Work in progress as Vlaanderen comes back at the MXGP of Lombardia

After recovering from injury for the last four weeks, Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen returned to race action at the MXGP of Lombardia in what were extremely tough, muddy conditions in Mantova. A sunny day on Saturday preceded overnight rain which continued throughout race day, turning the track into a muddy mess which caused many riders problems in both races.

Unfortunately in race one, Vlaanderen was caught up in a first turn crash that included five or six other riders and he had remount in almost dead last position. With their only being one fast line around a lot of the track, passing was very tricky but the Honda CRF250RW rider didn’t give up and forced his way back into the points to finish 17^th. A much better jump in race two meant he was clear of any problems and he could try and find a good rhythm on the difficult terrain. Despite having just a couple of days training in the last month, Vlaanderen kept a solid pace and was able to place inside the top 10, giving everyone confidence that he will get back to the form that saw him finish just off the podium spots in the first three rounds.

With the MXGP of Portugal next weekend, and France the week after that, there isn’t too much time to get ready but Vlaanderen and Team HRC will work hard to make sure he is fully prepared and raring to go when the gate next drops.

Calvin Vlaanderen ¹⁰

The day was completely different from yesterday with all the rain, and that meant the riding was a lot harder. I went down at the start of the first moto and had to pass a lot of riders to get back to 17th place. Then in race two I had a better start but made some small mistakes and ended up in 10th place. My riding wasn’t great but I am happy I could come here and race and get some points and I think that’s good for the next few weekends. Obviously we need to improve but with the help of my team I know that we will do everything possible to make that happen. I also know that each day my leg feel better and that will help me get back to my pre-injury form when I was challenging for podium positions.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager – MXGP

It was really good to see Calvin out riding this weekend. There was some doubt a few days ago but he proved that despite the long layoff that he is still fit and fast in this MX2 class. With a few more days on the bike, we know that he can be back to feeling like he did at the beginning of the season and when that happens, we are sure that he can get the podium position that his form has deserved.

MX2 2019 Sunday, May 12th 2019RaceRound 5 MX2 of Lombardia

Race 1

RAINYAir Temp13°CTrack CondMud

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	25	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	35:18.651
2	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	22	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha	5.836
3	BEATON Jed	14	AUS	20	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	26.496
4	POOTJES Davy	46	NDL	18	Team Diga-Procross	Husqvarna	40.315
5	VAESSEN Bas	98	NDL	16	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	1:05.236
6	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	15	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	1:12.915
7	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	14	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	1:37.577
8	EVANS Mitchell	43	AUS	13	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	1:47.716
9	LESIARDO Morgan	44	ITA	12	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	1:50.638
10	SIKYNA Richard	102	SLK	11	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM	1:51.878
11	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	10	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	1:54.007
12	STERRY Adam	811	GBR	9	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	2:01.730
13	WATSON Ben	919	GBR	8	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha	2:06.928
14	STRUBHART MOREAU Brian	225	FRA	7	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	2:24.558
15	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	6	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	1 Lap
16	FURBETTA Joakin	275	ITA	5	Wildcard Rider	Husqvarna	1 Lap
17	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	4	Team HRC – MX2	Honda	1 Lap
18	ROOSIORG Hardi	75	EST	3	Sahkar KTM Racing	KTM	1 Lap
19	WALSH Dylan	53	NZL	2	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	1 Lap
20	SANDNER Michael	766	AUT	1	Wildcard Rider	KTM	1 Lap

MX2 2019 Sunday, May 12th 2019RaceRound 5 MX2 of Lombardia

Race 2

RAINYAir Temp14°CTrack CondMud

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	25	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	36:52.290
2	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	22	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	8.779
3	VIALLE Tom	28	FRA	20	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	36.069
4	POOTJES Davy	46	NDL	18	Team Diga-Procross	Husqvarna	52.541
5	WALSH Dylan	53	NZL	16	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	58.348
6	EVANS Mitchell	43	AUS	15	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	1:01.889
7	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	14	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	1:11.299
8	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	13	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	1:13.390
9	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	12	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	1:17.228
10	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	11	Team HRC – MX2	Honda	1:19.630
11	ÖSTLUND Alvin	161	SWE	10	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	1:23.411
12	HAARUP Mikkel	11	DEN	9	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	1:31.710
13	WATSON Ben	919	GBR	8	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha	1:38.207
14	STERRY Adam	811	GBR	7	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	1:45.872
15	VAESSEN Bas	98	NDL	6	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	1:51.452
16	CERVELLIN Michele	747	ITA	5	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	2:01.620
17	BEATON Jed	14	AUS	4	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	2:05.661
18	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	3	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha	2:06.132
19	SIKYNA Richard	102	SLK	2	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM	2:18.237
20	ZANOTTI Andrea	931	RSM	1	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	2:27.864

MX2 2019 Sunday, May 12th 2019

Rider Standings

Limited to top 30 results

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor
1	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	207	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
2	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	200	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
3	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	157	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
4	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	150	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha
5	WATSON Ben	919	GBR	145	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha
6	VIALLE Tom	28	FRA	141	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
7	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	122	Team HRC – MX2	Honda
8	EVANS Mitchell	43	AUS	117	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
9	POOTJES Davy	46	NDL	112	Team Diga-Procross	Husqvarna
10	STERRY Adam	811	GBR	105	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
11	VAESSEN Bas	98	NDL	94	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM
12	CERVELLIN Michele	747	ITA	78	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha
13	BEATON Jed	14	AUS	78	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
14	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	62	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda
15	ÖSTLUND Alvin	161	SWE	54	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna
16	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	52	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha
17	WALSH Dylan	53	NZL	51	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna
18	VAN DONINCK Brent	32	BEL	40	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda
19	MEWSE Conrad	426	GBR	40	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM
20	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	39	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM
21	SIKYNA Richard	102	SLK	27	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM
22	FORATO Alberto	303	ITA	23	Wildcard Rider	Husqvarna
23	SANAYEI Darian	57	USA	20	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki
24	SANDNER Michael	766	AUT	17	Wildcard Rider	KTM
25	PESSOA Gustavo	57	BRA	17	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki
26	LESIARDO Morgan	44	ITA	12	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM
27	HAARUP Mikkel	11	DEN	10	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
28	STRUBHART MOREAU Brian	225	FRA	9	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki
29	FURBETTA Joakin	275	ITA	6	Wildcard Rider	Husqvarna
30	ZANOTTI Andrea	931	RSM	5	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM