EMX250

SAINT JEAN D’ANGELY (France) 26 May 2019 – The dust has settled in Saint Jean d’Angely after a packed weekend of racing that not only saw MXGP and MX2 riders hit the track but also the best of FIM Europe’s EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing championships.

Like adding fuel to a fire, the French riders of Stephen Rubini and Tom Guyon from Honda Red Moto Assomotor and Team VRT, ignited the French crowd as they took the respective overall wins in EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing.

As the third round in the 2019 EMX250 Championship, the round of France followed a month and half hiatus since the last stop at Trentino. Coming into this weekend all eyes were on Maddii Racing Husqvarna’s Alberto Forato as led the championship following his perfect races in both the UK and Italy.

The first race of the two took place yesterday after morning qualifying provided an entry list of the top 40 riders. As the gates dropped in race 1 it was Yann Crnjanski taking the holeshot ahead of Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Stephen Rubini and Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Jimmy Clochet as Forato was buried in the pack.

Before the first lap was finished both Rubini and Clochet had made it past their fellow Frenchman Crnjanski in 1st and 2nd. Behind the leaders F&H Racing Kawasaki’s Roan Van de Moosdijk and SDMCORSE-Yamaha EMX250’s Ruben Fernandez collided sending both to the dirt.

Taking advantage of the pair’s crash was Forato who took over 5th behind Buildbase Honda Racing’s Josh Gilbert. Crnjanski lost third to Gilbert the same lap both then both fell and gave way to Forato who had lost his seat 2 laps prior.

The lack of a seat made the challenging conditions and tough competition even more difficult and after 2 laps of pressure from Yamaha Europe’s Thibault Benistant he lost the spot. At the finish it was a win for Rubini ahead of Clochet and Benistant for an all French top three.

Race 2 this afternoon was led by SteelsDrJack’s Nicholas Lapucci with the Van de Moosdijk and Benistant in 2nd and 3rd. Both Forato and Rubini had poor starts but the both worked forward throughout the race.

Lap after lap Van de Moosdijk pressured Lapucci for the lead but it wasn’t until the 14th of 15 laps that the Dutchman made it past. At the finish it was a well-deserved race win for Van de Moosdijk with Lapucci 2nd while Forato took third from Benistant on the last lap.

The overall however went to Rubini for the first time in his career with his 1-6 scores. The top podium was completed by Forato and Benistant while Clochet and Van de Moosdijk rounded out the top 5.

EMX250 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), 29:24.033; 2. Jimmy Clochet (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:02.268; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:03.220; 4. Alberto Forato (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:24.157; 5. Josh Gilbert (GBR, Honda), +0:27.820; 6. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:33.104; 7. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, KTM), +0:34.848; 8. Andrea Adamo (ITA, Yamaha), +0:42.865; 9. Kevin Cristino (ITA, KTM), +0:43.969; 10. Yann Crnjanski (FRA, KTM), +0:45.441.

EMX250 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), 29:40.912; 2. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, KTM), +0:01.721; 3. Alberto Forato (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:02.386; 4. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:03.943; 5. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, Yamaha), +0:15.426; 6. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), +0:17.471; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Yamaha), +0:28.763; 8. Jimmy Clochet (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:34.754; 9. Glen Meier (DEN, Yamaha), +0:36.582; 10. Isak Gifting (SWE, KTM), +0:40.142.

EMX250 Overall Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 40 points; 2. Alberto Forato (ITA, HUS), 38 p.; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 38 p.; 4. Jimmy Clochet (FRA, KAW), 35 p.; 5. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 34 p.; 6. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, KTM), 25 p.; 7. Josh Gilbert (GBR, HON), 25 p.; 8. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 23 p.; 10. Isak Gifting (SWE, KTM), 17 p.; 11. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, YAM), 16 p.

EMX250 Championship Top Ten: 1. Alberto Forato (ITA, HUS), 138 points; 2. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 120 p.; 3. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 97 p.; 4. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, KTM), 74 p.; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, YAM), 73 p.; 6. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 68 p.; 7. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, YAM), 67 p.; 8. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, HON), 67 p.; 9. Jimmy Clochet (FRA, KAW), 66 p.; 10. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 60 p.

EMX250 Manufacturers: 1. Husqvarna, 138 points; 2. Honda, 122 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 113 p.; 4. Yamaha, 111 p.; 5. KTM, 110 p

Main Photo: EMX250 Start

Bottom Photos: 1. Stephen Rubini; 2. EMX250 Podium

Saint Jean d’Angely served as the 4th round of EMX125 presented by FMF Racing, just two weeks after the last round took to the drastically different conditions of Mantova. Just like in EMX250 all eyes were on the series points leader Mattia Guadagnini from Maddii Racing Husqvarna.

Of the 68 riders who started the weekend 40 qualified for Saturday’s race 1. The 2-strokes were led by F4E Racing KTM’s Eddie Jay Wade on the opening laps but with the French crowd behind him Team VRT’s Tom Guyon took the lead 3 laps in Saturday and never looked back.

Guadagnini wasn’t off to the best of starts and had to work past a couple of riders such as RFME MX Junior Team’s David Braceras Martinez and KINI KTM Junior Pro Team’s Mike Gwerder to get into 4th.

After chasing down F4E Racing KTM’s Guillem Farres Plaza for 4 laps Guadagnini made a pass for third which is where he would finish behind Wade and the race winner Guyon.

Today’s race 2 started even better for Guyon who led every lap in front of the even bigger Sunday home crowd. Second from start to finish and unable to make a pass for the lead was Guadagnini while Yamaha Europe EMX125’s Florian Miot fell out of 3rd and the race.

Taking over the vacant spot was Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay De Wolf but it was Gwerder making the biggest moves forward in the race. Starting around 10th Gwerder made it up to 4th by the finish while Guyon took the race win.

The overall clearly went to Guyon with his 1-1 results with Guadagnini 2nd, Gwerder 3rd, Wade 4th, and Braceras Martinez taking the final spot in the top 5. Guyon’s home win gains him 8 points on Guadagnini in the championship which will return in just over a month at Teutschenthal for the round of Germany.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Tom Guyon (FRA, KTM), 29:45.269; 2. Eddie Jay Wade (GBR, KTM), +0:05.897; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:09.880; 4. Mike Gwerder (SUI, KTM), +0:23.528; 5. Guillem Farres Plaza (ESP, KTM), +0:25.240; 6. Gerard Congost Aguilera (ESP, KTM), +0:36.732; 7. David Braceras Martinez (ESP, KTM), +0:38.238; 8. Florian Miot (FRA, Yamaha), +0:38.920; 9. Saad Soulimani (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:46.691; 10. Jorgen-Matthias Talviku (EST, Husqvarna), +0:47.668.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Tom Guyon (FRA, KTM), 30:38.636; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:06.894; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:44.722; 4. Mike Gwerder (SUI, KTM), +0:51.076; 5. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +0:55.922; 6. David Braceras Martinez (ESP, KTM), +1:12.839; 7. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +1:18.675; 8. Raffaele Giuzio (ITA, KTM), +1:22.516; 9. Eddie Jay Wade (GBR, KTM), +1:25.524; 10. Federico Tuani (ITA, Husqvarna), +1:28.226.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Overall Top Ten: 1. Tom Guyon (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, HUS), 42 p.; 3. Mike Gwerder (SUI, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Eddie Jay Wade (GBR, KTM), 34 p.; 5. David Braceras Martinez (ESP, KTM), 29 p.; 6. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 27 p.; 7. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Gerard Congost Aguilera (ESP, KTM), 22 p.; 9. Jorgen-Matthias Talviku (EST, HUS), 21 p.; 10. Saad Soulimani (FRA, HUS), 20 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Championship Top Ten: 1. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, HUS), 185 points; 2. Tom Guyon (FRA, KTM), 158 p.; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 117 p.; 4. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 117 p.; 5. Jorgen-Matthias Talviku (EST, HUS), 116 p.; 6. Mike Gwerder (SUI, KTM), 109 p.; 7. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, KTM), 88 p.; 8. Guillem Farres Plaza (ESP, KTM), 87 p.; 9. Eddie Jay Wade (GBR, KTM), 76 p.; 10. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 66 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Manufacturers: 1. Husqvarna, 189 points; 2. KTM, 183 p.; 3. Yamaha, 47 p.

Main Photo: EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Podium

Bottom Photos: 1. Tom Guyon; 2. Mattia Guadagnini

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MXGP OF FRANCE – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1620

Type of ground: hard pack

Temperature: 22°

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 38,000

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NEXT STOP

The next round of the EMX250 will take place on June the 9^th in Orlyonok, Russia, while the EMX125 Presented by FMF racing will be back in Teuthschenthal, Germany

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MXGP of France

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 20 December 2018 - With the 2019 MXGP Season on the horizon Youthstream announces a revised calendar for the FIM Motocross World Championship which will start on March the 2nd and the 3rd at the beautiful Patagonia-Argentina Circuit of Neuquen.

Firstly, the MXGP of Switzerland anticipated for August has been cancelled and is instead working to return to the calendar in the 2020 season. Following the removal of Switzerland, the MXGP of Italy in Imola will now be held on the 17th and 18th of August instead of the 21st and 22nd of September. Meanwhile the MXGP of Hong Kong will move from the 20th and 21st of April to the now available 21st and 22nd of September as per the local organization request.

The new timing will bring racing back to Imola after an impressive inaugural event in 2018 and will also provide Hong Kong with additional time to prepare for its first ever MXGP event.

In addition to the rescheduling of the rounds mentioned above the venue for the 2019 MXGP of Lombardia on May 12th is announced as Mantova which was last visited during the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship season.

The updated 2019 FIM Motocross World Championship Calendar can be viewed below:

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Click HERE to download the 2019 updated calendar in PDF format

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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 16 October 2018 - Youthstream and FIM-Europe explain the changes to the Regulations for the 2019 FIM-E Motocross European Championships.

Youthstream and FIM-E work for the overall interest of the sport, therefore some slight adjustments will be made to the some of the 2019 European Championship Regulations as explained below:

'The European Championships were mainly created to help youth grow and help them prepare for MX2 and then MXGP and be competitive in these classes. This pyramid system is working well because together with this fact and by having the youth race on the same tracks and same weekends as MXGP and on tracks which are very technically demanding it has permitted all these riders to grow and implement their skills. Our pyramid system shows its success because it is without any doubt that today the MXGP and MX2 riders are the fastest in the world, and they all have come from the European Championships. We are seeing more and more riders competing in the European Championships who come from other continents to prepare themselves to become professional. We want this to continue and we strive to improve this. With the development of MX2 and MXGP and also of the European Championships, over the last few years we have seen some riders aged more than 23 remain or return to the EMX250 and this creates a problem for the young riders in this class to find a good team and to shine in this Championship. Therefore, for all these reasons, and in agreement with FIM-E a decision has been taken to create an age limit of 23 in EMX250 as of 2019. The goal of this Championship is to prepare young for the World Championship classes.'

On top of that, and for the same reason, the 2-stroke Championship is to be re-boosted and in 2019 it will have a new name (EMX 2t), with a new capacity of bike (250cc instead of 300cc) and without age limit in the way to welcome all the riders who are above the age limit for EMX250 and who are not at a level to compete in MXGP. This new class will be strongly promoted in order to give the riders and teams who will take part in it a great visibility. 

In order to avoid confusion, from 2019 there will be an increase of the maximum age of the 250cc class in the Motocross of European Nations from 21 years old to 23 years old in order to make it the same maximum age as EMX250.

In the EMX85 class there will also be a slight modification to the age limit in the aim to keep things in line; from 2019 the maximum age will be reduced in the EMX85 championship to 14 years old, making it the same as the maximum age of the 85cc riders in the FIM Junior World Championship.

The Chairman of FIM-Europe MX Commission, Eddie Herd, said: “I firmly believe that this is the right way to go forward and improve the European Championships. FIM-Europe must continue to focus on the development of the youth and young riders, as it has in previous years, which will help secure the future of MX2 and MXGP.”

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