MXGP

LOKET (Czech Republic) 25th July 2026 – Another beautiful day of sunshine greeted the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championships at one of the most picturesque venues on the whole calendar, the Loketske Serpentiny circuit in the hillsides above the gothic town of Loket in the Czech Republic, and the hillsides were already awash with fans to enjoy the action, the atmosphere, and all the other attractions of the MXGP of Czech Republic!

Honda HRC Petronas new rider Jeffrey Herlings was in typically ruthless mood, and took his fourth Qualifying Race win of the year to close the gap at the top of the Championship to just a single point behind Lucas Coenen, who was again unable to finish the race for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.

Romain Febvre fought through to second place for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP, and his fellow Frenchman Tom Vialle took third place for the second straight Saturday for Honda HRC Petronas!

Reigning MX2 World Champion Simon Längenfelder was impressive in clinching a third consecutive Qualifying Race win for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, with Liam Everts equalling his best Saturday result of the year in second for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing.  After a less than perfect start, new red plate holder Guillem Farres fought through patiently to take third for the Triumph Racing Factory Team.

With a full day of racing ahead before the GP races hit the track tomorrow, the riders know that the longer Sunday races will be a tough test around the Loket circuit for round 13 of the FIM Motocross World Championships!

Head Photo: Jeffrey Herlings; Top Photo: MXGP Start Loket 2026

Fresh from his big points-gaining weekend in the UK, Jeffrey Herlings hit the top of the time sheets in Free Practice, over a second faster than Romain Febvre in second, while Kay de Wolf returned to the series with a nice third for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing.

In Time Practice, it was Herlings again who showed his enjoyment of the circuit, although the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP machine of Tim Gajser pushed himself into second ahead of Febvre, with two-thirds of a second covering the top three. Many eyes were on series leader Lucas Coenen after his troubles at Foxhills, and he looked a little off-colour with a crash on his way to 12th in the session.

Tom Vialle just out-dragged Coenen and Herlings into turn one of the Qualifying Race itself, while two first-corner entanglements caught out many riders, including TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team’s Slovenian Jan Pancar and the Dirt Store Triumph of Ben Watson.

In the second corner, Herlings pulled a hard pass on Coenen to claim second place, while Febvre was duelling with Gajser and the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing machine of Andrea Adamo.  Adamo came out on top to run fourth, but was soon able to pass the red plate holder for third place, leaping up the inside on the jump behind Pit Lane.  Isak Gifting had also started well for JK Racing Yamaha, in seventh initially ahead of De Wolf, the third Honda HRC Petronas of Ruben Fernandez, and new Venrooy KTM Racing recruit Jeremy Seewer.

Gifting, still racing his way back into fitness in his second GP back from injury, was to drop down the order to an eventual 14th but Herlings put in a typical darting pass to take the lead from Vialle with an inside line, and no-one was able to follow him from there.  However, Coenen was clearly not able to hold his usual pace, and slipped down the order to eventually retire on lap six.  It is unclear if he will be able to take the start tomorrow.

Febvre was able to march gradually forward, passing Adamo for third and then Vialle for second in successive laps, but “The Bullet” had already made a good gap up front. Adamo began a race-long pursuit of Vialle, although De Wolf was looking good behind, attacking for fifth at half-distance!  He was suddenly caught unawares as the Italian made a mistake, leaving the Dutchman with nowhere to go, and the collision put the Husqvarna on the ground.  Gajser and Seewer slipped past, the Swiss rider missing the stricken bike’s rear fender by millimetres on the way through!

Further back, after a crash at the bottom of the biggest downhill on the track, Fernandez was able to fight back past the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP bike of Maxime Renaux to take ninth with two laps to go. Jago Geerts put in his first Qualifying points-scoring ride for MRT Racing Team Beta in eighth position, while De Wolf recovered to take seventh.

Seewer also held fast to score his first Saturday points of the season in sixth place behind Gajser. Adamo chased Vialle across the line, finishing less than a second behind the Frenchman but unable to make the pass!

Herlings was unchallenged to take the 74th Qualifying Race win of his career, leaving him just one point behind Lucas Coenen in the Championship standings! Will the Belgian even be able to defend his red plate tomorrow? That remains a massive question mark, but even without him, tomorrow will not be a simple walk in the park for anybody!

Jeffrey Herlings: “It’s coming close, but there’s still so much racing to do. If you’d gone back few rounds, nobody would have believed this scenario, so it could also go the other way around. And once again, it hurts me seeing Lucas [Coenen] pull out again. I feel for him, but we’ve closed back from 68 points to one point. There’s still six and a half rounds to go, so we keep doing our best. I want to give it up to Honda HRC Petronas for the great job they’ve been doing, working every single day for me, and to Team Gariboldi and all my private sponsors, thank you so much. We keep charging, and hopefully we can put it on the box.”

Romain Febvre: “This track suits me well, but definitely I didn’t feel comfortable straight away in the morning. Like you said, I can ride that track easily, let’s say, but the feeling with the bike just isn’t there. So I’m quite happy with P2. I started quite far back and came through, so hopefully with a better start tomorrow I can fight at the front.”

Tom Vialle: “It was another okay race. Great start, then a small mistake in the opening laps, so I lost a little bit of ground. But Saturday is always tough, especially this track, it’s really slippery. Hopefully tomorrow I can have a little bit better feeling to keep up with those two guys in front.”

    
1. Romain Febvre; 2. Tom Vialle

MXGP - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, Honda), 24:10.142; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:18.080; 3. Tom Vialle (FRA, Honda), +0:21.392; 4. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:22.195; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, Yamaha), +0:26.195; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KTM), +0:32.014; 7. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:33.664; 8. Jago Geerts (BEL, Beta), +0:41.606; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:45.220; 10. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:47.432

MXGP - World Championship Classification:  1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 566 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 565 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 503 p.; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 458 p.; 5. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 393 p.; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 382 p.; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 380 p.; 8. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 325 p.; 9. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 277 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 273 p.

Simon Längenfelder

Triumph Factory Racing Team rider Camden McLellan set the top time in Free Practice, with Liam Everts revelling in the slick conditions in second, ahead of the second factory Triumph of Guillem Farres in third.

With Farres admitting that the Triumph riders were working together, the Spaniard took the top spot in Time Practice ahead of his teammate McLellan, with Everts third this time, half a second back. Defending World Champion Simon Längenfelder took fourth ahead of Janis Reisulis for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2.

Former red plate holder Sacha Coenen, still nursing a recently repaired collarbone, gave himself the best chance of a good result with a trademark Holeshot for Red Bull KTM Factory, but the crowd roared as home hero Julius Mikula led momentarily for Osička Racing KTM! A slight bobble in the second corner handed the lead back to the Belgian, who proceeded to pull away while Mikula fended off the attentions of Janis Reisulis! Meanwhile the Triumph riders did not get away well, with McLellan eighth and Farres back in 13th through the first timing beam. Maxime Grau came to grief with a crash that put him out of the race for Maddi Racing Honda ABF Italia.

Honda HRC Petronas rider Valerio Lata was fifth at the end of the first full lap, behind Längenfelder, while McLellan was able to fight into sixth ahead of the Venrooy KTM of Noel Zanocz, Everts, the Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki of Kay Karssemakers, and the second Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 rider of Karlis Reisulis, with Farres in 11th!

Mikula was unable to hold back the pressure from Janis Reisulis, who took second on lap two, and Längenfelder swiftly followed him through. The German put in several fast laps to move around the outside of Reisulis, then close in the four-second gap to Coenen out front! With a pass on the run through the waves, the Champ was in control from lap seven onwards! 

Sacha then made a mistake at the end of Pit Lane, allowing both Reisulis and McLellan past him, and the South African was able to work out a move past the Latvian for second a lap later. Coenen made another mistake on the following lap, on the same piece of track, and both Everts and Farres quickly took advantage to put the teenage Belgian back to sixth place.

On lap ten, McLellan dropped the bike on braking from a downhill stretch, allowing Everts and Farres, who had put a hard move on Janis Reisulis, to move into second and third.  Further back, Karlis Reisulis put a pass on Zanocz for ninth with two laps to go, but it was still a nice comeback for the Hungarian. Mikula survived a late crash as he avoided a sliding Coenen, and would finish in eighth place behind Lata.

Coenen was able to salvage sixth as the pain took its toll, while Janis Reisulis was disappointed with fifth. McLellan’s fourth saw him drop back a little further in the Championship from the victorious Längenfelder, while Everts matched his season best with second.

Farres’ comeback from a bad start, with some seriously authoritative passes, brought him to third place and raised his points advantage to 14 ahead of Sacha Coenen.  With a good start, he could be the one to beat tomorrow, but the reigning Champion might have something to say about that!

Join us tomorrow for what promises to be an exhilarating MXGP of Czech Republic! Do not be missing this one!

Simon Längenfelder: “What a tricky track. It’s so slippery and there are quite a few kickers out there, so you really have to stay focused on every lap. I didn’t get the best start, but I found some good lines and fought my way to the front. I’m really happy with this one”

     
1. Liam Everts; 2. Guillem Farres

MX2 - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 24:38.587; 2. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:02.278; 3. Guillem Farres (ESP, Triumph), +0:07.360; 4. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:08.881; 5. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:15.698; 6. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:18.871; 7. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +0:20.126; 8. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), +0:22.560; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:23.465; 10. Noel Zanocz (HUN, KTM), +0:25.292

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 571 points; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 557 p.; 3. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 531 p.; 4. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 508 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 486 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 440 p.; 7. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 352 p.; 8. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 338 p.; 9. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 311 p.; 10. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), 256 p.

All the photos from the MXGP of Czech Republic will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

SUNDAY:
08:40 EMX2T Race 2, 09:55 EMX65 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX85 Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

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Five-time world motocross champion, Tim Gajser first appeared at the Loket circuit in 2013, so 13 years ago and that first trip didn’t go well, with a 20th place overall in the MX2 class. A sixth place finish a year later was a big improvement, but a 10th in 2015 proved that this circuit wasn’t ever going to be one of his favourites.

In his first year in MXGP, he came home second in 2016, before finishing with 3-3-2 in 2017, 2018 and 2019, showing that he was at least consistent, while not setting the world on fire. He would have to wait until 2021 (as injury kept him out in 2020), before he would again visit Loket, with a sixth place overall.

In 2022 he scored another podium with third overall, came home seventh in 2023, before finally scoring a victory in 2024. It was a great moment, as the Czech GP has always been a circuit where his fans came to celebrate his podiums and finally a GP win.

“It was amazing to finally get a win in Loket,” Gajser said after his victory. “I’ve had some good moments here but never been able to take the victory, so this is just a great feeling. I didn’t have the best first moto, but we worked together as a team to improve things for race two and I immediately felt a lot better. I got a good start, put pressure on the leader and then made a move midway through and controlled the rest of the race. A big thank you to the Slovenian fans who create such an awesome atmosphere and who support me around the whole track. I’m glad I could finally repay them here in Loket.”

While the 2026 season hasn’t been close to his best, that podium at the famous Foxhills circuit has given him confidence and some knowledge, that his speed is coming and a GP victory could be just around the corner.

“It's good to be back on the podium,” Gajser said. “Saturday was a difficult day, but Sunday, I felt much better right from the start. My speed was there all day, and I was able to stay close to the front and put Jeffrey Herlings under pressure. In the first moto, I got a good start and finished second. The second moto was quite similar. I got another good start in second and was pushing hard while trying to stay close to Jeffrey, but I made a small mistake and lost a bit of ground. Even so, it was a positive day, and it's great to be back on the podium. We'll keep working and aim to be even stronger at the next round.”

Gajser could have had major issues when he had trouble with his tear-offs at Foxhills. While he struggled through with issues to his eye, it became even more severe after the race, as the doctors found it hard to get a piece of plastic out of his eye.

“In the final laps of timed practice, a piece of plastic from one of my tear-offs got into my eye. It was really painful, and it wasn’t easy to get out. They had to numb my eye to remove it. It wasn’t easy to ride like that in the qualifying race, but I managed to finish fifth [despite my crash]. That was okay.”

Now, with the confidence of that podium finish in England and of course, that GP victory around the tough circuit in 2024, many will be looking at the Slovenian to give his fans a reason to again celebrate. We all know the numbers from his home country will be big and let’s hope his performance matches their support.

LOKET (Czech Republic) 24th July 2026 – The 2026 MXGP FIM Motocross World Championships holds it 13th round this weekend, and luckily for us we are at one of the most beautiful venues in the calendar as the gothic town of Loket hosts the MXGP of Czech Republic, with both Championships finely balanced at the top!

Lucas Coenen still leads the MXGP World Championships, but Jeffrey Herlings cut into his lead at the last round due to a crash in Qualifying that led to the Belgian being unable to score points all weekend! The gap in both MXGP and MX2 is 11 points, as Guillem Farres takes over the red plate for the factory Triumph team due to his perfect run at the last three GPs, so Sacha Coenen has a fight on his hands as he races through the pain from a collarbone injury!

As is now tradition at the Czech GP, the EMX85 and EMX65 European Motocross Championships have their final round for the young riders who have fought their way here through several qualifying races this summer.  The EMX2t European Motocross Championship also has its single round here for fans of two-stroke machines!

Czech station TV Nova will be onsite for a dedicated LIVE broadcast of the GP racing on Sunday with their own commentary team, as well as with a Remote Feed camera that will bring insight from the start line before the races!

The entire weekend’s races will be broadcast LIVE on MXGP-TV.com, with the Monster Energy MXGP of Great Britain brought to you by Paul Malin, Lisa Leyland, and Ben Rumbold, while Saturday’s Time Practice sessions are also being broadcasted LIVE with Paul and Lisa.

Below you can find a list of all TV channels worldwide that will air LIVE and delayed action, as well as the 26-minute Behind The Gate magazine show featuring the best moments from the races, exclusive interviews and more, will be available on MXGP-TV.com and via our TV magazine partners following the Grand Prix.

All you need to do is log onto www.MXGP-TV.com to check out the action from Czechia, and check who will be taking the chequers!

USA CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 10:00 ET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 15:00 ET – Delayed

BRAZIL

Bandsports

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CENTRAL AMERICA

Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico

FOX ONE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

TUBI

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Tubi México

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

LATIN AMERICA(Except Brazil)

Youtube “Somos FOX”

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

EUROPE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

MAX

Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden.

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

BELGIUM 

PLAY SPORTS 3

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CZECH REPUBLIC 

TV NOVA

NOVA Sport 1

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

ESTONIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

FINLAND

MTV MAX 

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 18:00 Finnish timing  – LIVE

FRANCE

LA CHAINE L’EQUIPE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

Eurosport 2

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

AUTO MOTO TV

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

GREAT BRITAIN

TNT Sports 6

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 GMT  – LIVE

ITALY

RAI Sport

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

LATVIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

LITHUANIA
Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

NETHERLAND

NOS

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

SLOVENIA

Sport TV1

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

SPAIN

TVG2

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Agalega.gal

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

ASIA

Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
 

EUROSPORT ASIA

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CHINA

TikTok China

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

AUSTRALIA

STAN SPORTS

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 22:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 26 July 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 23:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 27 July 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 01:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 27 July 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 02:00 AEDT  – LIVE

All races on VOD

26min Behind-the-Gate Magazine Partners:
 

AMERICA

Latin America             You tube Somos FOX              Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

Mexico                        FOX ONE                                 Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

Central America          FOX Tubi                                  Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

                                    FOX ONE                                 Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

USA                             RACER                                     tba

USA                             CBS Sports Network                tba – Junior program only

EUROPE

Albania                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Austria                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Baltics                          TV3 Sport Open                      Thursday after each MXGP

Belgium                       Play sports                              tba

Bosnia                         GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Croatia                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Finland                        MTV MAX                                Wednesday after each event 18:00                                                               Finnish timing

Hungary                      GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Kosovo                        GP1                                        Thursday after each event at 20:15

Montenegro                GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Northern Macedonia  GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Portugal                      SPORT TV                                Tuesday after the event        

Romania                      Look Sport                               Wednesday after each event

Serbia                          GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Slovenia                      Sport TV                                  Thursday after each event at 20:15  

Turkey             TRT                                          tba

INDIA and Subcontinent (Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives)
 

JIOSTAR                                                                       Wednesday after the event

INDONESIA                  Champions TV

AUSTRALIA

Australia                      Stan Sport                               Wednesday after each event

WORLDWIDE

Worldwide                  YouTube – MXGP TV               16 days after the event.

Worldwide                  Fuel TV                                   

LIVE TIMING – WEEKEND SCHEDULE

SATURDAY – July 25

SUNDAY – July 26

Catch all the racing LIVE on MXGP-TV! 

Saturday’s Time Practice (MXGP/MX2), the Qualifying Races (MXGP/MX2), and Races from all classes will be broadcasted LIVE on MXGP’s streaming service www.MXGP-TV.com, while results throughout the weekend will be available  HERE.

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LOKET (Czech Republic) – 23rd July 2026 – After three unfamiliar venues in the last four rounds, it’s back to a place that everyone knows well as the FIM Motocross World Championships returns to the undulating valleys of the Loketske Serpentiny for the MXGP of Czech Republic this weekend!

The famous circuit, just up the hill from the beautiful gothic town of Loket in the Karlovy Vary region to the west of the country, has hosted 29 MXGP events since it first joined the calendar in 1995.  The legend that is Joel Smets won that day, and did so three more times, to share the GP win record here with his Belgian contemporary Stefan Everts and latter-day legend Antonio Cairoli, who holds the record for most race wins here with ten.

Of the modern-day exponents, both Romain Febvre and Jeffrey Herlings are in a position to join those legends, having taken three GP victories each, while Jago Geerts has won two MX2 events at this iconic circuit.  The Czech hillsides are renowned for throwing up exciting and unpredictable races, so nothing can be discounted this weekend!

By sheer coincidence, both Championships have emerged from the furious fun of Foxhills with exactly the same points gap at the top – just 11 points separate the leaders from their pursuers in each series!

Lucas Coenen still holds the red plate in MXGP for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, but after a crash in the Qualifying Race in the UK, he was unable to finish either race on Sunday.  His main chaser, five-time World Champion Jeffrey Herlings, took full advantage to claim the GP victory for Honda HRC Petronas, and reduced the gap by 57 points to trail the Belgian by that 11-point margin.  Reigning Champion Romain Febvre is another 59 behind, in third place for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP. Coenen won overall for the first time here last year, but there are still question marks over his fitness and his two chasers both know Loket extremely well.

Spaniard Guillem Farres has had an incredible run of three straight GP victories, going unbeaten in the Sunday GP races over the same period, and now wears the red plate for the first time in his career on his Triumph Racing Factory Team machine! Sacha Coenen battled through the pain of a recently-repaired collarbone at Foxhills, but is now 11 points behind Farres.  His fellow Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pilot Simon Längenfelder has scored podium results in the last two rounds, and heads to Loket as the only rider in the MX2 field to have won a GP there!

As has been the case for the last few seasons at Loket, the weekend’s action will see three EMX Champions crowned over a hectic schedule! 

The EMX2T European Championship will hold its solitary round for lovers of the premix machines, and the MRT Racing Team Beta squad have put both of their EMX250 regulars, Brando Rispoli and Alexis Fueri, into the fray, although Latvian flier Jekabs Kubulins could be a threat for JK Racing Yamaha. They will all have to contend with reigning EMX2t Champion and local Czech hero Vaclav Kovar on his SD Install KTM by VK101!

The youth classes of EMX85 and EMX65 will also be competing in the finals for their Championships after reaching this event through regional qualifying events. Germany’s Luca Nierychlo won his EMX85 regional qualifier but got hurt at the World Junior Championships, so the semi-final in Estonia was headed by the Latvian twins Martins and Patriks Cirulis, with Brit Harry Dale in third. The top three from Bulgaria were all French, with Tim Lopes taking the trophy from Mathys Agullo and Liam Morette!

The Estonian Semi-Finals in EMX65 were won by British rider Jack Waters on his JL Cox Motorsport KTM, ahead of Filip Juszczyk from Poland and Bruno Geitus from Latvia. The other Semi-Final at the old GP track of Sevlievo in Bulgaria was won by Italian Daniel Corda ahead of Spaniard Alonso Tribaldos Molina and Bulgarian Georgi Iliev.

The weekend will be full of thrills and spills for riders old and young at Loket this weekend!

Jeffrey Herlings

The biggest question in MXGP is whether or not Lucas Coenen will be able to line up, after last being seen limping off circuit at Foxhills. The Belgian won this GP last year and also scored an MX2 podium here in 2024. We keep our fingers crossed that the teenager can defend his series lead.

Jeffrey Herlings has missed an amazing eight GPs at Loket through injury, but still won three of the seven he has actually been able to enter! His last victory here was in 2018, so he will certainly be after equalling that record of four Loket wins this weekend. However, Romain Febvre, without a GP win with the number one plate, and at the only track where he has won more than twice, will be a strong contender as he looks to end his final year with Kawasaki in a strong fashion.  The Frenchman took his first ever Qualifying Race win here back in 2014, when in the MX2 class.

Tim Gajser ended a six-GP podium drought in England, and sits fourth for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP. He won his last GP at Loket in 2024, his first success here after five previous podium appearances. The Slovenian pulled away last weekend from his teammate Maxime Renaux, who is still fifth in the series, and the Frenchman won a race here in 2022 but only has a best of second overall around the Serpentiny!

Honda HRC Petronas rider Ruben Fernandez took his first Qualifying Race win of the year at Foxhills, which helped him jump up to sixth in the series. He has only raced at Loket four times, with a best of fourth overall last season. Andrea Adamo is three points behind the Spaniard, and has had rough times at Loket, but he won his first ever GP race and Qualifying Race here in 2023. How will the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing ace fare in his Czech MXGP debut?

Tom Vialle appears to be building his speed back up, although crashes plagued the Honda HRC Petronas man in England, and he is eighth in the series as he returns to Loket, where he had a best of fifth overall in his second MX2 title year of 2022.

The whole Paddock will be happy to see the return of Kay de Wolf this weekend, as the Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing pilot has been absent since getting hurt at the MXGP of Italy, and the 2024 MX2 Czech GP winner is tied on points with Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Pauls Jonass for ninth in the series, although the Latvian sustained a concussion in England and won’t be at Loket. We wish him a speedy return, as Calvin Vlaanderen needs 29 points to get into the top ten for Red Bull Ducati Factory MX Team, at a circuit where he has taken a race win in each class, earlier in his career.

Previous Loket GP winners Jeremy Seewer and Jago Geerts enjoyed season-high races at Foxhills, so look to be moving into some form.  The Belgian, who won here in MX2 in 2022 and ’23, finally got his MRT Racing Team Beta into the top ten in race two last week, while the Swiss rider, the Czech MXGP winner in 2022, made a good return to action for Venrooy KTM Racing with sixth overall.

The 450s are always a handful on the slick hardpack of the Czech hillsides, and this promises to be another awesome GP as the season hits round thirteen – surely someone will get lucky!

MXGP - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 566 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 555 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 494 p.; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 452 p.; 5. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 392 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 378 p.; 7. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 375 p.; 8. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 317 p.; 9. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 273 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 273 p.;

     
1. Tim Gajser; 2. Romain Febvre

MX2 Start Loket 2025

Guillem Farres has been immaculate over the last three GPs, bringing his Sunday race win tally to 11 for the year, although he has only once won the Qualifying Race, that one coming in Portugal.  His sole GP at Loket, last year, only yielded a sixth-place finish, but his factory Triumph will proudly display the red plate for the first time this weekend and he will want to do it proud as the fourth rider to wear it in MX2 this season!

Sacha Coenen will have been in physiotherapy sessions all week long in order to recover from the battering he gave his damaged right collarbone in England, but the tough little Belgian is a fighter and will be after his first podium result in Czechia after narrowly missing the third step last year.

Simon Längenfelder has recovered some form, including the last two Qualifying Race wins, but still lies 42 points off the lead, and 31 away from Sacha.  The German, who enjoys the shortest journey of the season from his home town this weekend, won at Loket last year to extend his podium streak here to four in a row, and he will need every last drop of speed to bring Farres’ winning streak to an end!

The second Triumph Racing Factory Team rider Camden McLellan won the EMX85 final here in 2018, ahead of Kay de Wolf and Liam Everts, but the South African has had minimal success here since, with a best of fifth overall in 2023.  With 62 points to make up on his teammate, his title chances need a turnaround to become realistic again.

Everts is another one who has yet to climb the podium in Czechia, but the Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing seems to be battling through his early season injuries to be a top three contender again, and fifth in the series seems to be a dead cert. Next along is the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 rookie Janis Reisulis, who has only raced once at Loket, in the 2018 EMX65 final! He was seventh that day, but is certainly a podium contender now.  

Mathis Valin was not able to return to racing at Foxhills, and is still questionable for Kawasaki Racing Team MX2 at the track where he took his first career podium and Qualifying Race win last season. Karlis Reisulis is only 16 points behind him for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2, and looking to improve on his best of eighth in the Czech Republic. Honda HRC Petronas’ young Italian Valerio Lata took a fine second to Valin last year’s Qualifying Race, but struggled to tenth on GP day, and is still ninth in this year’s standings.  

The most loudly-supported rider of the whole weekend will certainly be Julius Mikula, who scored another top five overall in the UK to move into the Championship top ten as the highest privateer for Osička Racing KTM!  The first Czech challenger for many years will receive great support, and his seventh in Qualifying last season was his best up to that point, although he has raised his standards since.  The young Czech will be dreaming of a podium, and may well have the speed to get himself there!

The MXGP of Czech Republic is one of the most picturesque venues on the entire calendar, but the beauty masks the brutality of the fast and undulating hardpack Czech dirt! Come and join us for this jewel in the crown of MXGP as two tense Championships head towards the final quarter of the season!

MX2 - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 563 points; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 552 p.; 3. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 521 p.; 4. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 501 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 477 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 434 p.; 7. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 352 p.; 8. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 336 p.; 9. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 307 p.; 10. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), 253 p.

    
1. Julius Mikula; 2. Guillem Farres

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You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

SATURDAY:
07:00 EMX2T Group 1 Free Practice, 07:25 EMX2T Group 2 Free Practice, 07:50 EMX65 Free Practice, 08:15 EMX85 Free Practice, 08:45 EMX2T Group 1 Qualifying Practice, 09:20 EMX2T Group 2 Qualifying Practice, 09:55 EMX65 Qualifying Practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 12:05 EMX85 Qualifying Practice, 13:00 EMX2T Race 1, 13:45 MX2 Time Practice, 14:20 MXGP Time Practice, 15:15 EMX65 Race 1, 15:50 EMX85 Race 1, 16:35 MX2 Qualifying Race, 17:25 MXGP Qualifying Race.

SUNDAY:
08:40 EMX2T Race 2, 09:55 EMX65 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX85 Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

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The reigning MXGP World Champion will ride the Ducati Desmo450 MX for the next two seasons, continuing his incredible career.

Ducati Corse Off-Road is pleased to announce that Romain Febvre will ride for the Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team for the next two seasons. Born in Épinal (France) on 31^st December 1991, Febvre, who made his debut in the FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship in 2012, before moving up to the premier class in 2015, will compete in the 2027 and 2028 championships in the official Ducati team managed by Louis Vosters.

The 34-year-old champion from France has two MXGP world titles (2015 and 2025) and two second places in 2021 and 2023 to his name, as well as a third place in the MX2 world championship standings in 2014. Febvre has also achieved 26 Grand Prix victories, 97 podiums and four successes at the FIM Motocross of Nations with the French National Team (2015, 2016, 2017, 2023).

After seven seasons of fruitful cooperation, Romain Febvre and the Kawasaki Racing Team will end their association at the culmination of the 2026 season. With an impressive podium tally so far in 2026, Romain and the team are ready to end their collaboration on a high note following the coming rounds of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Since he joined Kawasaki in 2020, Romain has achieved formidable results with a gold medal for winning the MXGP World Championship in 2025 and two Silver medals in 2021 and 2023.
Having won thirteen MXGP rounds and twenty eight motos, he climbed onto the podium for the fifty-fifth time in Kawasaki colours during the recent GP in Great Britain aboard the factory KX450-SR.
 
Kawasaki extends their sincere gratitude to the French rider for his impressive collaboration, one of the longest associations ever between the company and a rider.
 
Romain Febvre: “It’s now time in a few months to part ways with Kawasaki after so many seasons in green, and, of course, a lot of memories, a lot of good results, and a lot of achievements together.
A long part of my career will stay forever with Kawasaki, we have been together during seven years, that’s a lot in a rider’s career. We reached our ultimate goal, which was the world title last year, after fighting for the title in 2021 – my first season with Kawasaki – and 2023.
I always had great people around me since I signed with Kawasaki. We developed a new bike in 2023 and just missed the title for a few points. Unfortunately in 2024 I sustained an injury but we finally got the title.
This year we fight again for podiums, of course the goal is to win again a GP against strong opponents but we are here and my motivation is always the same, to race for the best!
I want to thank everyone who worked with me since day one, the former KRT team of Thierry Chizat Suzzoni and the new KRT team with Antti Pyrhonen, and of course Japan who trusted me and always welcomed me with a positive attitude.
Next year I will open another chapter of my career, I will enter another challenge, and that’s what I need at my age to perform. But the season is not finished, and until the last race I will of course give my best”
 
Antti Pyrhonen (KRT Team Manager): “It has been a great privilege to work alongside one of the most successful riders of last decade. A huge commitment from Romain, from Kawasaki and from all the KRT team, which finally culminated in the MXGP World Title.
Romain, Thank YOU for these years and for your unyielding mentality, memories and achievements which will last forever. Let’s go for it until the end – everything is possible.
Merci, Antti “
 
Steve Guttridge (KME Race Planning Manager): "Romain has been an inspiration inside our Kawasaki Racing Team organisation. Season after season - always putting in 100% effort into his job which ultimately was to fight for the MXGP World Championship with Kawasaki.
He achieved the ultimate glory last season for which all at Kawasaki and our loyal Team Green fans will be eternally grateful for.
We would like to sincerely wish Romain the very best for his next step in his career and know well that his full KRT focus is to wholeheartedly fight to defend the title as Champion in MXGP again with Kawasaki this season!”

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 22nd July 2026 – The 13th round of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championship heads to one of the sport's most iconic venues as the MXGP of Czech Republic returns to the legendary Loket circuit on 25-26 July. Following an exciting weekend at the Monster Energy MXGP of Great Britain, the championship now arrives in the heart of Europe for another spectacular event, bringing together an impressive 244 riders across five championship classes.

The historic Loket circuit, nestled among the forests of western Czech Republic, has long been regarded as one of the crown jewels of the FIM Motocross World Championship calendar. Its natural hillside layout, demanding terrain and passionate fans have created countless memorable moments over the years, making it a favourite destination for both riders and spectators alike.

While the world's best riders will once again battle for crucial championship points in the premier MXGP and MX2 classes, the weekend will also welcome the stars of tomorrow with three European Championship categories joining the programme. Riders competing in EMX65, EMX85 and EMX2T will all line up in Loket, showcasing the depth of motocross talent from across Europe. In total, 244 riders feature on the official entry lists for the weekend, underlining the popularity of the Czech venue and the importance of this event within both the World Championship and European Championship calendars. Find All Entry Lists Here.

As the 2026 season enters its decisive stages, every point becomes increasingly valuable in the MXGP and MX2 title races, while the European Championship competitors will be eager to shine on one of motocross' most prestigious circuits.

The title fights have also been reignited. In MXGP, Lucas Coenen's lead over Jeffrey Herlings has been cut to just 11 points after the Honda rider swept both motos in Great Britain, while in MX2, Guillem Farres has taken over the red plate on the back of three consecutive Grand Prix double-race wins and now holds an identical 11-point advantage over his closest challenger Sacha Coenen heading into Loket. With both championships separated by the same razor-thin margin, and Loket marking the first round of the rest of these series, the destiny of two world titles will be shaped over the remainder of the season starting this weekend.

Fans can follow every race live on MXGP-TV this weekend, as the world's fastest riders take on the mythical Loket circuit with both the MXGP and MX2 championships on the line.

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