At the start of Prefinal A, Martijn van Leeuwen (NLD) was leading against Michael Rosina (ITA), Charlie Andersen (SWE), Axel Saarniala (FIN) and Emils Akmens (LVA). Van Leeuwen and Rosina quickly distanced the pack. Saarniala passed in 3rd place and was very fast so came back to the front. He soon attacked Rosina and was 1” behind van Leeuwen at half-distance. Meanwhile, Anthony Millet (FRA) made significant progress in the pack. Van Leeuwen maintained a gap of 6 tenths to Saarniala and showed his opponent that he was still the boss. Andersen crashed after losing a wheel. Van Leeuwen took a deserved victory 0,274″ ahead of Saarniala who set the fastest lap. Rosina took 3rd place at 1.9″. Philipp Moitzi (AUT) and Matthias Njeim (LBN) completed the top five. Millet finished 20th with a penalty and a gain of 16 positions.
Despite an average start, Antoine Barbaroux (FRA) led Prefinal B ahead of Xen De Ruwe (SVN) and Nicolas Picot (FRA) + 5 places, who started very well. Gianluca Savaglio (CAN) and Glenn van Parijs followed in the top five. Van Parijs then moved up to 3rd and Jakub Bezel (CZE) 4th ahead of Picot. Barbaroux increased his lead over De Ruwe, while the threat was growing behind. Van Parijs soon attacked for 2nd place, 1,7″ behind the leader. De Ruwe was able to attack in the slipstream while Bezel passed his two opponents for 2nd place. On the penultimate lap, De Ruwe and van Parijs had to battle it out in a fast section. Barbaroux took the win with 2,3″ advantage on Bezel. Kyleaditya Kumaran (IND) finished 3rd in front of Dawid Maslakiewicz (POL) and Leonardo Reis (BRA). Picot was 5th but dropped to 14th because of a penalty.
Van Leeuwen and Barbaroux are on the first row at the start of the Final ahead of Rosina, Kumaran and Savaglio. Saarniala will be 11th ahead of De Ruwe, van Parijs 14th, Picot 19th, but in 65th Millet did not qualify.
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