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Lucas Coenen Wins in Latvia, Further Cementing MXGP Lead
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Lucas Coenen Wins in Latvia, Further Cementing MXGP Lead

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Belgian rider Lucas Coenen extended his MXGP World Championship lead by winning both motos at the Latvian Grand Prix.
  • Coenen secured victories in Kegums ahead of Dutch rider Kay de Wolf and Frenchman Romain Febvre in the overall standings.
  • The next round of the championship will be held in Montevarchi, Italy.

Lucas Coenen has further solidified his position at the top of the MXGP Motocross World Championship standings. The Belgian KTM rider dominated the Latvian Grand Prix, the eighth event of the season held at the Kegums circuit, by winning both racing motos.

In the first moto, Coenen led from the start, finishing ahead of Dutch riders Kay de Wolf (Husqvarna) and Jeffrey Herlings (Honda). Romain Febvre of France and Tim Gajser from Slovenia followed, while Spanish riders Rubén Fernández (Honda) and Oriol Oliver (KTM) finished sixth and ninth, respectively.

Coenen repeated his success in the second moto, again crossing the finish line first. This time, his closest competitors were Febvre, de Wolf, and Gajser. Fernández finished tenth, and Oliver came in twenty-third.

With these victories, Coenen now leads the championship with 404 points. Herlings is second with 342 points, and Febvre is third with 310 points. The next event on the World Championship calendar is the Italian Grand Prix in Montevarchi.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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