Bobby takes third at 'Home' GP

Bobryshev had a consistent and valiant ride today in a track that was growing more technical by the lap. Although he didn’t get out the front at the start, he quickly manoeuvred into third position. After initially dicing with Desalle for second he held third until the end of the race. By the second race the track had changed considerably but it didn’t fluster the Russia after getting a good gate he had an early battle with Cairoli and ended up in fourth which was enough to bring home third overall.

Gajser’s day didn’t go so well. In the first race, he got taken out in the second lap by Jose Butron. The crash caused him to have a severe dead leg which he couldn’t initially shake off and hampered his progress for the next six laps. Through gritted teeth he pushed his way back to 14^th place. The second race started well for the Slovenian, he made his way into second place and was starting to pull in Herlings. Disaster struck five minutes before the end of the race when he lost his footing in a rhythm section, causing him to cartwheel off the bike and crash out of the race.

Gajser is currently undergoing medical examination and an update will be released as soon as we know more.

MX2:
HRC MX2 had a difficult day aboard their CRF250RW’s in Kegums today for the seventh round of MXGP. The day didn’t get off to a good start for Michele. He had a poor start in the first race and his bad luck didn’t end there. After beginning to work his way through the pack, the lack of bike time between racing took its toll and resulted in him crashing out of the first race. The second race started better for the Italian but he still was unable to pull it back into the top ten and so finished 19^th.

Evgeny Bobryshev:
Everything went well today and I finished on the podium which is always good to finish on the box. In Valkenswaard I had some health issues so I had a difficult week in the lead up to Kegums as i have been recovering. I really like the ground here and the layout of the track but today the track was actually really rough especially in the second moto! I like that this is close to my home as I have alot of fans that come and support me and it is good to deliver a result for them. I am really looking forward to getting my fitness back and moving to another race. I hope my team mate Tim is OK from his big crash today.