Defending champion K. Erdenbeleg, known as  the “Mongolian Express”, fashioned out a come-from-behind win in the first heat and led from the start of the next to retain his title in the recent 2010 FIM Asian Motocross Series first leg in Manila.

With an estimated crowd of 30,000 roaring in delight, Erdenbeleg threw caution to the wind in chasing and overtaking Iranian Amirezza Sabetifar in the first race at the world-class racetrack of the country’s greenest and cleanest city and then held on to win with plenty to spare.

Another Mongolian, T. Khadbaatar, finished 7th.