Hey guys, The team and I were back out to Holland for the 5^th round of the International Dutch Championship. The track was a little wet to start with but really fun. They only use the track once a year so no-one really knew what it was going to be like.

Timed training was good. I was leading by 4 sec up until the last 5 min when Jeffery Herlings just got pole and me in second. The track was really technical with deep ruts and I got some good clear runs, so I really enjoyed it.

 

In the first moto I was out the gate Great and the technique worked well but was quickly considering whether to get off and push my bike to the top of the hill. I knew I had a lot of work to do now, going into the turn in near on last. I slowly picked my way through the pack with the bike bogging at every opportunity!!! I eventually ended up 6^th which was the best I could do considering the situation. Losing 15 points in the championship I only had a 7 point lead!!!

 

Things weren’t going well so the Doc.  Decided to pull my second bike from the truck. We made some slight adjustments… … completely changing the rear end and suspension. Then off I went…

 

I got another good jump and this time managed to hold onto about 10^th into the first turn. I made my way through but when I got to second Jeffery had about 15 sec on me. I worked double time to catch him and with a few more laps probably would have. I was 7 sec behind and now only have a 2 point lead going into the last round in two weeks at Mill.

 

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