MX2

LOMMEL (Flanders, Belgium), 1st August 2026 – The mercilessly hot summer kept the heat coming today, right when the riders didn’t want it at the equally merciless Stedelijk Motocrossterrain Lommel circuit and its bottomless depths of heavy Benelux sand!  However, the athletes of the MXGP Paddock delivered another fantastic day of action in the Qualifying Races for the 14th round of the FIM Motocross World Championships, the unforgettable MXGP of Flanders!

The MXGP class saw yet another Qualifying Race victory for Jeffrey Herlings, his fifth of the season for Honda HRC Petronas, as he extended his Championship lead over the still-absent Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Lucas Coenen. In second place, for the second time this season, was MXGP class rookie Kay de Wolf, having recently confirmed a three-year extension to his contract with Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing.  Andrea Adamo put in a solid ride for third, moving himself up to fifth in the Championship for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.

Camden McLellan put in a sand-riding masterclass to take the MX2 Qualifying Race win for Triumph Racing Factory Team, with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s reigning World Champion Simon Längenfelder capitalising on a great start to take second place, ahead of the Triumph Racing Factory Team’s red plate holder Guillem Farres.

Everybody knows that tomorrow’s Grand Prix races will be tortuous, but the top men still did all that was necessary to claim the maximum points possible in today’s races!

Head Photo: Jeffrey Herlings; 2. MXGP Start Lommel 2026

A statement of intent was issued in Free Practice, as Jeffrey Herlings put in the fastest time by an amazing 2.3 seconds over Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Romain Febvre. Tim Gajser was third for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP in the morning session.

A late run by Kay de Wolf looked to threaten “The Bullet” in Time Practice, but the red plate holder took pole by a solid 0.867 seconds to lead the Dutch 1-2.  Febvre, Gajser, and the second Honda HRC Petronas machine of Tom Vialle rounded out the top five going to the start line.

In a beautiful retro white livery, the JK Racing Yamaha of Isak Gifting shot into the lead of the Qualifying Race, at a circuit where the Swede has taken his career best GP finishes, but Herlings, De Wolf, and Vialle were right on his tail!  Andrea Adamo made some nice first lap moves, passing Vialle for what would be third after Gifting made a slight mistake to lose the lead halfway around the first full lap!

Vialle would also pass Gifting on lap two, with Gajser giving chase in sixth ahead of Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team’s returning Italian Andrea Bonacorsi, and the third Honda HRC Petronas of Ruben Fernandez. Febvre was next, having stalled at the start of the lap to drop to ninth ahead of the KTM Kosak Team rider Roan van de Moosdijk.

Febvre took his time to get around Fernandez, doing so on lap five on a nice outside line before the Pit Lane straight’s wall jump, then followed up to pass Bonacorsi for seventh a lap later.  Van de Moosdijk would drop out of the points on lap nine of the 12, as Jago Geerts finished as the top home runner in tenth for MRT Racing Team Beta.

De Wolf briefly closed on Herlings, but the series leader put the hammer down to build up a good lead.  Gajser was eventually able to dig in and pass Vialle as the Frenchman ran too close to the edge of the track in the mid-section. He didn’t quite have enough pace to haul in Adamo, who equalled his best of the year in third position, for the fourth time in 2026. 

A frustrated Febvre made a last-lap mistake to drop to seventh behind Vialle and Gifting, giving the Swedish Viking his best Qualifying Race finish since taking fourth at this very circuit last year!  Fernandez was able to outlast Bonacorsi to take eighth, the Italian still matching his best Saturday finish of the year.

Herlings would end up needing that big lead as he made a small mistake to tip over on the final lap, but he still won by an amazing 14 seconds, a margin that will shake up his opposition heading into tomorrow!  For now, his 75th career Qualifying Race win extends his Championship lead to 59 points, guaranteeing that his number plate will stay red for the MXGP of Sweden, but tomorrow is still enough for everyone to think about!

The MXGP riders will all be chasing a good night’s rest for the day of punishment they are all in for tomorrow. This one will test them all!

Jeffrey Herlings: “The crash shouldn’t have happened [about the crash in the last lap], but other than that it was a pretty good day. We had an okay start, I think it was second or third, and managed to come through into the lead after the first lap. From there I could do my own pace and pull away towards the end of the race. Just a silly mistake on the left-hander on the last lap that shouldn’t happen, but we still got the win. Looking forward to racing tomorrow.”

Kay de Wolf: “Definitely, tomorrow’s races are another ten minutes longer, twice over, so I was playing it smart. Then Jeffrey tipped over on the last lap.. no but that was fun! I had a good race, stayed behind Jeffrey and felt really comfortable there, which is what we’ve been doing in the Dutch Masters as well. Hopefully tomorrow, especially in the second race, I can latch onto him for the whole race and he can tow me to the finish line.”

Andrea Adamo: “It was a really decent result. The first two are both from Holland and the third one is from Italy, so I’m really proud and really happy with how I rode. I had a good start, put in some good laps early on, and when I couldn’t follow Jeffrey and Kay I just rode my own race. I’m proud of that, and I can’t wait for tomorrow.”

    
1. Kay de Wolf; 2. Andrea Adamo

MXGP - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, Honda), 24:25.951; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:14.080; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:36.879; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, Yamaha), +0:39.911; 5. Tom Vialle (FRA, Honda), +0:41.219; 6. Isak Gifting (SWE, Yamaha), +0:56.865; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:07.257; 8. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +1:10.487; 9. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Ducati), +1:14.031; 10. Jago Geerts (BEL, Beta), +1:14.777

MXGP - World Championship Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 625 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 566 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 545 p.; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 496 p.; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 419 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 417 p.; 7. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 408 p.; 8. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 373 p.; 9. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 301 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 273 p.;

Camden Mc Lellan

Perhaps now the brightest remaining Belgian hope for world title success this season, Sacha Coenen, got the hopes of the local fans up with the best time in Free Practice for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, while the Triumph Factory riders packed in behind him. Red plate holder Guillem Farres was marginally faster than Camden McLellan, with two-thirds of a second covering them all. 

For the Qualifying Race gate pick, however, McLellan put in a barn-storming final lap to take the fastest lap in Time Practice by over a second and a third! Simon Längenfelder was a surprise second after changing his rear shock mid-session, with Farres a tiny fraction behind him. Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 rider Janis Reisulis was next along, and the other big Belgian hope, Liam Everts, was fifth fastest for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing.

The Red Bull KTM riders were close into turn one, but Längenfelder edged into the lead ahead of Sacha Coenen, while Kay Karssemakers grabbed third for Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki!  The Young Motion Powered by Risa rider Sandro Sools was briefly fourth until Everts and McLellan led the charge past him, and the Swede was unfortunate to crash out later in the opening lap.

Farres was initially outside the top ten, but recovered well to hold seventh after the first full lap, then inherited sixth as Everts crashed down a short dip, remounting quickly to hold seventh behind the Honda HRC Petronas machine of Valerio Lata.

Both Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 riders, Janis and Karlis Reisulis, had crashed in the first few corners, but Janis was amazingly up to ninth by lap two, then quickly passed Maddi Racing Honda ABF Italia rider Maxime Grau a lap later! Osička KTM MX Team’s Julius Mikula was on the fringe of the top ten, in his last GP as a teenager.

McLellan knew he had the pace, and patiently moved up the order, being slightly gifted second place as Coenen made a mistake on lap four, down the same dip that claimed Everts.  He had a 5.8 second gap to Längenfelder when he took the lead, but again he did not panic and stayed patient. 

The Reisulis brothers continued to both move forward, eventually finishing sixth and seventh, and both will be podium threats if they can start well tomorrow. Karssemakers eventually slipped to eighth, finishing just ahead of Mikula and Lata, who rounded out the top ten.

Everts had another small crash but still held on for fifth, close to Coenen at the finish as the younger Belgian crashed three times through the race, saving Farres the bother of having to pass him!  The Spaniard’s third spot extends his points lead further, now up to 34.

McLellan took five sweet laps to catch Längenfelder, and made a simple but effective pass up the inside into a left-hander to take the lead on lap nine!  From there, the result was inevitable, and the South African took his second Qualifying Race win of the season by over eight seconds!  He closed slightly on Sacha for second in the series, the gap between them also at 34.  The big question is whether or not McLellan can get away with his usual average starts in tomorrow’s GP races, or can he improve on them to make his life all the simpler!  He is the favourite for sure, but with tomorrow’s track likely to become even more gnarly than today, absolutely nothing is guaranteed in either class!

With tomorrow set to be in hot conditions again, the racing should serve up all sorts of surprises as the MXGP and MX2 elite deal with one of the toughest tracks on the entire planet!

Camden McLellan: “I feel good, it’s been a decent day so far. There’s still a little bit to improve for tomorrow, but things are looking good and I’m enjoying my time out here. There are a couple of sections where I’m not totally happy with what I’m doing on the bike, so I need to carry a bit more flow and open up the turns. I was riding a bit tight in the beginning, and if I open it up more it’ll be easier on the body and the bike, hopefully making tomorrow easier too.”

    
1. Simon Längenfelder; 2. Guillem Farres

MX2 - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), 25:22.582; 2. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:08.378; 3. Guillem Farres (ESP, Triumph), +0:32.316; 4. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:43.354; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:44.223; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:01.251; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:12.678; 8. Kay Karssemakers (NED, Kawasaki), +1:15.964; 9. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), +1:24.790; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +1:31.511

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 626 points; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 592 p.; 3. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 558 p.; 4. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 556 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 526 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 481 p.; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 380 p.; 8. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 352 p.; 9. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 333 p.; 10. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), 285 p.;

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

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

SUNDAY: 09:40 EMX Open 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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LOMMEL (Flanders, Belgium) 31st July 2026 – The 2026 MXGP FIM Motocross World Championships heads to the deep sands of Lommel this weekend, for round 14 of the series which will test the riders and their sand skills harder than they have been for several months on the MXGP tour!

Jeffrey Herlings comes to one of his favourite circuits with the MXGP Championship leader’s red plate on his Honda HRC Petronas machine, for the first time since the second round in March, and he’ll be looking to take an unprecedented fifth GP win at this tortuous venue.  Home hero Lucas Coenen is still second in the standings but after being unable to compete in Czechia last weekend, he is doubtful for this one. Third in the series is defending World Champion Romain Febvre, who has won here twice before and is looking for the hat-trick!

The MX2 class could be wide open for this one as the entire series top five could be considered as contenders, but Spaniard Guillem Farres is on a four-GP winning streak and eager to prove that his sand skills match up to the best! Local favourites Sacha Coenen and Liam Everts will be up for the fight, as will Farres’ Triumph Racing teammate Camden McLellan!

The EMX250 European Motocross Championship returns after a month away, and the EMX Open single-round Championship will pitch some of the sport’s leading veterans and rising stars against each other for a race on each day!

Belgian fans who stay at home will be able to enjoy the action LIVE in Flemish on Play Sports, as they do throughout the year, and RTBF sports channel Tipik will also be broadcasting in French.

Otherwise, the entire weekend’s races will be broadcast LIVE on MXGP-TV.com, with the MXGP of Flanders 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 one of the sport’s most passionate nations, on one of the sport’s most challenging circuits! Do not be missing this one!

USA CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 10:00 ET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 11:00 ET – LIVE

BRAZIL

Bandsports

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CENTRAL AMERICA

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

FOX ONE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

TUBI

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Tubi México

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

LATIN AMERICA(Except Brazil)

Youtube “Somos FOX”

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

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

EUROPE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 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 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

BELGIUM 

PLAY SPORTS 3

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

RTBF - TIPIK

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

RTBF - auvio

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE  Stream

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE  Stream

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

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

CZECH REPUBLIC 

TV NOVA

NOVA Sport 1

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

ESTONIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

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

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

FINLAND

MTV MAX 

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

FRANCE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

AUTO MOTO TV

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

L’EQUIPE.FR

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE  Stream

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE  Stream

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

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

GREAT BRITAIN

TNT Sports 9

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

Monday 3 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 22:45 CET – Delayed

Monday 3 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 23:45 CET  – Delayed

RAI Play

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

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

LATVIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

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

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

LITHUANIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

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

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

NETHERLAND

NOS

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

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

SLOVENIA

Sport TV1

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

SPAIN

TVG2

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Agalega.gal

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 2 August 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 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CHINA

TikTok China

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

AUSTRALIA

STAN SPORTS

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 22:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 2 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 23:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 3 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 01:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 3 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 02:00 AEDT  – LIVE

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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 – 1 August 2026

SUNDAY – 2 August 2026

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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To say Nestaan Husqvarna factory rider, Kay de Wolf loves the tough Lommel circuit, would be a huge understatement. It hasn’t been one way traffic in the love affair though, as Lommel also saw him hurt himself at the track in 2023 and miss the Sunday races.

In his first year in Grand Prix racing, de Wolf finished second in the MX2 class 2021, second in MX2 in 2022, although as mentioned, de Wolf had a tough time at the 2023 MXGP of Flanders in Lommel, where an injury forced him to withdraw early and take only five championship points. He did however come back to win in the MX2 class in 2024 and 2025.

Last year, the Dutchman’s perfect 1-1-1 scorecard marked a pivotal moment in his MX2 title campaign-catapulting him back into second in the championship standings and reigniting the chase for the red plate.

“Lommel is a special place for me,” De Wolf said. “It’s one of the most demanding tracks on the calendar, but I felt at home straight away. From the first lap on Saturday, everything just clicked - I found my rhythm early and focused on staying smooth and consistent. From the first lap on Saturday, I felt super comfortable. I found my rhythm and just focused on keeping consistent. The team gave me the perfect bike for this kind of track - I could use my height and style to really ride the sand well. This was exactly the weekend we needed in the championship fight.”

In 2024 and around what is widely regarded as one of the most unforgiving and challenging motocross circuits in the world, de Wolf delivered a superb qualifying win, and a set of 1-2 finishes on Sunday, to secure the overall victory.

De Wolf arrived at what could be considered his alternate home circuit - just 25 km down the road from his hometown of Valkenswaard in the Netherlands - in full confidence; having secured his fifth win of the season just a week earlier at the MXGP of the Czech Republic.

“It was a really positive weekend overall.” De Wolf said after his victory. “I’m happy to finally win Lommel - I can’t thank the team enough; I think the timing is really great too. Having everyone here, just two minutes from the workshop, and with the news on Friday that Husqvarna is staying!”

Now in 2026, the talented sand rider will no doubt be hoping for more success at Lommel, although the tough track will make it a tough task, as he only returned from injury in Loket last weekend, meaning his fitness won’t be at its best and Lommel demands 100% fitness.

No doubt, standing in his way is his hero, Jeffrey Herlings and we all know, Lommel is also a place that Herlings enjoys, with a handful of victories at the circuit over his career. Both live close to Lommel, and a Dutch shootout would be the perfect weekend for the fans crossing the border into Belgium.

LOMMEL (Flanders, Belgium) – 30th July 2026 – For the first time in nearly two full months, the MXGP elite will need their full range of sand riding skills as the notoriously deep Stedelijk Motocrossterrain Lommel circuit hosts round 14 of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championships for the MXGP of Flanders, the only round this year within Belgium, the most successful nation in Motocross Grand Prix history!

This will be the 24th GP event held here since 1990, not counting two historic Nations events in 1981 and 2012, on what is now one of the most heavily-used test venues within the European centre of the sport.  Many teams are based nearby, including some whose workshops literally border the circuit fences! Despite the familiarity with this venue, everybody knows that it never digs out deeper than on Grand Prix weekend!

Jeffrey Herlings is the joint most successful rider around Lommel with four GP victories, and he will be hoping to break the tie with Jorge Prado this weekend! He has regained the red plate in the MXGP World Championship for Honda HRC Petronas after scoring his seventh GP win of the season last weekend at Loket, and looks to be in fine form with a 49-point lead over Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Lucas Coenen, whose fitness for his home GP, which he won last year, is in doubt at the time of writing.

Romain Febvre, who battled hard with Coenen for a race win here last year for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP, is only 25 points behind the Belgian and keen to move ahead of him in the standings. There are seven, or maybe eight, former GP winners at this venue lining up in the stellar MXGP category this weekend!

In MX2, Spaniard Guillem Farres might have had his Sunday race win streak halted at seven last weekend, but he still has a four-GP streak going in terms of overall victories. The Triumph Racing Factory Team machine will continue to wear the Red Plate, but his prime chasers will be keen to test his sand skills in a class which contains no former Lommel GP winners! Sacha Coenen fought onto the podium last year, and the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing flyer will be trying to hack down Farres’ 33-point margin at the top.

Farres’ Triumph Racing Factory Team teammate Camden McLellan is known to have serious sand prowess, and he has just taken third in the series by a single point from reigning World Champion Simon Längenfelder, so the South African could almost be considered the favourite for this weekend!

The EMX250 European Championship returns from a one-month break this weekend for its ninth round of 12, and the big news is that BUD Racing Kawasaki’s series leader Francisco Garcia is set to miss this round with a small injury picked up in training!  He has a 104-point advantage over his teammate Jake Cannon, while Dane Nikolaj Skovbjerg is another 17 behind for Team SixtySeven Husqvarna Racing. The lead Belgian in the standings is Jarne Bervoets, son of former Lommel GP winner Marnicq, and after an EMX125 victory here last year, the Team VHR Yamaha Official rider will be hoping for a similar result in 2026!  

A one-round European Championship will also be decided at “Lommelwood” this weekend, as the EMX Open class welcomes a pack full of eager 450cc riders to contend for an EMX title, with the headline-grabbing news that former GP winner Ken de Dycker is set to race on a private KTM, but the title could instead be disputed by former GP regular Nicholas Lapucci on the Millionaire Racing Team Honda Red Moto squad, along with William Voxen Kleeman from Denmark, Germany’s Peter Koenig, and last year’s fourth-place finisher Albin Gerhardsson from Sweden.  Just getting into the race with 50 entrants lining up will be an achievement!

Lommel is the ultimate circuit for seeing the sublime skill of the sand masters ply their trade in some of the softest, most challenging conditions known to man! With an amazing range of classic machines also on display to celebrate 30 years of the Luongo family’s involvement in World Championship Motocross, this weekend is a major attraction for fans across the globe!  Not one to be missed!

Lucas Coenen

The first win at Lommel for 2026 MXGP points leader Jeffrey Herlings came 15 years ago, in 2011, and he even won the MX2 class at the 2012 Motocross of Nations here, lapping most of his opposition!  MXGP wins in 2017, ’18, and ’24 followed, but amazingly “The Bullet” has only raced eight GPs here over the years, half as many as Romain Febvre’s tally of 16, due to the number of injuries the Dutchman has had to contend with in that time.  He will certainly line-up as the favourite to take what would be an incredible 120th career GP victory.

If Lucas Coenen is not able to line up, at a place where he first lit up the EMX250 class with a 1-1 in 2022, then Romain Febvre needs just 26 points over the weekend to overhaul the teenager in the Championship.  The 2021 and 2023 MXGP of Flanders winner will simply be looking to claim his first GP triumph of the year in his last appearance here in green.

Fourth in the series is Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Tim Gajser, who has won three GPs at this venue, albeit the most recent was in 2020, part of a triple-header that was held here in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Depending on how long his friend Lucas Coenen is away, a bronze medal may still be within the Slovenian’s grasp in what has been a very tough year.

Honda HRC Petronas rider Ruben Fernandez lifted himself into fifth in the World Championship last weekend, although only by three points from the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing ace Andrea Adamo.  Neither of the pair can be said to be a sand expert, although the Italian did take second in last year’s MX2 Qualifying Race. A podium for either rider would be a massive result here, as it would for Maxime Renaux, who dropped to seventh in the standings last weekend for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP.  The Frenchman has climbed the “Lommelwood” podium before, in his MX2 title season of 2021, so will be looking to at least bridge the six-point gap up to Fernandez to re-take his top five status.

Two former MX2 World Champions who have each claimed two GP victories at Lommel, Honda HRC Petronas man Tom Vialle, and Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf, sit in lonely eighth and ninth positions in the 2026 points tables, and will be out for race wins and podium results with no Championship pressure on them this weekend. Kay in particular, with the team workshops a stone’s throw away, will be very keen to impress in his first MXGP appearance in the Benelux region.

Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Pauls Jonass and Red Bull Ducati Factory MX Team rider Calvin Vlaanderen are the next two in the Championship, but both are questionable for this weekend. Calvin has podium results in his career at Lommel and will be doing all he can to line up.

Fomer Lommel GP winners also in the mix include Jago Geerts, who has won three times on home sand here in MX2, and is starting to regularly feature in the top ten this year for MRT Racing Team Beta. Ben Watson also took an MX2 victory here in 2020, and will be looking to finish in the MXGP top ten overall for the fourth time at this track as he lines up for Dirt Store Triumph Racing.  Fantic Factory Racing MXGP’s Brent van Doninck is just three points behind Geerts in the series, and with the team workshop just over the fence, will be a popular figure if he can repeat his excellent start from Czechia last weekend.

There are few more awesome spectacles than seeing 450cc machines being wrestled through the deep sand of Lommel by the MXGP elite, so expect a massive crowd for this weekend!

    
1. Jago Geerts; 2. Brent von Doninck

MXGP - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 615 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 566 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 541 p.; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 489 p.; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 414 p.; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 411 p.; 7. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 408 p.; 8. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 367 p.; 9. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 292 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 273 p.

MX2 Start Lommel 2025

Perhaps the biggest question for MX2 is whether or not Guillem Farres can keep his winning streak going through the deep sand of the Stedelijk venue, having yet to win in this kind of terrain.  The good news for the factory Triumph man is that his 33-point lead gives him some buffer over a still-recovering Sacha Coenen, who would otherwise be a strong favourite on home ground.  Farres took ninth overall here last year after a DNF in the Qualifying Race hurt his gate pick badly.

Coenen himself will have had continued treatment to help him prepare for his third GP in as many weekends, and for sure the following weekend off will be a welcome one! The young Belgian has a 37-point buffer over Camden McLellan, and he might need most of that cushion as the South African gave Kay de Wolf a close run here last year, taking second overall.

Simon Längenfelder’s crash last weekend dropped him to fourth behind McLellan, by a single point, and although the German is not the strongest in sand, he is the only one lining up in MX2 with a GP race win to his name at this track, having held off a De Wolf fightback to win race two in 2024! The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pilot will be hoping that experience can pull him back into the title fight this weekend!

Liam Everts might have added to the attendance in Flanders with his first race win of the year last weekend, and the Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing rider will be looking for his first podium on home ground after finishing fourth here in his last two appearances, and missing last year’s GP! That would be a welcome present for his 22nd birthday the week after the race.

The Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 teammates and brothers Janis and Karlis Reisulis are next up in the table, although the younger sibling Janis has a 100-point margin over seventh, despite Karlis taking his first career podium last weekend.  Janis has two EMX125 victories to his name at Lommel, and could be a nice outside bet for the podium, if not the win!

Mathis Valin is eight in the Championship, and is still questionable for Kawasaki Racing Team MX2 at the track where he has scored two EMX podium results. He was behind 2024 EMX250 winner Valerio Lata in the most recent of those, and the Honda HRC Petronas lone wolf will be hoping to bridge the 20-point gap to the Frenchman in the points table.

Julius Mikula continues to impress as the top non-factory rider in MX2 for Osička Racing KTM.  The young Czech rider has won an EMX125 race here before, so he can tackle the sand, and for sure he’ll be out to continue his momentum with a good result in his last GP as a teenager!

Dutch sand flies Kay Karssemakers, for Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki, and Jens Walvoort for SB Racing KTM, could well be strong contenders in the top ten, with lots of support from over the nearby Netherlands border!

Be sure to tune in for the MXGP of Flanders this weekend, as one of the toughest tracks of the season always throws up some intense racing action!  See you out there!

    
1. Sacha Coenen; 2. Liam Everts

MX2 - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 618 points; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 585 p.; 3. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 548 p.; 4. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 547 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 520 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 476 p.; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 376 p.; 8. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 352 p.; 9. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 332 p.; 10. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), 283 p.

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

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

FRIDAY: 16:00 Blåkläder Start Practice MXGP, 16:35 Blåkläder Start Practice MX2

SATURDAY: 09:10 EMX Open Free Practice, 09:40 EMX250 Free Practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 12:20 EMX Open Qualifying Practice, 13:00 EMX250 Qualifying Practice, 13:40 MX2 Time Practice, 14:15 MXGP Time Practice, 15:00 EMX Open Race 1, 15:45 EMX250 Race 1, 16:35 MX2 Qualifying Race, 17:25 MXGP Qualifying Race.

SUNDAY: 09:40 EMX Open 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.

LINKS

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