A thrilling podium finish for Yamaha Factory Racing's Romain Febvre at the penultimate round of the FIM Motocross World Championship, which took place on the rough and rutty sand of Assen, The Netherlands. Febvre took his second podium of the MXGP season thanks to 4-3 finishes putting him on the second step of the podium. His teammate, Jeremy Van Horebeek, bounced back from a spectacular crash in Race 1 to finish fifth place in the final race of the day.