as the thick, muddy conditions made the track not too dissimilar from the Beta Carrero, Brazil quagmire a few weeks before. The local Belgians Jeremy Van Horebeek from KTM Red Bull qualified top in MX2 and Clement Desalle from Rockstar Suzuki qualified first in MX1.
MX2
After plenty of hard work from the organizers overnight and some sunshine to dry out the track meant that conditions for racing were pretty much perfect on Sunday as the first MX2 race kicked off. Raptor Titanium sponsored Brit Tommy Searle of the Floride Monster Energy Kawasaki team got the holeshot, but was soon passed by a rampant Jeff Herlings from KTM Red Bull who looked to streak away early on, but Searle responded midway through the race and closed back on the Dutchman, but a few minor mistakes saw Herlings re-establish his lead and take the first win, with Herlings' team-mate Jeremy van Horebeek in 3rd, Searle's team-mate and fellow Raptor Titanium-sponsored rider Joel Roelants in 4th and Jake Nicholls of JM Nestaan KTM in 5th.
The second moto saw Searle establish a commanding early lead as Herlings fought his way up through the pack and allowed Searle to get away to take the second moto win, and with a 2-1 overall result meant Searle took the overall GP victory. Van Horebeek took another 3rd and Raptor Titanium's Arnaud Tonus from Bike It Cosworth Monster Energy Yamaha is coming back from injury very quickly indeed as he held off fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Joel Roelants for 4th place, with Roelants finishing 5th.
Raptor Titanium sponsored riders Alessandro Lupino from the factory Husqvarna Ricci Racing squad and Mel Pocock, team-mate to Tonus from Cosworth Yamaha, got 9th and 10th respectively.
MX2 Results
1. Tommy Searle 2/1 KAW
2. Jeff Herlings 1/2 KTM
3. Jeremy Van Horebeek 3/3 KTM
4. Joel Roelants 4/5 KAW
5. Arnaud Tonus 7/4 YAM
6. Jordi Tixier KAW
7. Jake Nicholls KTM
8. Jose Butron KTM
9. Alessandro Lupino HUS
10. Mel Pocock YAM
MX1
It was all about KTM Red Bull's Antonio Cairoli who was on imperious form in the MX1 class as he sprinted into the lead early on in the first moto, almost two seconds a lap faster than anyone else meant he won comfortably ahead of Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Gautier Paulin of the Kawasaki Racing Team who almost executed the perfectly planned race as he put in his fastest laps right at the end to close the gap right up on Cairoli to pressure him, but couldn't clinch the win. A bit more of a challenge for Cairoli in the second race after a bad start for the Italian meant he had to work his way up through the pack, however his superior speed saw him scythe his way up into the lead by lap 8 and didn't look back from there, with no more challenges to his lead from then on he won by 11 seconds over Raptor Titanium's Christophe Pourcel of CP377 Monster Energy Kawasaki in 2nd place. Raptor Titanium sponsored riders Kevin Strijbos of HM Plant KTM UK got overall 4th place, KRT's Gautier Paulin got 5th, his team-mate Xavier Boog got 8th, with Christophe Pourcel's team-mate brother Sebastian Pourcel claiming overall 9th.
MX1 Results
1. Tony Cairoli 1/1 KTM
2. Clement Desalle 3/3 SUZ
3. Christophe Pourcel 5/2 KAW
4. Kevin Strijbos 4/4 KTM
5. Gautier Paulin 2/9 KAW
6. Ken De Dycker 10/6 KTM
7. Tanel Leok SUZ
8. Xavier Boog KAW
9. Sebastian Pourcel KAW
10. David Philippaerts YAM
MX2 Points
Jeffrey Herlings 364
Tommy Searle 340
J v Horebeek 308
Joel Roelants 238
Jordi Tixier 217
Jake Nicholls 204
Max Anstie 191
Alessandro Lupino 152
Jose Butron 150
Dylan Ferrandis 139
MX1 Points
Tony Cairoli 345
Clement Desalle 298
Christophe Pourcel 292
Gautier Paulin 289
Ken De Dycker 237
David Philippaerts 212
Xavier Boog 211
Kevin Strijbos 207
Rui Goncalves 169
Tanel Leok 168
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