The FIM Women Motocross World Championship Fontanesi dominates the Dutch round in Valkenswaard

a Fontanesi was facing the aftermath of a bad start, sitting outside the top ten. After an extremely hard charge on lap one Fontanesi was already inside the top three trying to break down the ten second lead of Nathalie Kane.

With 5 minutes to go Fontanesi and Rutledge had caught Kane provoking a three way battle for the lead. While dicing through the lapped riders Rutledge managed to take over the lead with Fontanesi taking over second, leaving Kane to struggle through the lapped traffic. With two laps to go Fontanesi made a close pass on Rutledge to take the lead causing Rutledge to have a small crash in a corner. The Australian Meghan Rutledge was quick to remount maintaining the second place position but allowing the Irish rider Nathalie Kane to close the gap again instigating a last lap sprint home.

In the end it was Fonta MX Monster Energy Yamaha’s Kiara Fontanesi who took her second win of the weekend, finishing with a nine second lead ahead of Pfiel Kawasaki’s Meghan Rutledge and HM Plant KTM UK’s Nathalie Kane. Further back after a strong performance the Australian Jessica Moore had slipped back to sixth with Stephanie Laier taking the fourth position and Larissa Papenmeier again rounding out the top five.

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WMX Race 1 results: 1. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), 25:16.735; 2. Meghan Kat Rutledge (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:16.992; 3. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), +0:21.579; 4. Stephanie Laier (GER, Kawasaki), +0:31.162; 5. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +0:38.462; 6. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, KTM), +1:18.831; 7. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, Yamaha), +1:26.853; 8. Jessica Moore (AUS, KTM), +1:30.788; 9. Britt van der Wekken (NED, Honda), +1:31.859; 10. Marielle De Mol (NED, TM), +1:37.144

WMX Race 2 results: 1. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), 25:21.616; 2. Meghan Kat Rutledge (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:08.545; 3. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), +0:09.090; 4. Stephanie Laier (GER, Kawasaki), +0:58.386; 5. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +1:02.258; 6. Jessica Moore (AUS, KTM), +1:19.615; 7. Britt van der Wekken (NED, Honda), +1:36.425; 8. Nina Klink (NED, KTM), +1:42.165; 9. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, KTM), +1:42.542; 10. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:45.444

WMX Championship top 10: 1. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), 50 points; 2. Meghan Kat Rutledge (AUS, Kawasaki), 44 p.; 3. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Stephanie Laier (GER, Kawasaki), 36 p.; 5. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), 32 p.; 6. Jessica Moore (AUS, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, KTM), 27 p.; 8. Britt van der Wekken (NED, Honda), 26 p.; 9. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, KTM), 24 p.; 10. Nina Klink (NED, KTM), 22 p

WMX Round of The Netherlands  – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1550
Type of ground: sand
Temperature: 1° C
Weather conditions: changeable: cloudy and sunny

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