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FUNCHAL (Portugal), 04 June 2015 - Youthstream presents the twenty-first issue of MXGP Mag where you can catch up on the key things that happened at the MXGP of Spain, Great Britain and France, we also went inside Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki and spoke to the ten times FIM Motocross World Champion Stefan Everts about the success of his new project, the KTM Factory Juniors team which is dominating the European Championships EMX125. We also reflect on the career of Heinz Kinigadner and take a look at the new and improved medical facilities that are each and every round of the MXGP, the Mobile Clinic.

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

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

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Husqvarna Motorsports has announced their intention to compete in the final round of the 2015 MXGP World Championship with riders from both of its factory teams. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna factory Racing (the US Factory Team) will join Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Fatory Racing and Wilwo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing at the classic Glen Helen venue in California for what promises to be an outstanding finish to the 2015 season.

The race weekend for the final round of the World Championship will be September 29-30 at Glen Helen, one week before the annual Motocross of Nations in France.

Robert Jonas, Head of Husqvarna Motorsports: “We believe that having our three factory teams at Glen Helen will be a real highlight and a true celebration of our sport. Giving our US riders the possibility to race in the last round of the 2015 World Championship is an exciting opportunity, particularly for the fans, but also for the teams, to see the world’s best compete together.”

Jonas said creating the conditions to see the world’s great riders in action on a track that is universally popular on both sides of the Atlantic was a definite win-win situation for the sport. “Our MXGP riders welcome the chance to test themselves against the best US riders and Glen Helen is an ideal venue. This will be a very good opportunity to finish the traditional season on a high note. Hopefully we will see many of the best US riders and teams take up the invitation and join us in what will be a very memorable race weekend.”

On the 22^nd and 23^rd of August the fifteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship, MXGP of Lombardia, will take place at the famous Italian sand circuit of Mantova.

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Episode Seven of the Talent of Tomorrow series featuring the Honda 150 European Championship is now available to view.

The MXGP of Great Britain, held at Matterley Basin, saw action aplenty from the 11-14 year-olds throughout the two motos. The seventh episode in the series follows the riders as competitiveness builds in the second round of the championship.

The Talent of Tomorrow video series will follow the young riders throughout the 2015 season as they join the Honda Racing Family and ride to win a seat in the EMX250 championship next year with a Honda supported team.

Check it out here below!

Coyright: Photo: Honda EMX150 Championship

The Fox Holeshot award runs across the entire MXGP season. The way it works is 1 point is awarded for each race holeshot. He who has the most points in MXGP at the end of the season will win the grand prize of €10,000 while he with the most points in MX2 will win the grand prize of €5,000.

At the MXGP of France in Villars sous Ecot,  Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli took the holeshot in race one while RedBull Husqvarna Factory Racing's Max Nagl took it in race 2.

Meanwhile in MX2 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Jeffrey Herlings claimed the Fox Holeshot in both races.

Watch MXGP of France ‘Fox Holeshot’ films here below.

MXGP of France FOX Holeshot - MXGP class

MXGP of France FOX Holeshots - MX2 class

The gates dropped for round eight of the FIM Motocross World Championship at the MXGP of France in Villars sous Ecot, France. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli set the fastest lap time for the weekend in MXGP while his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing teammate Jeffrey Herlings set the fastest time in MX2.

Both riders have added one point to their TAG Heuer fastest lap score sheets. Cairoli logged his second point in the TAG Heuer fastest lap competition in MXGP, while Herlings continues to extend his lead over teammate Pauls Jonass.

If you don’t know about this competition, the way it works is; he who sets the fastest lap time in each MXGP or MX2 over the weekend at each round of MXGP this year will be awarded 1 point towards the TAG Heuer sponsored ‘fastest lap’ competition. At the end of the season, the rider who has the most points will be awarded an elegant gift of prestige, a TAG Heuer watch.

If you scroll down on the main page at MXGP.com you will see the TAG HEUER Fastest Lap results grid which is situated directly underneath the FOX Holeshot results grid

VILLARS SOUS ECOT (France), 31 May 2015 – What a treat for the thousands of extremely enthusiastic French fans that packed the hillside here at the traditional French style circuit of Villars sous Ecot to witness round eight of the FIM Motocross World Championship. The atmosphere was absolutely electric as Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre put in one of the most hair-raising performances of the year to claim his first ever MXGP overall victory.

Meanwhile in MX2, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings bounced back from his brief dip in results to claim his first double victory since his home grand prix in Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, a month ago.

Winning a home grand prix must be the ultimate feeling for any MXGP rider and for Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre it would have felt like all his Christmases came at once this weekend when he claimed his first ever MXGP overall here on home soil. When he mounted the top step of the podium, there was a ground shaking uproar from the completely stoked French crowd, Romain said when asked how it felt to be in that position and surrounded by so many people who are genuinely pumped for him: “It’s so nice! I hope it’s not the last time, I will work for it!”

“For me it feels like the first time I have stepped on the podium because I have had so many injuries over the last few years” were the words of Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev who also admitted he didn’t feel like he had a good flow around the rock hard, super rutty hillside track here in Villars sous Ecot. Nevertheless, Bobby is still on the climb and is consistently moving in the right direction.

This weekend seemed strange for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli who struggled in qualifying yesterday, but showed us what champions are made of with his win in race one earlier this afternoon. In race two TC didn’t get off to the best of starts, but managed to make the best of a crumby situation to claim his third consecutive podium finish.

The red plate holder Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl lost two points to the defending champion Antonio Cairoli today with his fourth place finish. On the flipside, the German totally shook off his closest rival Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP’s Clement Desalle who only completed one lap today in an attempt to race after crashing in timed practice yesterday and dislocating his shoulder.

Rounding out the top five, Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Dean Ferris put his name back on the map with two amazing starts and two solid performances for his best overall finish of the season.

Meanwhile MXGP of France didn’t quite go in favor of the other French riders. Team HRC’s Gautier Paulin had a mechanical failure while hounding Cairoli for the lead in the first race, while the second race the number 21 just didn’t get a good start. 24MX Honda Racing’s Christophe Charlier finished thirteenth overall while Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Steven Frossard finished fifteenth.

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34:07.793; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:03.893; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:25.131; 4. Dean Ferris (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:30.105; 5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:32.380; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:37.604; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:42.512; 8. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), +0:43.953; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Suzuki), +0:52.376; 10. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:57.131

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), 34:41.009; 2. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:03.574; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:25.199; 4. Dean Ferris (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:27.686; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Suzuki), +0:31.461; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Honda), +0:38.026; 7. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:43.190; 8. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), +0:47.747; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:52.688; 10. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Kawasaki), +0:54.542.

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 47 points; 2. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 40 p.; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 37 p.; 5. Dean Ferris (AUS, HUS), 36 p.; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, SUZ), 28 p.; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 28 p.; 8. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), 26 p.; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 24 p.; 10. Todd Waters (AUS, HUS), 17 p.

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 332 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 313 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, SUZ), 291 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 282 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HON), 252 p.; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 247 p.; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 169 p.; 8. Todd Waters (AUS, HUS), 138 p.; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, SUZ), 134 p.; 10. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), 133 p.

MXGP Manufacturer: 1. Husqvarna, 339 points; 2. KTM, 330 p.; 3. Suzuki, 319 p.; 4. Honda, 289 p.; 5. Yamaha, 287 p.; 6. Kawasaki, 229 p.; 7. TM, 70 p.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings is back to his wicked ways. The Bullet finally returned to the top of the box in his traditional double race victory style. Herlings said, “It wasn’t easy today. These tracks are not my favorite. I am from Holland, so you know it is sand and flat,” he laughed, “and then here it’s hills and really hard and rocky. So it was tough but I did it.”

Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser wrapped up second overall. The Slovenian said he just wanted to stay on the bike this weekend after having a few crashes in recent times. This approach was evidently the best way to tackle the demanding, slick and edgy circuit as it still caught a lot of people out.

It was a pretty epic day for the fastest Frenchman in MX2 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jordi Tixier who took two consistent thirds for third overall. Tixier smiled, “I don’t know about you guys, but for me this was definitely the best crowd we have had. When I took the lead in race one I couldn’t hear anything, just the people, it was amazing!”

Meanwhile it was another smooth and consistent day for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass who has been feeling under the weather lately. Jonass got off to a couple of good starts and rode smart for fourth.

Rounding out the top five was the next big thing in MX2, Standing Construct Yamaha Racing Yamalube’s Valentin Guillod. Guillod’s result doesn’t reflect the way he rode this weekend. The super Swiss kept the crowd raging in race one when rode the wheels off of his Yamaha YZ250F to take a close second behind Herlings’. Unfortunately in race two, VG92 and Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Damon Graulus whipped into each other and went down hard. Despite bending his bike in about five directions, he knuckled down and managed to get back to an impressive thirteenth.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 33:57.744; 2. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:01.656; 3. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:11.411; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:39.499; 5. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +0:51.998; 6. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:55.459; 7. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +1:00.416; 8. Julien Lieber (BEL, Yamaha), +1:10.927; 9. Roberts Justs (LAT, KTM), +1:14.420; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +1:15.450.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 35:02.442; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:05.221; 3. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:26.294; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:32.167; 5. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:33.357; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:41.292; 7. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:46.956; 8. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +0:52.817; 9. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +1:02.015; 10. Jorge Zaragoza (ESP, Honda), +1:05.226.

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 40 p.; 3. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 40 p.; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 32 p.; 5. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 30 p.; 6. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, HUS), 29 p.; 7. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 29 p.; 8. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 26 p.; 9. Max Anstie (GBR, KAW), 25 p.; 10. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, HON), 20 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 358 points; 2. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 246 p.; 3. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 245 p.; 4. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 229 p.; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, HUS), 218 p.; 6. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 209 p.; 7. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 208 p.; 8. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 205 p.; 9. Julien Lieber (BEL, YAM), 184 p.; 10. Max Anstie (GBR, KAW), 183 p.

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 380 points; 2. Kawasaki, 329 p.; 3. Yamaha, 282 p.; 4. Honda, 242 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 221 p.; 6. Suzuki, 208 p.

Click here to obtain the complete results.

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

MXGP FRANCE – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1550m

Type of ground: Clay

Temperature: 24°C

Weather conditions: sunny

Crowd Attendance: 45,000

MXGP was available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

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Next MXGP will be held in Maggiora, Italy in 2 weeks time on the 14^th June weekend.

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