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FUNCHAL (Portugal), 12 February 2014 – Youthstream and Mediaset have reached an agreement for Mediaset to broadcast the MXGP, FIM Motocross World Championship 2014, as well as the MXoN, the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, in Latvia, the Monster Energy FIM Junior Motocross World Championship, which be held in Belgium and the SNX, FIM Snowcross World Championship. Viewers will be able to follow all the races on Italia 2 and for the MXGP of Italy on Italia 1.

Mediaset S.p.A. is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. Founded in the 1970s by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and still controlled today with a 38.6% stake by his family holding company Fininvest.

Mediaset's headquarters are in Milan, Lombardy. Many of its studios are located in the Milano 2 area of Segrate, a municipality bordering Milan, where broadcasts of local station TeleMilano (now airing nationally as Mediaset's Canale 5) began in 1978. After merging with various local broadcasters to form Canale 5 syndication, much production was moved to Cologno Monzese, where the infrastructure of the former Telealtomilanese was present. The company currently has three main television production centres, in Segrate, Cologno Monzese and Rome.

This agreement will give to all Italian fans the opportunity to see their favorite riders compete in the world's biggest motocross championship over the next two (2) years.

As the seven-time reigning world champion, the Italian rider Antonio Cairoli, will aim to win a fifth consecutive title in September.

Giuseppe Luongo, President of Youthstream, endorsed the partnership with Mediaset. "It is a great pleasure for us to announce this signed agreement with Mediaset, a leading broadcaster in Italy. This will enable all Italians fans to follow the performance of their national riders, which has already given them so many reasons to celebrate in recent years. This broadcast agreement also complements the strong results achieved on the development of the MXGP series.

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FUNCHAL (Portugal), 11 February 2014 - Youthstream is very pleased to present the new, fresh, easy & brand website www.MXGP.com. www.MXGP.com (previously www.motocrossmx1.com) will be the main source for the MXGP series. All the latest news, photos, interviews, videos, race reports, live timing and results will be found here.

New features include riders and team profiles, track information, a countdown for the upcoming MXGP, a direct link to the free monthly magazine MXGP Mag and live feeds from MXGP’s social media platforms Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Also taking place on www.MXGP.com, on the main taskbar (located at the top of the page) there are links to MXGP’s other great services; www.MXGP-TV.com - where you can watch all MXGP rounds live and in HD - Ticket sales, VIP package sales and information along with a link to the official MXGP Merchandise store www.MXGP-store.com.

Now with MXGP’s new look and up to the minute news, headlines, interviews, photos and videos, you are sure not to miss any of this season’s action. Bookmark www.mxgp.com now and get ready to start your browsers!

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In the brand new workshop in Genk, there is one big mark around the first weekend of March. This is the weekend of the first GP in 2014 at the Losail track in Qatar. As we’re only 22 days away from this race everybody is counting down. The preparations for the new season are still going on but everybody is super motivated for 2014!

Marnicq Bervoets: “It’s already that time of the year again! The winter has gone by as it was only a couple of weeks, but it looks like everything is falling in the right place now. We’re testing some new parts, and more are coming next week so we’re almost ready to get going. Luke arrived in Belgium mid-January and starts to get used to the rhythm here. Also Petar worked hard this winter and I notice a good progression on him. Last week the riders went to Spain for training on the hard packed tracks and next week Petar and Luke will ride their first race in Valence. Cyril too worked hard this off-season and will ride his first race next week in Lommel. After Valence we will ride Hawkstone Park too to get some racing in the pockets before heading to Qatar.”

Petar Petrov: “I’m ready for it! I’ve trained a lot this winter and I feel ready to start the season. After so many laps in Lommel we went to Spain last week for some training on harder surface and I’m really happy with the result. The new Yamaha works really well and I feel comfortable on the track. I worked a lot on my starts too, because they were my weak point last year. I hope it improves but I will let you know on March 1 if I did it right!”

Luke Styke: “Everything starts to get going now and I’m really looking forward! For me it was a huge step coming to Europe. I left all the familiar faces in Australia for people I barely spoke before. I didn’t know anybody at all and they didn’t know me. In the beginning it was a bit strange but in the end everybody is great and helpful. At first it took me over a week to get over the jetlag, I could not find a good rhythm. And let’s not speak about the weather! When I left home it was summer and 40°C, so that was a big change too. But I’m having fun, it’s so nice to discover all the new things and people. Also the bike is great! I had to discover this new bike, and I’m happy about the progression so far. We’re just back in Belgium after a solid training week in Spain and I’m looking forward to test the new parts next week. Up to the first race now!”

Cyril Genot: “The last training sessions have been really good this week. I had a great winter and I’m well prepared for this year. Around Christmas I went to Spain for two weeks to train on the hard tracks. Now I’m doing physical training during the week and I ride on Wednesday and in the weekend, and that’s working really good now. I have a great training program, which Topsport Vlaanderen and Marnicq have put together for me and I can’t wait for the first race. On top of that my bike is working really well. I recently got the race bike and it’s flying!”

Copyright: Photo: Bavo Swijers

Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe's new signing Glenn Coldenhoff is pictured for the first time on his 2014 RM-Z250 as he joined team-mates Jeremy Seewer and Brian Hsu for the team’s official photo-shoot in northern Spain.

Julien Lieber had to sit-out the session because of a sprained wrist, sustained on one of the team training sessions beforehand, but is now back on his bike and fully recovered.

Photos were shot by the team’s official photographer, Juan Pablo Acevedo, at a private track north of Lleida, Spain alongside the Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP team’s photo session.

Seewer, who focused on the European Championship in 2013, moves-up to the World MX2 series this season with the backing from Suzuki International Europe and Suzuki Switzerland.

Seventeen-year old Hsu will race another season in the 125cc European Championship and is part of the youth development program at Suzuki International Europe.

With their sights set on the start of the GP season, all three MX2 contenders will be racing the International races at Valence and Lacapelle-Marival in France next month before they fly-off to Qatar and Thailand the first two GP's of the year.

Copyright: Photo: Team Suzuki

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 04 February 2014 – Youthstream presents the fifth issue of the MXGP Mag featuring the complete list of the Officially Approved Teams and Riders for the 2014 season, a special feature on the comeback of Husqvarna and a deep interview with Dave Nicoll.

Click here to read the fifth issue of MXGP Mag or download it for FREE on Apple Store or Google Play. The iOs and Android versions contain exclusive videos and several photo galleries, and once the MXGP Mag has been downloaded, the reader does not need to be connected on the Internet to go through the content. 

Those users who have already downloaded the other issues on their iOs device can automatically download the fifth issue by opening the News Stand and clicking on the cover of the MXGP Mag. Whereas those readers using an Android device will be able to download the magazine for free thanks to this new app: http://bit.ly/IssuuOnAndroid

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