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june 11, 2018 - Honda Racing

Strong finish to French GP for Vlaanderen

Calvin Vlaanderen has wrapped up his MXGP of France with a fifth-place finish in the second #moto of the #mx2worldchampionship at Saint Jean d'Angely. With the championship reaching its halfway point, the Team HRC rider still lies fifth in the standings ahead of the team's home round at Ottobiano – the third of three back-to-back events for the series.

The first part of the day was not as kind to the 21-year-old South African rider, who was only 12th at the chequered flag of race one after a poor start to the encounter, a small crash and a challenging ride over the the deep ruts and stones of the French track.

The second race saw Vlaanderen get a good jump out of the gate aboard his Honda CRF250RW machine and race through the first corners in sixth place. He then moved up to fourth and set his sights on third place but a coming together – brilliantly saved – with Cervellin cost him a couple of positions.

Calvin eventually managed to pass the Italian rider for fifth place – which was also his overall finish at the MXGP of France.

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