
Across a stormy and challenging thirteenth round of 2017 MXGP Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Clement Desalle kept consistent but feisty to finish as runner-up in the Czech Republic for his fifth gleam of podium silverware this season and remain number two in the series standings while Courtney Duncan aced the latest chapter of WMX. Current MXGP and MX2 category leaders Tony Cairoli and Pauls Jonass were top dogs on the day.
An unstable climate greeted the first Grand Prix after the summer break and around a special and unchanged Loket circuit that invited a special flow. The dirt was low on technical difficulty (despite the emergence of some hefty braking bumps and churned hard-pack) but also sparse for grip and clear overtaking opportunities, meaning good starts were essential for podium hopes, riders ran in close trains and errors – both forced and unforced – influenced the order of the motos.