For the second time in 2025, MXGP jumped into French soil. Famed Motocross of Nations and established world championship venue, Ernee, packed the fans into the hillside setting, not far from Le Mans, for the ninth round of the season. Words: KTM/Live MX Editor
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing star Jeffrey Herlings scored fourth position for his best result of the season so far and yet more clear progression with his race speed.
Herlings’ third place in moto one was a personal best of 2025 to date. In the second moto, the Dutch ace was fifth, which left him tied on points for the rostrum, but he just missed out on a first top three and ranked fourth.
“It was quite disappointing to have the same points as third and not get on the podium. I was fighting for the lead for a long time in the first moto, and at the end, I had to back it off a bit because of arm pump and took P3. It was a bit less in the second moto, and I then had to come back from the start and the small crash. I just missed the pass for fourth, which would have given me the podium. Very close. P4 overall and a good step. We are getting there every weekend,” he explained.
MXGP spins south and east for the Grand Prix of Germany and the halfway point of the 2025 calendar. Talkessel in Teutschenthal, close to the city of Halle, has been the constant home of world championship motocross in the country since the start of the century and the narrow hard-pack course will become rutted again for round ten next weekend.
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