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Did you miss some of the action from today’s racing in Talavera de la Reina? MXGP-tv is here to save the day! In the videos below are all the highlights from all classes.

MXGP Qualifying race highlights

MX2 Qualifying race highlights

EMX250 Race 1 highlights

EMX300 Race 1 highlights

TALAVERA DE LA REINA (Spain), 10 May 2014 - Thanks to all the loyal fans of MXGP, MXGP’s Facebook page has reached an incredible 150,000 likes!

Since venturing out onto four of the most popular and widely recognized social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube at the start of season 2013, MXGP has been able to interact and build solid relationships with MXGP fans from all over the globe.

Facebook is undoubtedly the mecca of Social Media platforms with over one billion active monthly users. At the start of 2013, MXGP had only 1000 likes on Facebook. After just one month of interaction on Facebook, MXGP content had a reach of over 900,000 viewers on Facebook alone.

After one year of daily communication, up to the minute news and intimate details over what is going on in the world of MXGP, MXGP’s Facebook page had received 130,000 ‘likes’ and had extended its audience to over thirty million viewers. With a monthly reach of over 2,500,000 viewers, 20,000 more fans have given MXGP the thumbs up and ‘liked’ MXGP’s Facebook page since the start of 2014, resulting in yet another momentous milestone for MXGP’s social media platforms.

A substantial 59% of MXGP’s likes derive from people under the age of 24 with a whopping 92% stemming from males. Momentarily Italy leads the way as MXGP’s most engaged nation with 28,227 likes stemming from there, while a country more or less new to MXGP, Brazil, runs a close second as the most progressive nation.

MXGP would like to thank everybody for their on going support. Thanks to all of you, we’ve reached 150,000 likes on Facebook and to celebrate we are giving away two paddock passes to a MXGP round of your choice.

Winners will be announced on 12^th May via MXGP’s Facebook page, so stay tuned and keep your thumbs up for MXGP!

Watch here below the video of MXGP social Media growth and stats.

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TALAVERA DE LA REINA (Spain), 10 May 2014 - While a chilly wind took the edge off the direct sunlight at the last round of MXGP in The Netherlands, there was no masking the sun here in Talavera as the soaring temperatures cooked both the paddock and track ready for today’s qualifying heat races of round seven of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Also taking to the hilly classic style circuit here in Talavera, the European Championships EMX250 and EMX300 battled the heat and each other in contention for the second rounds of their respective series’. CNC KTM’s British rider Steven Clarke took control of the EMX250’s first race ahead of Bud Racing Kawasaki’s duo of Sullivan Jaulin and local hero Jorge Zaragoza.

Meanwhile in the EMX300, GL12 Team’s Lewis Gregory made it a great day in the office for the British European Championship fans, flaunting his true potential after passing red plate holder TM Racing Team’s Samuele Bernardini, who had slid out on lap one, and went on to lead every lap for his first race win of the season. Meanwhile CEC I.S Racing’s Toms Macuks charged hard from outside the top five to catch the leader, but couldn’t get enough traction to make a pass. Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Kenny Vandueren made a solid return from injury to round out the top three while the early leader and red plate holder Bernardini only came home in fifth.

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Twenty-third pick of the gate clearly didn’t phase the red plate holder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli as he had his KTM350SXF pinned around the outside of turn one to go inside on the following turn and run away with the race win.

Meanwhile, behind the seven-times World Champ, the trio of Belgians were at it once again. Initially it was Rockstar Energy Suzuki World’s Clement Desalle to look more at home on the harder surface, but that energy only lasted three quarters of the race before fellow countrymen Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek and Rockstar Energy Suzuki World’s Kevin Strijbos came through to make quick work of him. After blowing by Desalle, Van Horebeek and Strijbos rode extremely close grained to finish narrowly in that order.

With Desalle dropping off the pace, Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev was able to close in. Although the Russian Bobryshev made up a ton of ground, there weren’t enough laps for him to challenge for fourth, meaning he would have to settle for fifth.

MXGP Qualifying Race top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 24:36.272; 2. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:15.857; 3. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:17.419; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:26.272; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:27.837; 6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Honda), +0:32.569; 7. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:34.814; 8. Rui Goncalves (POR, Yamaha), +0:36.162; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:38.883; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, Honda), +0:39.955.

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Fast becoming one of the best qualifying race racers, Standing Construct KTM’s Valentin Guillod fended off the challenge from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jordi Tixier and Yamaha Factory Racing Christophe Charlier for the entire twenty minutes plus two laps to take his second qualifying heat victory of the season. Meanwhile behind the Swiss Guillod, two of France’s finest, Charlier, who has just returned from an injury which occurred at MXGP round two in Thailand, and Tixier were going head to head for second. Despite putting in a very impressive ride given the circumstances, Charlier couldn’t hold off the wrath of his fellow countryman Tixier and dropped back to third in the final leg of the race.

Fiercely chasing the top three, Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre hunted down and passed the fan favorite KTM Silver Actions Jose Butrón who was forced back to settle for fifth while Febvre took home a hard fought fourth.

Struggling to attack the surface with the same intensity as he did on his home soil in Valkenswaard, KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings bit the dust a couple of times which dropped him well outside of the top 20. Nonetheless the Dutch youngster kept on grinding to come home in sixteenth.

MX2 Qualifying Race top ten: 1. Valentin Guillod (SUI, KTM), 24:57.007; 2. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:04.233; 3. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +0:07.150; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:13.946; 5. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +0:15.984; 6. Julien Lieber (BEL, Suzuki), +0:18.463; 7. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:19.462; 8. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:22.305; 9. Petar Petrov (BUL, Yamaha), +0:27.367; 10. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:34.229.

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All the photos of the MXGP of Spain will be available here

MXGP will be available across the board in high definition, and is also globally available to view live and in HD on www.MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks, viewing times can be viewed by clicking on the logo of your chosen broadcasting network.

MXGP SPAIN – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1620

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 30°

Weather conditions: sunny

TIMETABLE

SUNDAY: EMX300 Warm-up 08:40; EMX250 Warm-up 08:55; MX2 Warm-up 09:15; MXGP Warm-up 09:40; EMX300 Race 2 10:10; EMX250 Race 2 11:10; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

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Shigehiko Kiyama San, Managing Executive Officer and President of Kawasaki Motorcycle Division, honoured the FIM World Motocross GP Championship series with his personal attendance at the Dutch MXGP.

Mister Kiyama, involved in the sport for several years in the USA, attended the Dutch MXGP at Valkenswaard during a visit to a number of leading European Kawasaki dealers and branch offices.
 
Together with Mr Ondo (Motorsport Manager, Kawasaki Heavy Insdustries), Mr Tanaka (Director, Kawasaki Motors Europe), Mr Kawakami (Managing Director Kawasaki Motors Europe) and Steve Guttridge (Racing Manager, Kawasaki Motors Europe), Mister Kiyama met the team staff of the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team and Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy as well as their riders. The group enjoyed Gautier Paulin's MXGP moto win, Arnaud Tonus' performance in the MX2 class as well as the overall victory of Meghan Rutledge and the moto victory of Livia Lancelot in the Women's World Championship.
 
“This was a very good opportunity for me to visit the MX GP, as it’s actually a kind of holiday in Japan at the moment so I could plan the trip trip to coincide with a visit to some of our European dealers and some of our European staff“, said Mr Kiyama.
 
“I’m happy to have met our Motocross GP riders as well as the team staff; they have done a great job so far this season in all classes with several GP wins. Kawasaki is a performance company, and of course we try to be a safe and very good energy saving unit too, but we show the power in performance, so Motocross and Supercross bikes are our typical models to show the Kawasaki performance advantage.
 
"It was nice to meet the riders as I didn’t previously know so well the Kawasaki riders in Europe; when I was working in the US I knew our factory riders in Motocross, Supercross, Jet Ski, Supersport and Superbike.
 
"We worked together with Ryan Villopoto, James Stewart and other riders; this was my first opportunity to meet our GP riders, and it’s a very nice starting point for me.
 
"Every week we are watching the results of our riders in Supersport, Superbike and Motocross, and of course as a company we would like to have one round of the Motocross World Championship back in Japan; everyone knows that our country has had some challenges, but right now the market is going better again so let’s hope that MXGP will come back soon to Japan.”

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Welcome to Talavera de la Reina, Spain!

Take a look around with MXGP-TV host Amy Dargan and catch up with the local hero KTM Silver Action's José Butrón as he talks about lining up for his first home Grand Prix in two years, in the videos below.

Welcome to Talavera de la Reina

Pit Chat with KTM Silver Action's José Butrón

TALAVERA DE LA REINA (Spain), 08 May 2014 – The 2014 FIM Motocross World Championship will receive live and delayed coverage worldwide via prominent TV networks Eurosport, CBS Sports Network, FOX sports, Mediaset, BEIN Sport, BNT, Bandsports and MotorsTV.

This weekend a local broadcasting network from Spain will be in attendance with their own TV crew to provide their viewers with exclusive footage and coverage of MXGP.

The seventh round of the 2014 FIM Motocross World Championship in Talavera de la Reina, Spain, will be broadcasted in the UK and Europe on Eurosport2 and MotorsTV. BEIN sport will cover parts of Europe as well as The Middle East, North Africa and South Africa while FOX Sports will cover Asia and Australia while Mediaset will screen the final race of both MX2 and MXGP LIVE in Italy from 16:00 – 18:00 (CET) on Italia2. CBS Sports Network will cover the United States and Canada screening the second races of both MXGP and MX2 starting at 6pm (EST) and 3pm (PST).

MXGP-TV’s 26mn Magazine features rider interviews with MXGP-TV host Amy Dargan, all the best moments of the weekend both on the track and off, highlights from racing in MXGP and MX2 as well as the GoPro on-board lap of the track at each and every round of the FIM Motocross World Championship. Following each round of MXGP, the 26mn Magazine will be broadcasted every Tuesday night at 21:30 (CET) on Eurosport.

MXGP will be available across the board in high definition, and is also globally available to view live and in HD on www.MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks, viewing times can be viewed by clicking on the logo of your chosen broadcasting network.

Italia 2

Race 2 MX2 (LIVE)                                                16:00 (CET)          

Race 2 MXGP (LIVE)                                             17:00 (CET)                      

CBS Sports Network

Premiere on Sunday 11 May 

Race 2 MX2                                                           7.00pm (EST) / 4.00pm (PST)  

Race 2 MXGP                                                        6.00pm (EST) / 3.00pm (PST)            

Eurosport 2 

MXGP RACES (LIVE)                                             14:00 – 17:00 (CET)

Tuesday 13 May:

26mn Magazine                                                       21:30 (CET)          

TIMETABLE

SATURDAY: EMX300 Free/Timed Practice 08:25; EMX250 Group 1 Free/Timed Practice 08:50; EMX250 Group 2 Free/Timed Practice 09:30; MX2 Free Practice 10:15; MXGP Free Practice 10:45; EMX250 Last chance qualifying race 11:50; MX2 Time practice 14:00; MXGP Time practice 14:35; EMX300 Race 1 15:20; MX2 Qualifying race 16:10; MXGP Qualifying race 17:00; EMX125 Race 1 17:40.

SUNDAY: EMX300 Warm-up 08:40; EMX250 Warm-up 08:55; MX2 Warm-up 09:15; MXGP Warm-up 09:40; EMX300 Race 2 10:10; EMX250 Race 2 11:00; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

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Back in his native South of France after his crash during the GP of the Netherlands, Gautier Paulin underwent successful surgery and will now start his re-education before coming back racing.

Suffering a broken collarbone after his crash at the beginning of the second heat last Sunday in Valkenswaard, the Monster Kawasaki Racing Team rider also suffers from a broken thumb when another rider hit him while he was still on the ground. Visiting several French specialists in order to take the best decision, Gautier Paulin underwent surgery and has now to rest for several days before he could train again. There’s no plan yet for his racing come back, as confirmed team manager François Lemariey. “ We never put any pressure on our injured riders to be back racing as soon as possible, and Gautier will be back when he will feel ready. For sure it’s hard for him and for us to accept the current situation, as he proved with four heats wins that he was a serious contender for the World title. We will continue to work hard, as always, so Gautier will have the best material when he will be back. Steven Frossard who now recovered from his crash in Italy, and did a strong performance in the Netherlands, will be our single representative this weekend in Spain.”

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 7 May 2014 - After a two-year hiatus, Spain is back on the FIM Motocross World Championship calendar and is all set to host MXGP’s round seven at the classic style circuit of Talavera de la Reina. Embodying a mixed soil base of hard clay and soft sand, loads of elevation and beautifully sculpted jumps, the circuit of Talavera de la Reina is one of only three circuits this year to of not hosted a round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in the last decade. This weekend no rider will have a mental edge with no-one in either MXGP or MX2 to have had previous FIM Motocross World Championship experience on this circuit, meaning the doors for podium performance predictions are left wide open.

Also joining MXGP at the track of Talavera de la Reina, which is located approximately 130 kilometers southwest of Spain’s capital Madrid, the European Championships EMX250 and EMX300 will line up for their second rounds of the season. It will be a particularly special day for the EMX250’s round one winner Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Spaniard Jorge Zaragoza as he lines up to prove to his nation he is their future in MX2 and MXGP racing.

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With each round of MXGP, FIM Motocross World title number eight inches closer and closer for the reigning champ Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli. Although he is not quite as dominant as his MX2 teammate Jeffrey Herlings, he is definitely the easy bet in MXGP with only Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek showing the same kind of consistency.

Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek is easily the most improved rider in MXGP this year. After six from six top five finishes, five of which were podium finishes, the young Belgian has now engraved his name at the top of the list as Cairoli’s biggest title threat.

After getting off to somewhat of a slow start to the year, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World’s Kevin Strijbos looks to be picking up steam. The FIM Motocross World Championship veteran has finished the last three rounds of MXGP with two podiums and one top five placing, confirming he’s a man on a mission.

For the last four years Rockstar Energy Suzuki World’s Clement Desalle has walked away ranked two times second and two times third in the world. Although he has been touted in the pre-season as the likeliest threat to Cairoli, it seems he has not quite found his mojo for season 2014 as more often than not he is seen lingering in the shadows of the front runners. Despite his momentary lack of wow factor, the 2013 vice world champion remains as one of only three MXGP victors this year.

Meanwhile J-Race Racing’s Joel Roelents pulled a rabbit out of the hat last weekend in Valkenswaard to come away with his first top five in the premier MXGP class. This weekend the young Honda rider will be on a mission to prove last weekend was no fluke and he has in fact got the goods to be an easy top ten placer.

Although nothing is official yet, it is unlikely Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Gautier Paulin will line up this weekend after sustaining a broken collarbone and thumb after his hard crash in Valkenswaard.

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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings has ridden half of this season without the red plate and seems to posses a much more humble attitude this year. Despite the new modest approach, the Dutch teen-ager hung his insane sand riding skills out for the whole world to see last weekend in Valkenswaard when he set the fastest lap time of the weekend, an astonishing 3 seconds faster than the fastest rider in MXGP, Antonio Cairoli. This weekend the MX2 class will look a little more ‘normal’ with the red plate to have returned to Herlings’ number 84 KTM machine.

Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre had very much a bittersweet experience in Valkenswaard when he was passed in both races on the home stretch. Nonetheless, the Frenchman is confident he is moving 100% in the right direction and expects big things for the remainder of the season.

It has been a scruffy start to the year for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jordi Tixier but it seems he’s finally starting to turn things around. The young Frenchman has now nailed two consecutive podiums and is clearly determined to keep this momentum going this weekend in Spain.

If Standing Construct KTM’s Valentin Guillod’s moments of brilliance are anything to go by, it’s only a matter of time before the Swiss sensation lands his first ever MX2 podium.

While CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy’s stylish Swiss Arnaud Tonus didn’t really expect to beat Jeffrey Herlings in the sand last weekend, on a difference surface he has proved he can definitely run the pace and is more than capable of winning. It wouldn’t be too crazy to predict Tonus to be hot on the heels of Herlings this weekend, keeping his chance of a MX2 championship title alive.

As MXGP hits the homeland of 2013’s MX2 bronze medalist and the classes hottest starter KTM Silver Actions Jose Butrón, it definitely raises the curiosity factor as to how the Spaniard is going to perform.

All the photos of the MXGP of Spain will be available here

TIMETABLE

SATURDAY: EMX300 Free/Timed Practice 08:25; EMX250 Group 1 Free/Timed Practice 08:50; EMX250 Group 2 Free/Timed Practice 09:30; MX2 Free Practice 10:15; MXGP Free Practice 10:45; EMX250 Last chance qualifying race 11:50; MX2 Time practice 14:00; MXGP Time practice 14:35; EMX300 Race 1 15:20; MX2 Qualifying race 16:10; MXGP Qualifying race 17:00; EMX125 Race 1 17:40.

SUNDAY: EMX300 Warm-up 08:40; EMX250 Warm-up 08:55; MX2 Warm-up 09:15; MXGP Warm-up 09:40; EMX300 Race 2 10:10; EMX250 Race 2 11:00; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

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