It was a day of decisions in the different MXGP categories, and while in the main category the champion was crowned, the truth is that Andrea Adamo, in MX2, didn’t want to wait either and secured the world title himself despite Jago Geerts got to win the second race. Romain Febvre won the second MXGP race in Italy today.

After seeing the title slip from his grasp in an unusual way, when he crashed out before the end of the first heat, Febvre (Kawasaki) wanted to show that this didn’t affect him and won the second race of the category in Maggiora.

The frenchman, ranked second in the world, beat the Team HRC duo: Tim Gajser was second and finished the race 1.628s behind #3, while Ruben Fernandez was third, 6.011s behind. Jeremy Seewer was fourth and the best Yamaha man on track, with Alberto Forato the best on a KTM.

Jorge Prado (GASGAS), already assured of the title, was sixth.

When it came to MX2, and with the title decisions likely to be finalised in Italy, that scenario was confirmed, with Andrea Adamo (KTM) confirming the world title with one round to go.

Geerts (Yamaha) won the heat and beat the winner of the first, Simon Laengenfelder (GASGAS), with the new world champion taking third place.

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It is finally decided: Jorge Prado has just became moments ago the new MXGP world champion. At Maggiora, the rider had a comfortable lead in the standings for his most directly opponents but didn’t gave away and secured the title right away with one race still to take place at the MXGP of Italy, and with one round before the end of the championship.

To do so the GASGAS rider didn’t do it for less: he won at Maggiora in the first race with 1.309s of advantage over Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha), while Alberto Forato (SM Action/KTM) finished third.

The title was somehow early on «awarded» after Romain Febvre (Kawasaki) after six laps got down, not returning to the race, handing over in a plate the title to his fellow opponent, has in order to keep dreaming the french didn’t count only on himself.

In this race the top three stood out greatly, with Calvin Vlaanderen (Yamaha) to finish in the fourth position after crossing this finish line 26.251s after the winner. Ruben Fernandez was the best rider on track on a Honda, fifth.

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Simon Laengenfelder was the big winner of the first MX2 race in Maggiora, in a round in which Andrea Adamo gained more points on his main rivals in the fight for the title.

The german from GASGAS was fastest on italian soil, beating Jago Geerts (Yamaha) by 6.611s, while Adamo (KTM) was third, crossing the line 12.5s after the #516.

Liam Everts (KTM) was the first to miss out on the podium, and he who is still dreaming of the class title saw his teammate get further away in the standings after scoring two more points than him. Lucas Coenen (Husqvarna) was fifth and closed the top five.

Note the fight for third place in the championship, where Laengenfelder, after picking up 25 points in the first race, was just one point behind Geerts. The belgian has 681 points, just one more than the german.

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