The Scandinavian circuit had been reversed and some of the sections converted into more technical challenges but the hard and dusty terrain remained.

Starting in pole position, Everts did not hide his lack of fondness for the Uddevalla undulations, stating that the venue was one of his ‘least favorites’ of the calendar; hardly surprising as the Belgian has not won in Scandinavia since 2003.

In the first moto, Everts awed the crowd by seizing the lead on the first lap and controlling the race from his pursuers. The Belgian notched his 14th moto win in a row despite the presence of Jonathan Barragan and a distance between the pair that fluctuated between one and three seconds for the total of a very hot 35 minute and 2 lap duration.

On the last two laps it was the Intur Sports team rider who was more decisive through a pack of back-markers and the first step in his 96th victory was complete.

As in the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, Everts gave himself a harder job in the second sprint when he crashed on the first lap and had to work the entire race to catch his main rivals. Finally a fantastic performance was rounded off by overtaking leader Steve Ramon with one lap remaining to notch his 15th moto win in succession. He now holds a career tally of 96.

"This is not my favorite track here in Sweden so I knew it would be tough because in the past two years I had been struggling. However I took a good pole when everybody was close together and the first race went okay," Everts said.

"Barragan kept close and I had a three second lead but I made a mistake in the whoops and he caught up, then we were into the lappers. It was tight at the end and I felt a bit tired because of the heat. I rested in between the races and then the second one was better. After the mistake, the first few laps were pretty hard because everyone was going fast and it was not easy to pass. I saw the Suzuki guys pull away and I thought second might be possible but first was a long shot. At one stage Steve stopped gaining seconds on me and then started to lose them; that gave me some wings! I pulled harder and it was close. It was exciting for the crowd," Everts added.

Cedric Melotte crashed in the morning warm-up period and jarred his hip. The Belgian needed painkillers to finish 11th in the first moto and pulled out of the second sprint unable to complete the distance.

Everts’ domination of the MX1 series can be seen in the World Championship standings. His points lead has stretched to 114, more than four motos, over Kevin Strijbos. Melotte is ninth.

The teams can now enjoy another free weekend but machinery and spares will be packed and crated for the lengthy trip to the southern hemisphere and the Grand Prix of South Africa at the Sun City complex on July 16.