MX2

RIOLA SARDO (Sardegna, Italy) 11th April 2026 – The contrast could not be higher between the low temperatures and grassy terrain of Switzerland and today’s hot, sunny, and very sandy conditions at Riola Sardo, as the MXGP elite set about the business of Qualifying for the MXGP of Sardegna at the Crossodromo Comunale “Le Dune” circuit!

For the second GP in a row, Honda HRC Petronas’ new signing Jeffrey Herlings took the Qualifying Race win after a stirring brace of passes in the opening laps, although he was pressured all the way by reigning World Champion Romain Febvre, who had to accept second place for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP.  Both men enjoyed their best result on a Saturday at Riola Sardo, while Tim Gajser equalled his best of the year with third for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP.  There were many laps of frantic action going on behind them, however!

In MX2, it was yet another Qualifying Race win for Sacha Coenen, giving him a perfect record on Saturday races for the 2026 season so far! His fellow Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pilot Simon Längenfelder worked solidly forward to second, extending his Championship lead with several passes through the race, while Janis Reisulis scored the best Qualifying Race result of his young career with third for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2!

With cooler, more overcast conditions forecast for tomorrow’s Grand Prix races, the riders will be looking forward to less intense heat, even though the track itself will still be as fast and demanding as ever!

Always a threat in the deep sand, it was good to see Kay de Wolf set fastest time in Free Practice for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing as he continues his recovery from a thumb injury. He was over a second faster than the two five-time World Champions, Jeffrey Herlings and Tim Gajser. 

When it counted for gate pick, however, red plate holder Lucas Coenen fired in a red-hot opening lap to set the standard early in Time Practice for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.  With Herlings falling on a couple of occasions, the Honda man had to settle for third in the end, as Gajser swooped in with a flying final effort to snatch Pole Position by just four thousandths of a second from Coenen! It’s the first time that the Slovenian has set the best time this season, proving that his work with the Yamaha team in Belgium during the week off has paid dividends!

Romain Febvre bolted out the gate to claim the Holeshot in the Qualifying Race, with Herlings trying to blast around the outside, only just held up by his Honda HRC Petronas teammate Tom Vialle, who he then passed at the end of Pit lane with a simple inside out-braking manoeuvre!

On the floor in the first turn, however, were Coenen and De Wolf!  The red plate holder had tucked the front wheel and left the Dutchman nowhere to go, but the duo fought through the pack like a freight train, already into the top fifteen at the end of the first full lap! 

By that time, Herlings had railed around Febvre in that fast right-hander after Pit Lane to take the lead, and set about taking advantage of his Championship rival’s misfortunes with the maximum points haul!

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s class rookie, Andrea Adamo, initially held fourth behind Vialle, with Gajser making some passes to lie in fifth place ahead of Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Pauls Jonass.  Gajser managed to force his way into fourth by the end of lap three.

It only took until lap five for De Wolf and Coenen to get into the top ten, and were blazing a trail through the pack as the Belgian passed his former teammate for eighth on lap seven, and was clearly far from done with his charge.  The following lap saw him demote Jonass and the second Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP rider Maxime Renaux, putting him into sixth place and within striking distance of Adamo!

Febvre momentarily challenged Herlings for the lead, but “The Bullet” was not to be denied. As Gajser closed in on Vialle for third, Coenen eased up to the back wheel of the Italian, and took an inside line through a right-hander to move up to an astonishing fifth.  Surely fourth would be too much to ask? 

Behind them, Alberto Forato put a move on Renaux to claim eighth, with Brent Van Doninck finishing behind the Frenchman to put both Fantic Factory Racing MXGP machines into the Saturday points for the first time this year!  De Wolf’s charge halted at seventh place behind Adamo, but surely the Dutchman could be a challenger with a better start tomorrow.

Coenen, amazingly, was able to snap at the back wheel of Vialle on the final lap, but the Frenchman held him off to keep fourth place.  Herlings, meanwhile, celebrated his 72nd career Qualifying Race win, but his first at Riola, despite suffering a bout of arm-pump mid-race. 

Coenen maintains his title lead over Vialle, now down to six points, while Herlings is now only two down on his teammate.

There can be no doubt that tomorrow will prove to be a massive physical challenge for all concerned, and it promises to create an incredible day of MXGP action!

Jeffrey Herlings: “It was not easy for sure. Romain [Febvre] was riding really good behind me. I mean, he’s got so much experience in the sand, he’s been living in Belgium for a long time, so I’m sure it helps. He was world champion for a reason, so I’m very thankful with this qualifying win. Second in a row, so good to get these 10 points again. But yeah, looking forward to tomorrow’s racing. The track was really gnarly today, so the starts are going to be key tomorrow.”

Romain Febvre: “I think I was quite fast. I had some really good lines, and I could close the gap on Jeffrey [Herlings] many times, but I wasn’t able to make the pass. But I feel really good. Lately we have made some changes on the bike and it works really well in the sand, and now I start to take the holeshot so that’s really good. But yeah, we’ll see tomorrow, it’s another day, but I feel ready, so let’s go.”

Tim Gajser: “Definitely more rough than in time practice, so it was a bit more demanding. I didn’t have the best start, I was again buried in the back in the first couple of corners, it was a big mess. But then when I found my rhythm, I could pick it up and slowly go towards the front, catching the guys ahead. So yeah, really happy with the speed, nothing is missing. Hopefully tomorrow we can have a good start and then good riding as well.”

MXGP - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, Honda), 25:23.299; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:04.323; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Yamaha), +0:08.742; 4. Tom Vialle (FRA, Honda), +0:12.629; 5. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:13.475; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:30.965; 7. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:35.222; 8. Alberto Forato (ITA, Fantic), +0:38.553; 9. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:45.847; 10. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Fantic), +0:47.807

MXGP - World Championship Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 142 points; 2. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 136 p.; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 134 p.; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 124 p.; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 122 p.; 6. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 119 p.; 7. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 89 p.; 8. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 83 p.; 9. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, DUC), 73 p.; 10. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 67 p

    
Main Photo: Jeffrey Herlings
1. Romain Febvre; 2. Tim Gajser

Sacha Coenen

In Free Practice, the pace was initially set by Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 rider Karlis Reisulis, but then Sacha Coenen blazed across the sand to top the timings by over two seconds! Only one rider, even in the MXGP class, went faster all day! Simon Längenfelder lifted himself into second spot, ahead of Karlis and his brother and teammate Janis Reisulis.

In Time Practice though, it was “The Killer” who set a stunning lap on his first real attempt, and that wasn’t beaten through the entire session, as Triumph Racing Factory Team rider Guillem Farres got closest to Janis to take second gate pick behind the Latvian! Coenen had a late run that was looking good, but made a mistake in sector three, leaving the young Belgian in third.

Janis looked to have claimed the Holeshot in the Qualifying Race, but ran slightly wide, allowing Coenen to slip through, as well as the Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing rider Liam Everts, Karlis Reisulis, and Längenfelder!  The Triumph Racing Factory Team pairing of Farres and Camden McLellan held sixth and seventh, the South African struggling with a sore shoulder after his crash in Switzerland. 

It was the Reisulis brothers who made the first big moves. Karlis was on a charge, passing Everts for second over a tabletop jump, while Janis went around the outside of a stumbling Längenfelder at the end of Pit Lane!

The leaders then held station for the first three full laps, but then it all exploded as Janis made moves on both Everts and his brother to take second by the end of lap five, with Längenfelder also able to pass both riders on the next lap to hit third!  Everts also passed Karlis, who then came under pressure from Farres, while Mathis Valin joined the party for Kawasaki Racing Team MX2 with a pass on the visibly below-par McLellan for seventh.

Lap eight saw changes of a different kind, as Farres passed Karlis Reisulis, who fell over the Spaniard’s back wheel, over the handlebars, and out of the race! The Triumph man then had his own crash, bouncing against the bank and dropping to tenth, which is where he finished to claim the final Championship point on offer today.

There was a welcome return to action for the Beddini Racing Ducati Factory MX2 Team rider Ferruccio Zanchi, with a successful debut on the Desmo250 MX in ninth place, behind his former teammate Valerio Lata, eighth for Honda HRC Petronas. Dutchman Kay Karssemakers scored his best ever Qualifying Race finish of seventh on the Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki!

Valin claimed sixth after being re-passed by McLellan, and Janis Reisulis scored his first top three Qualifying result after holding off Everts.

However, it was a 1-2 for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, with Sacha Coenen going four-for-four in Qualifying Races this season, moving up to second in the Championship behind Längenfelder, as the German enjoys a slightly larger points lead of 24, now over the Belgian instead of Farres.

Will Sacha be able to convert that Saturday speed to a great Sunday for the first time this year, or will his rivals catch him out on the shifting sands of Sardegna?

Both classes promise some incredible racing on the tortuously tough sandy surface, which makes this yet another Grand Prix Sunday that any Motocross fan would not want to miss!

Sacha Coenen: “It’s a really sketchy track. You cannot push really hard because then you make a mistake. At first I was not enjoying it at all, I was doing a bit left and right, but then when I found my rhythm… it looked like I was riding like a sighting lap. Under my helmet I was like, just jumping all the whoops. But yeah, I had some fun, I had a bit of arm bump at the end, but it’s good to have another qualifying race win.”

MX2 - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 23:58.610; 2. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:13.234; 3. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:19.178; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:20.069; 5. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:22.353; 6. Mathis Valin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:24.900; 7. Kay Karssemakers (NED, Kawasaki), +0:43.176; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +0:44.081; 9. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Ducati), +0:44.676; 10. Guillem Farres (ESP, Triumph), +0:53.312

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 158 points; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 134 p.; 3. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 128 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 128 p.; 5. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 127 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 113 p.; 7. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 103 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 93 p.; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 88 p.; 10. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KAW), 60 p.

    
1. Simon Längenfelder; 2. Janis Reisulis

All the photos from the MXGP of Sardegna will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

SUNDAY:
09:40 EMX125 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX250 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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Riola Sardo (Sardegna, Italy) 10th April 2026 – The 2026 MXGP FIM Motocross World Championship holds its fourth round on the Mediterranean island of Sardegna, as the deep beach sand of the Crossodromo Comunale “Le Dune” Circuit brings a seriously physical challenge to the MXGP elite, with high temperatures only adding to the contrast between this round and the last one in Switzerland.

Teenage sensation Lucas Coenen continues to lead the Championship in MXGP, but the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing flyer has close company from the Honda HRC Petronas pairing of Tom Vialle and Jeffrey Herlings, who both have two GP victories to their name at Riola!

Reigning MX2 World Champion Simon Längenfelder has won two of the three rounds so far to stand on top of the table for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, but he has yet to finish in the top three in Sardegna, so the chasing Triumph Factory Racing Team duo of Guillem Farres and Camden McLellan will be keen to make ground on the German, with Sacha Coenen looking to extend his perfect record of Qualifying Race wins to advance from third in the standings!

As always, MXGP’s TV partners across the globe will help us bring one of the most breath-taking line-ups in the sport’s history to a television near you, as we bear witness to one of the toughest races of the entire season!

Below you can find a list of TV channels that will air LIVE and delayed action of the MXGP of Sardegna, as well as the 26-minute Behind The Gate magazine show featuring the best moments from the races, exclusive interviews and more.  Saturday’s Time Practice sessions will also be broadcast live as the team of Paul Malin and Lisa Leyland bring all the action to you as always, and all of this footage will be available on MXGP-TV.com and via our TV magazine partners following the Grand Prix.

As always, MXGP fans can follow the races LIVE throughout the weekend. All you need to do is log onto www.MXGP-TV.com Saturday and Sunday, from wherever you are in the world.  Come and join us for the sandy challenge of round four of the mouth-watering 2026 MXGP season!

USA CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 17:30 ET – Delayed

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 18:30 ET – Delayed

BRAZIL

Bandsports

Sunday 12 April 2026 – EMX 250 Race 1 – 15:40 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – EMX 250 Race 2 – 11:25 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CENTRAL AMERICA

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

FOX ONE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

TUBI

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

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Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

LATIN AMERICA(Except Brazil)

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Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Streaming

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Streaming

EUROPE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

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Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 21:45 CET – Delayed

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 22:30 CET – Delayed

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 23:15 CET  – Delayed

BELGIUM 

PLAY SPORTS 3

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

ESTONIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

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Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

FINLAND

MTV MAX 

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 18:00 Finnish timing  – LIVE

FRANCE

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Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

Eurosport 2

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

AUTO MOTO TV

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

GREAT BRITAIN

TNT Sports 9

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

ITALY

RAI Sport

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 00:15 CET – Delayed

Monday 13 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 01:15 CET  – Delayed

RAI PLAY

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

LATVIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

LITHUANIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

NETHERLAND

NOS

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

SLOVENIA

Sport TV1

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

SPAIN

TVG2

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Agalega.gal

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 12 April 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 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

JIOSTAR  - Jio Cinema

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

AUSTRALIA

STAN SPORTS

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 23:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 12 April 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 00:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 13 April 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 02:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 13 April 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 03:00 AEDT  – LIVE

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

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

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USA                             RACER                                     tba

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

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Portugal                      SPORT TV                                Tuesday after the event        

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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.

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Saturday 11th April

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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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MXGP Sardegna

Italy is always an important stop in the world motocross championship. Back in 1957 in the very first year of the FIM Motocross World Championships when Swedish legend Bill Nilsson won at the Imola circuit, a circuit that would hold seven of the first eight 500cc Grand Prix’s.

Many great circuits have been a part of the GP scene, from Gallarate where Torsten Hallman won his first 250 GP in Italy, and would win five times in that country, at various circuits. Of course, Maggiora, which first appeared on the GP scene in 1966 when German legend Paul Friedrichs won a 500cc GP has a huge history, with the legendary 1986 Motocross des Nations, and that events return in 2016, not to mention a long list of Grand Prix’s held at that magnificent circuit on the hillside.

We could go on forever, with circuits like Cingoli, Fermo, Faenza, Montevarchi, and Arco Di Trento have all been written in motocross folk-law and will remain great memories for those lucky enough to visit those old school circuits.

This weekends fourth round of the 2026 MXGP world championship heads to Sardegna and the very tough, Crossodromo Comunale “Le Dune” circuit, a circuit that has celebrated some historical moments in the sports history.

The opening GP at Riola was won by Jeffrey Herlings with a perfect 1-1 result, beating Jorge Prado who scored 2-2 and Romain Febvre with 3-3. In MX2, it was Tom Vialle who won with 1-1, Maxime Renaux was second with 2-3 and third was Kay De Wolf with 4-4 scores.

Who can forget the winner in 2022, when Calvin Vlaanderen, on a privateer machine won with 1-1 results, ahead of Prado 3-3 and Glenn Coldenhoff with 8-2 finishes. Vialle won again with 1-1, ahead of Jago Geerts on 2-2 and Roan Van De Moosdijk 4-3.

Herlings won again in 2023 with 2-2 scores, ahead of Coldenhoff 5-1 and Prado 1-6 results, while in MX2 in 2023, it was Geerts with 2-1, de Wolf 1-2 and Thibault Benistant 4-3. 2024 and Prado on with 1-1, Tim Gajser made his podium debut at Riola with a 2-2 score and Herlings went 3-3 for third overall. In MX2 de Wolf went 2-1, Lucas Coenen was second with 1-2 and third was Camden Mc Lellan with 3-5.

Finally in 2025, Romain Febvre added his name to the winners list in Sardegna, with a 4-1 score, Coldenhoff was second with 2-3 and third was Tim Gajser with 5-2 for third place. In MX2, de Wolf joined Herlings and Vialle as a two-time winner in Sardegna, with a 1-1 performance and second being Mc Lellan with 2-3 and third was Andrea Adamo with 4-2.

Now, we arrived with two very tough championships in MXGP and MX2 and a number of riders capable of taking victory. It is hard to go past Lucas Coenen, who has been sensational in 2026 and takes the red plate to Sardegna, but you can not count out the likes of Herlings, De Wolf, Gajser, Vialle, Febvre or Adamo as possible winners.

Photo credit: KTM

RIOLA SARDO (Sardegna, Italy) 8th April 2026 – The 2026 FIM Motocross World Championships resumes after a weekend off with the annual spring visit to the island of Sardegna, as the Crossodromo Comunale “Le Dune” circuit awaits the MXGP elite for round four of the series! 

There has been no shortage of physical challenges already this season, but the deep sand of RIola Sardo will test even the fittest riders as it shifts every lap, sapping the power of both man and machine in what are usually hot conditions for this time of the year.  The second-largest island in the Mediterannean Sea is on a similar latitude to that of Andalucia, and the climate, when added to the demanding nature of the circuit, always makes this GP a very tough one!

In the previous five MXGP events on this island, hosting a GP every year since 2021, no rider has won here more than twice, but three who have done that line up in MXGP this weekend. Jeffrey Herlings, now with the Honda HRC Petronas squad, won here in 2021 and ‘23, the latter success an emotional one due to him reaching his 100th GP victory.  Kay de Wolf has taken the MX2 victory in each of the last two years for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing, while Herlings’ teammate Tom Vialle took MX2 glory in 2021 & ’22.

Current MXGP red plate holder Lucas Coenen took his first ever MXGP race win here last year for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, but crashed out of the second outing.  With his form in the shallower sands of Almonte, the teenage prodigy has to be a strong favourite this weekend, even though Romain Febvre took the first overall victory of his title-winning season last year for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP. 

Reigning MX2 World Champion Simon Längenfelder took the first Qualifying Race win of his 2025 season here for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing,  but he has yet to finish on the podium at Riola Sardo, despite spending a lot of time here in winter training.  Nobody in the current MX2 line-up has even won a GP race here, so there are many out to change that situation!

The EMX250 European Championship class heads for Sardegna for the first time since 2023, and the sand specialists in the class will be keen to unseat the currently unbeaten Spaniard Francisco Garcia, who has a perfect 100-point total for Venum Bud Racing Kawasaki, with his Australian teammate Jake Cannon already 27 points back in second! Brazilian sensation Bernardo Tiburcio is third for the Yamaha 115 M78 Motorsport team, although he probably hasn’t sampled sand like he’ll find at Riola until now!

It’s a little tighter at the top of the EMX125 European Championship Presented by FMF Racing standings, as Norman KTM Factory Rookies teamster Moritz Ernecker holds just a five-point lead over his teammate and fellow Austrian Ricardo Bauer, who took the win in Switzerland. TMX Compétition KTM rider Liam Bruneau took the second race win at Frauenfeld, and sits third in the series, a point ahead of fellow Frenchman Sleny Goyer for Yamaha Europe Monster Energy MJC. Top Italian Andrea Uccellini will be the crowd favourite as he lies fifth for TM Moto CRD Motorsport.

The contrast between this GP and the previous one at Frauenfeld could not be bigger, as we prepare for a weekend of dancing in the dunes at the MXGP of Sardegna, bringing you the next chapter in the already epic 2026 season!

Main Photo: MXGP Start Sardegna 2025; Top photo: Andrea Adamo

The mixed fortunes of the leading contenders in Switzerland kept things close at the top of the Championship table, as Lucas Coenen recovered from a zero score to win race two, giving him a seven-point advantage over Honda HRC Petronas’ first time MXGP victor Tom Vialle.  While the Belgian has won the first GP race here at each of the previous two events, it’s the Frenchman who has come away with the winner’s trophy at both of his previous visits to Sardegna!  Will he be able to match the pace of Lucas through the dunes?  That’s a question that all of the contenders will be asking themselves!

Jeffrey Herlings’ speed in the sand is legendary, and “The Bullet” will be determined to hack down the 12-point gap to the series leader at the site of his 100th GP victory.  He was fast on return from injury last year despite being way off his best physically, and a fighting fit Herlings is always a threat when the going is soft and heavy.  Jeffrey had a perfect Easter weekend with four race wins out of four across two different national Championships, all in sandy conditions! He hasn’t won an individual race at Riola for five years, however, and never won on Saturday.  The stats-mad Dutchman will want to change those numbers this weekend!

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP scored a double podium, their first for nearly four years, last time out in Switzerland, with Maxime Renaux and Tim Gajser fourth and fifth in the series, they will be hoping to at least maintain those positions on a surface that neither rider is known to excel on. The Frenchman’s best result in Sardegna came in MX2, during his 2021 title season, with second overall, and he has twice finished fourth overall in MXGP since then.  The Slovenian has fared better with second overall, to the eventual Champion, in each of the last two years.  He also took the Qualifying Race win last year, and has never finished lower than second on a Sardinian Saturday!

Romain Febvre only took a single podium trophy home from the island until his 4-1 score was enough for overall victory last season.  The Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP leader is currently sixth in the Championship, but knows how long the season can be, and could well grind out solid results over the next two weekends on Italian ground.  From a different Italian island comes Andrea Adamo, currently seventh for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.  The Sicilian’s best weekend at Riola came last year, with third overall in MX2, and his consistent approach could pay dividends this weekend.

The third Honda HRC Petronas rider in the top ten is Ruben Fernandez in eighth, and he was third in the Qualifying Race last year before achieving sixth overall on Sunday. Behind him in the points is Calvin Vlaanderen, returning to the site of his only MXGP class overall victory, achieved over a perfect 1-1-1 weekend in 2022.  His speed on the new Red Bull Ducati Factory MX Team machine is better than his Championship position would indicate, and he will be hungry for podium success once more. 

Rounding out the top ten in the Championship is now Kay de Wolf, and after a further period of recovery from his thumb injury, the tall Dutchman could be a good outside bet for success at a circuit where he has won four MX2 GP races, one Qualifying Race, and the last two GP victories.  As he showed in a domestic race over Easter, he will certainly be spectacular to watch on his Nestaan Husqvarna!

Red Bull Ducati Factory MX Team’s Italian youngster, Andrea Bonacorsi, returns from his Argentina injuries to a circuit where he won for two straight years in EMX250, and took fourth overall in MXGP last season.  He will get the crowd behind him, as will Venrooy KTM’s Mattia Guadagnini, who last raced here three years ago!  He has done a lot of preparation in this area, however.  The same can be said of fellow Italian Alberto Forato, who is 12th in the series for Fantic Factory Racing MXGP, with home ground livery in the works for the Italian brand!

The only other active rider to claim a GP victory here is Jago Geerts, who took MX2 success in 2023, and after his zero score in Argentina for MRT Racing Team Beta, the Belgian lies 20th in the current standings, and should rise from there on his favourite surface.

That question will still be on everyone’s minds though when it comes to MXGP – can anyone live with the pace of Coenen, and will the Belgian finally make it count for overall victory around Riola Sardo?  Find out this weekend!

MXGP - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 136 points; 2. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 129 p.; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 124 p.; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 117 p.; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 116 p.; 6. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 113 p.; 7. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 84 p.; 8. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 83 p.; 9. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, DUC), 73 p.; 10. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 63 p.

    
1. Alberto Forato; 2.Andrea Bonacorsi

MX2 Start Sardegna 2025
 

Defending MX2 World Champion Simon Längenfelder is the only rider in either class to have a 100% podium record in 2026, and he has finished in either first or third, equally so, in all six individual races this season! That consistency has given him a 22-point lead in the title chase already, and the pack need to make sure that gap doesn’t grow after the racing in Sardegna!  The German has yet to score a podium at Riola Sardo, despite a Quali win last year, and his rivals will be keen to make sure that record stays in place!

Second in the standings is Guillem Farres, and the Spanish speedster will hope that his sand skills hold up at a venue that he hasn’t raced at since 2022!  It’s his first GP start in Sardegna, and his only previous results are from an EMX250 round in 2022, when he took tenth overall.  He is a different rider now!

Sacha Coenen has a 100% record in Qualifying Races for 2026, but despite taking a single second place finish on each Sunday for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, he has only climbed the podium once this year.  His record in Sardegna has also been affected by crashes, with a best of fifth overall from his two visits here.  He will be determined to correct that anomaly, but the rider behind him in the points could well be the favourite in MX2 this year!

Triumph Factory Racing Team athlete Camden Mclellan lost his first career red plate, that he said he “could look at all day”, with a big crash in Switzerland.  He is reportedly unhurt, but now faces a 28-point deficit to Längenfelder.  The South African has a perfect podium record on the island, taking third in 2024 and second in 2025.  He will want to keep that pattern of progression towards the top spot in 2026!

Turning his season around in Switzerland with his first podium of the season was Liam Everts, putting himself up to fifth in the Championship for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing.  Another whose record at Riola doesn’t seem to match up with his skills in sand, the Belgian is tied on points with McLellan and hoping to improve on his best of fifth overall at this track.  His second in last year’s Qualifying Race should give him confidence in his pace.

Janis Reisulis has no such indication of his form at this track, as he has never raced here before at either GP or EMX level! The standout rookie of 2026 for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 is still sixth in the series, and not short of speed in the sand.  Mathis Valin is in the same situation with regards to never racing at Riola, as he missed last year’s event due to injury, but after coming close to a race win in Switzerland, the Kawasaki Racing Team MX2 rider is out for redemption!

Honda HRC Petronas’ Valerio Lata has built up his fitness after a bruising crash in Argentina, and moved ahead of Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Karlis Reisulis to eighth in the series. SB Racing KTM sandfly Jens Walvoort is still tenth in the Championship, with fellow Dutchmen, Cas Valk for TM Moto CRD Motorsport, and DRT Racing Kawasaki’s Kay Karssemakers both snapping at his heels.  All three will look to make their sand skills pay at “Riola Sand”!

Italian Ferruccio Zanchi returns from injury this weekend to make his debut for the Beddini Racing Ducati Factory MX2 Team. It will be his first full GP since France in May 2025, at a venue where he finished 11th last year.  It will be great to see him, and the Desmo250 MX machine, back in action!

The MXGP of Sardegna never fails to deliver a gruelling GP, and when it gets tough, MXGP gets exciting! Be sure to join us in person, or on MXGP-TV for round four from rock n’ rollin’ Riola!

MX2 - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 149 points; 2. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 127 p.; 3. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 124 p.; 4. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 121 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 121 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 105 p.; 7. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 98 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 90 p.; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 88 p.; 10. Jens Walvoort (NED, KTM), 60 p.

    
1. Valerio Lata; 2. Guillem Farres

All the photos from the MXGP of Sardegna will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

SATURDAY:
07:30 EMX125 Group 1 Free Practice, 08:00 EMX125 Group 2 Free Practice, 08:30 EMX250 Group 1 Free Practice, 09:00 EMX250 Group 2 Free Practice, 09:40 EMX125 Group 1 Qualifying Practice, 11:50 EMX125 Group 2 Qualifying Practice, 12:25 EMX250 Group 1 Qualifying Practice, 13:00 EMX250 Group 2 Qualifying Practice, 10:20 MX2 Free Practice, 10:55 MXGP Free Practice, 13:40 MX2 Time Practice, 14:15 MXGP Time Practice, 15:00 EMX125 Race 1, 15:45 EMX250 Race 1, 16:35 MX2 Qualifying Race, 17:25 MXGP Qualifying Race.

SUNDAY:
09:40 EMX125 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX250 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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MXGP Sardegna

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 7 April 2026 – The 2026 FIM Motocross World Championship is going to Sardegna as the fourth round of the series will be held in Riola Sardo on 11-12 April!

Checkout the Timetable and Entry Lists for the MXGP of Sardegna below:

TIMETABLE

MXGP ENTRY LIST

MX2 ENTRY LIST

EMX250 ENTRY LIST

EMX125 PRESENTED BY FMF RACING ENTRY LIST