2021 MXGP of Trentino Results

Cycle News Staff | October 25, 2021

Red Bull KTM’s Jeffery Herlings and Tom Vialle dominated the MXGP of Trentino, the first of three straight races to be held at the Trentino facility in Pietramurata, Italy, October 24. Race two (MXGP of Pietramurata) will be held mid-week (Wednesday, October 27) and race three (MXGP of Garda) next weekend (October 31).

Jeffery Herlings at 2021 MXGP of Trentino — **Jeffery Herlings came from behind in both motos to win the MXGP of Trentino and extended his championship lead over Romain Febvre. Photo by Ray Archer**

Herlings won both MXGP motos at the MXGP of Trentino to extend his championship points lead to 24 points over Kawasaki’s Romain Febvre. The Dutchman, Herlings, had to work hard for the wins. He chased a stubborn Jeremy Seewer for half the moto before finding a way around the Yamaha rider to take the lead. Herlings led the remaining 10 laps to take the win over Seewer and Febvre, who held third the whole way, while defending champ Tim Gajser ran fourth for all but the first lap.

Glenn Coldenhoff rounded out the top five.

Jorge Prado was running fifth before crashing and ending up eighth.

Tim Gajser at 2021 MXGP of Trentino — **Team HRC’s Tim Gajser made it four podium performances in a row, with a third place after four-three moto scores. Photo by ShotByBavo**

Herlings had to work much harder in moto two. He started off around 15th but slowly worked his way to the front. He was already in eighth after lap one and on lap 14 (of 20), Herlings got around Febvre for second and then just had one rider in front of him, fellow Dutchman Glenn Coldenhoff, who put up a good fight. With three laps to go, Herlings got around the Yamaha rider and went on to take the hard-earned win and overall victory, the 97th of his career.

Coldenhoff took second in the moto and second overall with a 5-2.

Gajser was third on the day with a 4-3 and now trails Febvre, who was fourth overall, by three points in the championship.

Seewer rounded out the top five overall.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory 2021 MXGP team — **Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Glenn Coldenhoff landed second overall. Photo Courtesy of Yamaha**

“It wasn’t an easy one,” Herlings said of his day. “In the first race, Jeremy was leading, riding smooth and at a good pace, so it was tough to pass him. But at one point I knew I had to go because the boys behind me started pushing, so I had to pass him.

“The second race, I was caught up a bit in the start,” Herlings said. “Tim [Gajser] and I were somewhere around 10th or 12th and we both fought our way back to the front. It was a tough run, but I am happy to have won. I feel like I am in a very good shape right now, but I should never underestimate the competition from Tim, Romain or Glenn today. It can be anyone’s race.”

In the MX2 class, Vialle won both motos, but Belgian Jago Geerts didn’t make it easy on the Frenchman by finishing less than three seconds behind Vialle in both motos.

**In the first moto, Vialle took his 14th holeshot of the season (11 more than any other rider) and his eleventh moto win. Photo by Ray Archer**

MX2 Championship leader Maxime Renaux, Geerts’ Yamaha teammate, had a tough day with a couple of crashes. The Frenchman finished out the day eighth overall but still has a comfortable lead: 563 points to Geerts’ 471.

Vialle, who was injured earlier in the year, is catching Geerts. The KTM rider trails Geerts by just four points. CN