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GasGas Factory Racing are pleased to announce that they will officially support the F4E team in the eight-round 2020 European Motocross Championship EMX125. Together with the Spanish RFME federation, the team will develop and assist a trio of 16-year-old talents - David Braceras, Gerard Congost and Guillem Farres. 

• F4E will contest the 2020 EMX125 series on GasGas 125cc two-stroke machinery
• F4E runs in collaboration with the Spanish RFME youth development programme
• EMX125 acts as an important stepping-stone into the FIM Motocross World Championship 

Robert Jonas, VP Motorsports Offroad: “Thanks to F4E and the work of the Spanish Federation, together with Standing Construct GasGas Factory Racing and Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors, GasGas will be present across many levels of MXGP and EMX for 2020. It’s especially exciting that we have this Spanish link for the brand and are in the search for the next Jorge Prado. EMX125 racing is tough but a useful learning ground for the youth who have dreams of MXGP. We hope this new set-up will be an important first step for riders and those keen to enjoy success in GasGas colours.” 

Jimmy Verburgh, F4E Team Manager: “I am very happy that GasGas has chosen us to run their EMX team. The RFME wanted to use our structure and saw good potential with the way we go racing. I think with these three youngsters we have a very strong team for next season. The guys have good experience in EMX and should aim for top results. We’ll be pushing for the maximum, but I want them to have fun with their racing - no pressure, just enjoy it and the rest will come.” 

Spaniards David Braceras, Gerard Congost and Guillem Farres will represent GasGas Factory Racing and F4E during their 2020 EMX125 campaign. All riders have a strong pedigree in the series, with both Braceras and Congost having already secured top-six race finishes in 2019. Farres ended last season inside the top-10 in ninth, while also securing two top-three race results. 

Acting as an important stepping stone into the FIM Motocross World Championship, the RFME youth development programme aims to ready young talent for a future career in top-level racing. 

The EMX125 series promotes 125cc two-stroke machinery and is a crucial and extremely competitive first rung on the ladder towards the FIM Motocross World Championship and MXGP. 

The EMX125 series will be held at eight rounds of the 2020 MXGP championship – Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Italy. The opening round of the 2020 EMX125 championship takes place at Matterley Basin, Great Britain on March 1. 

Motocross is an extremely demanding sport, one that requires athletes to be in top shape at all times. While protective gear, track preparation, as well as safety measures have increased phenomenally in recent years, accidents and injuries can still happen.

The FIM Motocross World Championship is the pinnacle of the sport with the world’s best riders making up the very competitive line-up every weekend and in order to be their best, these world-class athletes, require world-class care and the man helping them keep on top of their game is, Thierry Sarasyn.

Thierry Sarasyn and his Mobile Physiotherapy Centre has been a part of the MXGP since 2014. The physio centre is made-up of a team of highly trained physiotherapists working alongside the medical team of doctors to provide the best possible care for all the riders onsite at the GP’s.

In the 76^th issue of the MXGP Mag we caught up with the man himself, to find out more about what he does, the importance of bracing and how this opportunity came about.

Click here to read the latest issue to find out more about the Mobile Physiotherapy Centre.

For the third time in the history of the venue, the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations makes a return to the Raymond Demy circuit at Ernée (France) for the 2020 edition of the spectacular event!

This is your opportunity to attend the biggest MX race of the year and support your national team.

Two days loaded with adrenaline fuelled action topped off with an amazing atmosphere, it really does not get much better than that!

Take advantage of our Christmas offer (valid until January 31^st, 2020) and join us for another momentous event that will go down in motocross history.

Purchase your tickets today and save BIG! Don’t forget that this could be the perfect Christmas gift for your family and friends.

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I think I can speak for everyone when I say we are excited to have Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Supported MXGP rider Thomas Covington back on the Grand Prix circuits. The likeable American who put together a handful of Grand Prix victories in the MX2 class before heading home for one season to race his national championships is excited to return to the place that gave him his first start in the professional ranks.

“You know,” Covington said. “I am excited to go back to the GPs. Unfortunately, this year didn’t go to plan, what with the illness and a couple of small injuries, it just wasn’t my year really. Had a lot of things working against me. I am really excited with this opportunity with Yamaha and like you said, I was a little bit sad to leave last time and it will be nice to get back and be back at the races in Europe.

The more relaxed vibe of racing on the best motocross tracks in the World and in some really exciting countries and customs is something that Covington is looking forward to when his season begins at Matterley Basin on the first weekend of March 2020.

“Argentina, I love that track. I haven’t had much success there, but I really enjoy going down there, and Matterley Basin is probably one of my favourite tracks to ride and I have had good results there. Valkenswaard in 2018, I won the qualification race there and I have had good races, so I am looking forward to getting back there and mixing it up with the 450 guys.”

Covington will finish up some preparation at home in USA, enjoy family time, before flying to Europe and starting the serious side of his profession. Back to those cold days in Lommel, Belgium, or sunning it in the pre-season in the south of Italy as his Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Supported MXGP team-mates, the hard yards of the off-season will set him up well for a charge at the MXGP top ten, and hopefully the odd visit to the podium.

“I will stay here in California until Christmas, and then head to meet the team. I will probably stay somewhere between Lommel and England and do our testing and training before the pre-season starts. I will be in England a bit, but the majority of time I will be in Belgium or Holland working with the team.”

When the flag drops at the opening round of the FIM Motocross World Championships in England on March 1, we know that the American public will be watching as their countrymen goes up against the toughest and deepest field in motocross history.

Yamaha Motor Europe is pleased to announce that MJC Yamaha Official EMX125 Team will field an all-new, young and exciting three-rider line-up for the 2020 EMX125 Championship. The team has recruited Kay Karssemakers and Ivano Van Erp, two former Junior Motocross World Champions, who will be joined by the recently announced winner of the 2019 YZ125 bLU cRU FIM Europe Cup, Mairus Pumpurs.

15-year-old Dutch prodigy Kay Karssemakers is already a household name. The talented youngster has an array of World Championship accolades. He was the 65cc Junior Motocross World Champion in 2015, he then went on to claim two bronze medals at the 2017 and 2018 editions of the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship on a 85cc. In 2019, the talented Dutchman stepped up to the 125cc and made his EMX125 debut where he completed a positive first term in the class with three top-10 race finishes during the latter stages of the championship. 

After showing solid progress and finishing 16th overall in the 2019 EMX125 Championship where he was one of the best placed rookies, Karssemakers has been named as a title threat as he enters his second full EMX125 season where he will line up on GYTR kitted YZ125 alongside the new rookies van Erp and Pumpurs. 

As the 2017 65cc Junior Motocross World Champion, 14-year-old Dutchman Ivano van Erp looks forward to stepping up to the hotly contested EMX125 series with the support of Yamaha’s Official EMX125 team. As does 16-year-old Latvian Mairus Pumpurs who won his place on the team after showcasing his potential on various occasions in the YZ125 bLU cRU FIM Europe Cup program, which included an emphatic victory at the YZ125 bLU cRU FIM Europe Cup SuperFinale that took place at the biggest and most watched event of the year, the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Assen, The Netherlands.

All three riders will line-up in 2020 on GYTR kitted YZ125 machinery. They will race the full EMX125 championship, an eight-round series that coincides with the prestigious FIM MXGP World Championship rounds in the UK, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Italy.

Copyright: Photo: Yamaha Racing

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 6 December 2019 – The 76^th issue of the MXGP Mag is now available to read online!

This month’s magazine cover features the 2019 Women’s Motocross World Champion, Courtney Duncan as we caught up with the New Zealander to find out more about her epic 2019 season. The 76^th issue also includes special articles about getting the perfect start, our organisers meeting in Monte Carlo and the 2019 FIM Awards! Plus, we have another special piece on the Medical and Physio Centre at our events as well as the vintage bike section with Steve Ramon’s 2003 KTM 125cc and Broc Glover in our MXGP Hall of Fame.

Click HERE to read the seventy-sixth issue of MXGP Mag!

Those users who have already downloaded other issues on their iOS device can automatically download the new 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 app: http://bit.ly/IssuuOnAndroid.

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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 6 December 2019 – Youthstream is pleased to announce the ticket sales for the 2020 MXGP of the Netherlands are now open!

Valkenswaard will once again host the popular MXGP of the Netherlands on the 7^th and 8^th of March for round two of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Valkenswaard first hosted the Motocross World Championship back in 1974 and has been part of the MXGP race calendar for many years. The sandy circuit has become a favourite among many of the riders and fans, as every year the Dutch GP has showcased some of the best race action of the season. Last year was much of the same as we witnessed incredible battles across all classes, with Mattia Guadagnini claiming his first race victory of the season in the EMX125 class, to Courtney Duncan’s epic crash in the WMX race as well as some crazy battles in both the MXGP and the MX2 classes with Antonio Cairoli and Jorge Prado ending victorious respectively.

Don’t miss out an awesome weekend of racing and join us at the MXGP of the Netherlands! Tickets are now available for a special early-bird price so treat yourself and your loved ones to the perfect gift this Christmas before it’s too late. 

Get your tickets for the MXGP of the Netherlands here!

Treat yourself to a VIP in Valkenswaard. More details HERE

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Looking for a motocross related Christmas gift?
The book of the 2019 Motocross World Championship is now in stock and shipping on motocrossgpalbum.com!

For its 11th year of publishing, MXGP Album will again offer you a look back to the MXGP season and Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Assen, The Netherlands.
Apart from the traditional action pictures, MXGP Album strives to make you breathe the atmosphere and emotion of the Grand Prix around the world, through its 200 laminated pages.

As the previous years, the book comes in two different editions.
If you pre-ordered your copy, we are working on the dispatch right now. Thanks for your trust!

You can preview a few pages of the book online on MXGP Album official website.

You can purchase only on www.motocrossgpalbum.com

While the 2020 MX2 Championship won’t be starting for another three months, the expectations for who will become the new MX2 World champion is already into overdrive. Two riders who should be fighting for the MX2 championship among others might be Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider Thomas Olsen and Monster Energy Kemea Yamaha’s Ben Watson. We decided to ask these two riders what they expect from the new season.

Olsen has had a quiet off-season so far. A trip to Thailand for a holiday, and now finally back on the bike in preparation for round one of the championship at Matterley Basin in England at the beginning of March.

“At the moment it is just full focus on what we are doing,” Olsen said. “The winter period is super important, and it lays down the foundation for the season. It is important to get the riding in and get the good preparation. Mentally it is a big deal, but I haven’t felt it yet and maybe I will, but last year I was in that position (leading the championship) and I think I took it pretty well. I didn’t crumble under pressure or anything like that. I have won championships before like the Europeans and it isn’t like I haven’t been in a winning position before; I will take that with me in my backpack in 2020. It is great confidence to bring in, but it is a new season, and everyone has improved, and they all want those Grand Prix wins. Sure, experience is important, and leading laps, that is something I would have liked to have done more. It can be different to lead a race, something you need to maybe get used to, but I think everyone is really hungry for a GP win.”

As for Watson, he knows as well as anyone that the MX2 class will be loaded with talent, from the regular guys, to the new younger riders coming up from the EMX class. What he also knows is that Olsen might be the man to beat.

“There will be guys coming up from the EMX,” Watson said. “Look at Vialle this year, nobody expected him to do what he did in his first year, so there will be younger guys who might be in the mix. From the last few years, you see the steps in everyone. I see with Olsen, he hasn’t made big steps, but he has been twice third and one time second in the World, so you can’t knock that. He has very consistent stats so far and I’m sure he will be strong all season. You need to concentrate on yourself and show some good speed. Some of us will have to move up to 450 in 2021 also.”

So now, as both Olsen and Watson work through their off-season preparation, you can be sure that other MX2 contenders like Tom Vialle, Jago Geerts and Jed Beaton will also be doing their home-work and training as hard as possible to arrive in England in early March with their confidence high and their hopes even higher.

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 3 December 2019 – Over the weekend, the annual MXGP Organisers Meeting took place at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel in Monte Carlo, where organisers of the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship events gathered from all over the world in order to prepared for a wonderful season of racing next year.

Youthstream’s Director of Communications and Marketing Services Marionna Leiva, opened the annual event by introducing the officials which included Youthstream President Mr. Giuseppe Luongo, Youthstream CEO David Luongo, Youthstream COO Daniele Rizzi, Youthstream Directors Nikos Gounaris and Didier Henriod, as well as the representatives from the FIM, FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela, Race Director Ingo Partsch, FIM MX Technical Director Andy Summers and FIM Medical Director David McManus.

Organisers of the 2020 MXGP rounds of Indonesia, China, Great Britain, Maggiora, Trentino, Portugal, Finland, Belgium, Imola, Sweden, Russia and Turkey were present along with the organiser of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations which will take place in Ernée, France, to learn about the novelties and the guidelines given by Youthstream for the preparation of the 2020 season. 

Youthstream President, Giuseppe Luongo welcomed everyone to the meeting, expressing his gratitude for the great parternship with the organisers saying: “It feels like yesterday that we were all in Andorra for this meeting. And it feels like this year has flown by, the 2019 season was a great one, and I would like to thank all of you because, as I always say, the cooperation with local organiser is one of the main keys to the success of the event and what they give to this fantastic sport is the reason why we have reached the level that we are at today. We know the very hard work that Organizers do to ensure the high standards and deliver excellent results. Thank you very much, we are very happy that you are all here and I am sure that the we will all have a great season together as the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship is bound to be one of the best ever with the best riders in the world competing for the world titles”.  

FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela also thanked everyone for a fantastic season by saying: “I wish to welcome everybody on behalf of the FIM to this important annual meeting. As Giuseppe Luongo said, the cooperation among Youthstream, the FIM and the local organizers is the base to ensure that the level of the sport and MXGP is rising and it is up to all of us together to make sure that what we showcase to the world is at the highest standard. I hope that you are up to the challenge for next season because from the FIM side and Youthstream we are ready to go for it”.

The presentation stage of the meeting was hosted by Youthstream’s Director of Communications and Marketing Services, Marionna Leiva who introduced the key departments of MXGP. Each department highlighted the novelties and important points which included, paddock requirements, circuit preparation, infrastructure for medical centre, TV and media numbers, marketing and more, followed by a presentation of the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship venues which introduced some new circuits on the calendar including the MXGP of Finland in KymRing, as well as the great comeback of Maggiora Park and the return of the spectacular Ernèe circuit to host the 74^th edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations.

Then the FIM Race Director Ingo Partsch and FIM MX Technical Director Andy Summers as well as, FIM Medical Director David McManus took to the microphone to speak on behalf of the FIM to overview some important points on the work carried out by the FIM onsite at each event. They stressed the fact that standards are now really high and the preparation of the event from a sport perspective is very important.

The meeting was concluded with an official presentation from our ticket partner Platinum Group, followed by the launch of the first Official 2020 MXGP teaser video, which marked the start of the countdown to the new season.

Overall, the meeting was a great success with fantastic feedback from the organisers which allowed Youthstream to go through numerous details together in order to prepare the upcoming season at best.

The weekend was then finished off with the 2019 FIM Awards as our 2019 Champions received their FIM Medals. This year the FIM Awards took place at the outstanding Salle des Etoile in Monaco, a magnificent location to host the best 2-wheel riders in the world. The event started off with the red carpet parade, followed by a gourmet dinner and the annual prize giving ceremony where FIM President Jorge Viegas welcomed the hundreds of people invited to this fantastic event. Those in attendance included the MXGP World Champion Tim Gajser, MX2 World Champion Jorge Prado, 125cc Junior World Champion Mattia Guadagnini as well as the 85cc Junior World Champion Valerio Lata. Also being celebrated was the Women’s Motocross World Champion Courtney Duncan among other champions in motorcycle sport.

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