Motocross

Who knew Swede’s were so fast in the sand? As of now, everyone knows after the dominating performance of Mafi Yamaha MX Team’s Alvin Östlund who rode impressively in the sandy chop of Lommel this weekend to go 1-1 for his first two moto victories of the year as well as his first ever EMX125 round victory. Although it was Östlund who took the cake this weekend, you can’t take anything away from the challenge in race two. Diga Racing’s young Latvian star on the rise Tomass Sileika took the holeshot and led the opening laps of the race, while an abundance of riders tailed him. With the entire top eight literally riding wheel to wheel around what is possibly the toughest circuit imaginable for a 125cc bike, the sand masters eventually emerged. While early race leader Sileika battled to keep his KTM 125 rubber side down, Dutchman Bas Vaessen

Albie Wilkie took his fourth race win and his third consecutive overall Grand Prix victory in the Honda 150 European Championship in the Czech Republic today with a dominant ride. He took the early lead with a great start on his CRF150R and then never looked back, delivering a succession of fastest laps to steam away from the pack in a class of his own. Combined with his second place finish in yesterday’s race, he takes the overall victory in the Honda 150 European Championship at the MXGP of the Czech Republic. In a reversal of yesterday’s race, this time it was championship rival Jere Haavisto who had the comeback to make after he crashed on the first corner and found himself in 14th. Fighting back through the pack, he minimised the points-damage of Wilkie’s win by finishing an impressive second, just ahead of Albin Larsen who took his fourth

It was a test of the best for the riders who lined up here in Czech Republic for the penultimate round of the European Championship EMX125 with the battlefield being steep and very hard packed. After dominating both races for his third consecutive overall victory, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu proved to be the master of throttle control, body position and balance today as the rest of his competition strove to find traction up and down the hills of Loket on their light and nimble 125cc two stroke machines. In race one yesterday afternoon, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu deemed war as he stormed his way to his third consecutive race win to take over the EMX125 championship points lead. Mafi Yamaha MX Team’s Alvin Östlund was on the cable for second with Team Yamaha MJC’s David Herbreteau rounding out the top three. When the gates fell for

The sixth round of the EMX250 and EMX300 Motocross European Championships were held this weekend in the Finnish track of Hyvinkää. Next round for both classes is scheduled in Dutch track of Lommer on the 3rd of August. EMX250Sand always throws a spanner in the works, as it requires a type of motocrossing finesse to ride. With today being the semi-final round of the EMX250 championship, and the final being in the dunes of Lommel in three weeks time, the Dutch riders, known for their superior sand riding ability, took full advantage of banking crucial championship points. Yesterday, Creymert Racing’s Brent Van Doninck banked his first lot of twenty-five points when he took the checkers ahead of HSF Logistics Motorsport Team’s Brian Bogers and Kemea Yamaha Racing’s Nick Kouwenberg. When the gates dropped for race two, the sand was a little deeper and a lot gnarlier than yesterday which played

After the 4 regional qualification rounds, the final of the EMX65 and EMX85 Motocross European Championship was held in the Finnish circuit in Hyvinkää, which embodies one of the most mentally and physically demanding terrains in our sport, sand. Young Russian Nikita Kucherov was crowned as the new European Champion in the EMX65. Watching those little 12” wheels tearing through the sand on a full blown MXGP circuit was astonishing, as was the speed and poise of the eventual EMX65 champion Nikita Kucherov from Russia who rode impressive in both races to be crowned champion with a second place in race one and a win in race two this morning. Landing on the second step of the podium, young Swede Noel Nilsson was clearly the fastest kid on the track. He isn’t afraid to ride on the edge which worked both for and against him this weekend when he cartwheeled

Getting the power to the ground on any kind of two-stroke is always a little more difficult than on a four-stroke, and with a track as slick and as edgy as Uddevalla, the boys were sure to be put to the test. In race one TM Racing Team’s Samuele Bernardini took a convincing win ahead of Team Maddii Racing’s Marco Maddii while Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Kenny Van Dueren took his second podium place finish of the year in third. Meanwhile, in race two GL12 Racing’s Lewis Gregory held a tight line around the inside of turn one to snatch the holeshot away from race one winner TM Racing Team’s Samuele Bernardini, but soon gave it up when Bernardini wasted no time charging pass the Brit to take over the lead. After a mediocre performance yesterday in race one where he only came home in fifth, Gregory was right where he

Built in a rock quarry the circuit of Uddevalla brought fourth a new challenge for the riders of the EMX250 with the terrain being incredibly hard to read, a little loose and stoney on top with a hard pack base. While race one saw Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Adam Sterry look the most smooth and steady on the slippery surface as he took home his first ever EMX250 race victory, a few errors and a shocking start in race two early this morning saw his chance at a podium quickly diminish. Meanwhile, with the dawning of a new day and the start of the second race, it was Hitachi Construction Machinery UK KTM’s Ben Watson who took the advantage of riding with a clear track when he took the holeshot ahead of Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Sullivan Jaulin and Kemea Yamaha Racing Team’s latest edition Nick Kouwenberg. While the trio up front

The sixth and final round in European Championship EMX 85cc & EMX 65cc, and the 7th round in EMX Open was this weekend held in Senkvice, Slovakia. On a very hot Saturday the organizer has made a great work with watering the track, and the qualifying races went very well. In the EMX 85cc it was Gianluca FACCHETTI (ITA) the fastest rider and got the pole position in the Sunday races. In the EMX 65cc it was Noel NIELSSON (SWE) who got the pole position. In the EMX Open class the fastest rider was Semen ROGOZIN (RUS). Sunday´s races were under great conditions except the last hour, when huge thunderstorm came and due to this Jury commission decided to shortened EMX 65 second race and cancelled EMX OPEN second race. The first race In EMX 85cc meant victory for Taylor HAMMAL (GBR) who secured by this his overall victory in

Serbian Motocross Club Gajici was this weekend the host of the last 65cc -85cc round of the South Eastern European Zone. Seven thousand people gathered under the warming Sun to enjoy the beautiful races the MX kid riders in EMX65 and EMX85 were ready to perform. Bulgarian Hakan Halmi (KTM) was the winner of the day in EMX85, having won both races by a large gap in front of Bulgarian rider Alex Dimitrov (KTM) who managed to finish second in both races as well, maintaining a 2 point lead in front of Hakan Halmi in the overall where Alex Dimitrov was second and Hakan Halmi third. Third in both races was Bulgarian rider Momchil Ivanov (KTM). Even though absent for the race, Croatian rider Nikola Hranic won the overall of the South Eastern Zone with 163 points, 12 more than Alex Dimitrov. EMX65 was a Hungarian affair with Adam Kovacs

Today was last round of the South West leg of the EMX 65 and EMX 85 Motocross European Championship held in Fernao Joanes ( Portugal ). There were present 16 riders to EMX 85 and 14 riders to EMX 65. During two days weather condition was good. First race to EMX 85 won Pancar Jan from Slovenia,second was Charlier Maxime from France and third was zanotti andrea from San Marino.Second race won Charlier maxime from france,second was Pancar Jan from Slovenia and third was Zanotti Andrea from San Marino. First race to EMX 65 won Tomas Eric from Spain,second was Braceras david from Spain and third was Ramos jorge from Spain. Second race wonTomas Eric from Spain,second wasRamos Jorge from Spain and third was Congost Gerard from Spain The final round of EMX65 and EMX85 European Championship will be held on the 13th of July in Hyvinkaa (Finland).    Download