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Following several medical examinations last night and this morning, HRC have made the difficult decision to withdraw Tim Gajser from the Fiat Professional MXGP of France. This is due to the ongoing pain Tim is experiencing whilst riding, in his shoulder.

He will now return to Slovenia where he will undergo initial examinations which will determine the extent of the problem. 

Team HRC will keep you updated with information once more becomes available.

Tim Gajser said: I can not express how disappointed I am at not being able to ride today. It is not in my nature to give up and I promise all my fans that I will be back and stronger as soon as possible.

Roger Harvey, HRC General Manager: This is not a decision we have made easily but we have followed medical advice and been forced to withdraw Tim from this GP. Obviously, rider safety is paramount to HRC and we had to consider Tim well being after seeing that he struggled in yesterday’s qualifying race.

Copyright: Photo: Honda Racing

After the Fiat Professional MXGP of France qualifying press conference the Sport Director of Supercross de Paris, Mr. Xavier Audouard along with Motocross Promoter and Supercross de Paris partner Mr. Eric Peronnard were on stage to present the first invitation of ‘Paris Supercross’ which is taking place on November 18^th and 19^th in a completely brand new stadium in La Defence, the business area of Paris.

The Stadium, called U Arena, is still under construction and will be inaugurated in October 2017 with a concert by the famous Rolling Stones.

France is a very passionate country for off road Motorsports and the Fiat Professional MXGP of France is a good example of its enthusiasm as well as the Supercross de Paris.

Mr. Xavier Audouard said: “I’m sure everybody here is familiar with what we have called Bercy Supercross for 30 years and what I wish to introduce here is the next level of this event, the new arena which will host this event from now on. It’s an honor to bring the Supercross atmosphere into this new arena. Another novelty is the system the Stadium will use to project the images instead of the usual screen, this new technology allows to project the images on a bigger wall and with the same quality of the screens. The quality of the show will be very high. What we’ve been dreaming of for years is going to happen this year.”

Mr. Eric Peronnard continued: “This new arena is something unique, I visited it yesterday and it surprised me in a very positive way. I was very pumped, inside you have a fantastic Supercross track, outside one the most beautiful cities in the world, this is really worth looking forward to. “

As the 2017 line up will be announced soon, Mr. Xavier Audouard concluded underlining the fact the Stadium is at the moment the star of the Supercross de Paris.

(ERNEE) France, 27 May 2017 - The 2017 FIAT Professional MXGP of France got underway today in Ernée. On the challenging and hilly French circuit it was Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass who won Saturday’s Qualifying Races.

It was a busy day in Ernée as Race 1 of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship round 3 and the European Championships EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing were taking place. The Women’s race was a dramatic one with several lead changes and battles abound MXFonta Racing’s Kiara Fontanesi had the lead with but fell on the uphill straight and lost it to Nancy Van de Ven with a lap and a half remaining. With one lap to go and Van de Ven in the lead Team 114’s Livia Lancelot charged to the front, passed Van de Ven and won race 1 in epic fashion in front of the roaring home crowd.

In EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 1 Kevin Horgmo won 9.2 seconds in front of the battle for second between Scotty Verhaeghe and Gianluca Facchetti where they finished in that order. In EMX250 class many riders struggled and made mistakes but the top 3 spots went to Mathys Boisrame, Jago Geerts and Pierre Goupillon.

The weekend couldn’t have started better for Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle as he had a good start in qualifying race, not the Holeshot but into the lead on the second corner. Desalle led every lap and won his first qualifying race of the season. Desalle is now focused on tomorrow and will hope to repeat his performance from today. The Belgian in the press conference said: “It is a good feeling to be here again, even if the main races will be tomorrow, it’s very important to start on pole to be on the top. Today I had a good start and then a good feeling of the bike during the whole race. I’m really looking forward for tomorrow”.

In front of a monstrous Saturday crowd Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre gave his supportive French fans a show. Febvre grabbed the Holeshot but he lost the lead immediately to Desalle and then he fell into fourth. The #461 Yamaha rider fought his way back to second place closing on Desalle every lap but was unable to get close enough. Febvre later in the press conference said: “I had a very good start but then I made some mistakes and then Clement passed me. Since the MXGP of Germany I started to feel good and I think things are working now. The home GP is always a special moment especially here that I have good memories from the 2015 FIM Monster Energy MXoN. The track is exactly the same as in 2015 and it’s very well prepared”

The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing riders of Jeffrey Herlings and Antonio Cairoli battled throughout most of the race with neither rider wanting to back down. At first it was Cairoli who was ahead but Herlings found his way by the 8-time champion who was in 6th on lap 4 and unable to take the position back. Herlings continued his charge forward finishing 3rd while Cairoli remained 6th until the checkered flag.

The other Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 rider, Glenn Coldenhoff, also had a strong qualification result. Coldenhoff was in second the first 2 laps before being passed by Febvre, the Dutch rider then stayed in 3rd until the very last lap when he was passed by his KTM team mate, Herlings.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl had one of his best races this season running 4th for 9 of the 13 laps. Nagl finished fifth and with his good gate pick a top five overall is well within reach for the German.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Gautier Paulin starts qualifying in 5th but ended of dropping to 8th. The Frenchman is in a fairly good starting position for Sunday at his home GP and he will try to find the winning form he had only a few short weeks ago.

MXGP Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), 25:28.566; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:08.913; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:30.734; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:32.203; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:33.160; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:33.650; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:48.072; 8. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +1:04.199; 9. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:05.731; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Honda), +1:06.436.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass controlled MX2’s Qualifying race once again today. Jonass didn’t get his usual Holeshot but he moved into the lead quickly and led every time the field crossing the finish line. Jonass seems to be focused and feeling good heading into Sunday. In the press conference Jonass said: “I had a really good start, I didn’t get the Holeshot actually but after the second corner I was leading already and this helped a lot because the track has many lines and it’s good to get a good start and pick your own lines the first laps. In those first laps I was able to get a pretty good gap and then just cruise to the finish.”

The Kemea Yamaha Official MX Team rider Benoit Paturel is now showing the competitiveness many expected earlier in the season. Paturel didn’t have the best of starts but he managed to pass several riders on the first lap and put in the fastest lap time of the race. Running third the first 6 laps Benoit tried to make a pass for second and made a mistake causing him to lose ground. Paturel eventually managed his way to second where he was 11.4 seconds behind Jonass. By the checkered flag the roaring support of the home fans pushed him to close the gap to 2.1 seconds. Paturel in a post race interview said: “I had a really bad start but I passed many riders on the first lap which was good and after I came to the back of Lieber, made a mistake, then came back again. I was close to Jonass at the end of the race. It’s really good to ride in front of the French fans. I really think that tomorrow I will have a good battle with Seewer, Jonass, and Lieber.”

After narrowly avoiding a downed rider on the first jump LRT KTM’s Julien Lieber came into the second corner in 5th position and moved into second by the completion of the opening lap. Lieber had pressure from Paturel early in the race and unable to fend the frenchman off he settled into third giving him a good gate pick for both races tomorrow.

The other Kemea Yamaha Official MX Team rider, Brent Van doninck was top five on lap one and made a pass for fourth stick on the 2nd lap. Van Doninck had a relatively uneventful race with a decent cushion between himself and anyone else until the later stage where he finished 2.1 seconds behind Lieber.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Thomas Kjer Olsen had to work his way through the field after passing many riders on the opening lap, he crossed the finish for the first time in 8th. Continuing his charge forward he passed other 3 riders by lap 4 but he wasn’t able to catch the #172 of Van doninck who was 24.6 seconds ahead at the finish. Olsen’s result goes to show the importance of a good start in the competitive class of MX2.

The rider who grabbed the holeshot was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado. Prado’s holeshot lasted only a few meters though before he slid out on the lip of the first jump and then also fell a couple more times before finishing 27th. Though the track got the best of Prado today tomorrow’s racing remains his focus.

MX2 Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 24:15.271; 2. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:02.187; 3. Julien Lieber (BEL, KTM), +0:18.437; 4. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:20.602; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:45.230; 6. Alvin Östlund (SWE, Yamaha), +0:49.583; 7. Thomas Covington (USA, Husqvarna), +0:50.816; 8. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), +0:54.086; 9. David Herbreteau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:56.841; 10. Conrad Mewse (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:57.592.

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

FIAT Professional MXGP of France – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1517m

Type of ground: Clay

Temperature: 27°C

Weather conditions: sunny

MXGP will be available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Here below the MXGP-TV LIVE Program and by clicking here you can check the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

TIMETABLE

Sunday: WMX Race 2 08:45; EMX125 Race 2 09:45; MX2 Warm up 10:25, MXGP Warm up 10:45 EMX250 Race 2 11:30; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

LINKS

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FIM Europe

Fiat Professional MXGP of France

Samuel Bernardini will not be attending the FIAT Professional MXGP of France because of an injury on his left knee.

Unfortunately, during the second race of the MXGP of Germany, he twisted his leg at the entrance of a turn. Bernardini had ridden some previous GPs on a minor injury, and the first findings did not detect major injuries to the knee. After his return to Italy careful and specialized clinical examinations were performed, where he discovered the severity of the incident. In the coming days, Samuele and the Team will decide how to proceed. The utmost priority of TM Racing is to provide Bernardini the time needed for the best healing possible while respecting his physical integrity and without compromising the continuation of his career.

Copyright: Photo: TM Racing

MXGP3, the Official Motocross Videogame is set to release this upcoming Tuesday, the 30th of May and this weekend at the FIAT Professional MXGP of France MXGP3 hosted an international preview for the top riders of the FIM Motocross World Championship and everyone onsite at Ernée will have the ability to try the new game during the weekend.

Participating in today’s rider and media preview was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Glenn Coldenhoff, Suzuki World MXGP’s Arminas Jasikonis, Suzuki World MX2’s Jeremy Seewer, Hunter Lawrence, and Bas Vaessen along with Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei, Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Morgan Lesiardo and Stephen Rubini, 8biano Husqvarna’s Rui Goncalves, Honda Red Moto Assomotor's Valentin Guillod and CEC Husqvarna Sweden’s Anton Gole.

2017 has been a strange and unfortunate season for British riders.

Multiple GP winner Tommy Searle injured himself in a pre-season accident, that saw him hurt his knee. The injury happened in January, and now five months later, he is finally back racing, but not ready for the rough and rigor or the Grand Prix scene. Instead he will race a minor national race in his homeland to prepare for possible the Grand Prix of Russia or Lombardia, Italy.

Next up was former MX2 GP winner Max Anstie. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider missed the MXGP of Trentino and the European Grand Prix in Valkenswaard a week later due to a knee injury.

The MXGP rookie sustained a left knee injury back in April. “It’s always disappointing when a rider is unable to compete due to injury, but that’s a part of our sport,” said team manager Antti Pyrhonen at the time. “Max had enjoyed a good start to the season, and has been steadily improving his speed and consistency. We’re thankful his injury isn’t a serious one, with a little time to recover he will soon be back to full fitness.”

Anstie returned for the Grand Prix of Latvia, scoring 27 points and is currently the best placed British rider, down in 13^th place in the MXGP series points.

Shaun Simpson, who had given the British representatives a shining light, with his Grand Prix win in the mud-fest of Indonesia, but his luck ran out at the Grand Prix of Latvia, where he suffered a broken hand which required surgery.

At the time the Scottish rider flew back to Belgium for an appointment with a hand and foot specialist who repaired his third metacarpal with a plate, five screws and two nails. After a successful operation, he was discharged from Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Herentals, Belgium, but the recovery is a long one.

Simpson hopes to make his Grand Prix return at the MXGP of Lombardia in Italy on the weekend of June 25^th and his current position in the MXGP point standings of 14^th will drop badly as he missed the Grand Prix of Germany, and will miss France this weekend, and the Russian Grand Prix, before a hopeful return in Italy.

If it was bad enough for the British MXGP riders, injury has also caused problems for the MX2 boys. Their best placed rider in that class is Adam Sterry, who holds down 16^th in the series points, but he too is injured and will likely miss a handful of rounds, possibly the rest of the season.

It seemed like youngsters Ben Watson and Conrad Mewse will have to hold the fort now, Watson 17^th in the points and Mewse 19^th, although Mewse has also just received an injury to his ankle. Ruling him out of the German Grand Prix two weeks ago.

"After two amazing weeks of training and a great last GP everything was going perfect, until I landed heavy off a jump and broke a small bone in my left ankle. It's a massive disappointment that I will miss this weekend's GP, but will be back in France. Best of luck to the team.”

Now going into France this weekend, it will be up to Anstie in the MXGP class and Watson in MX2 to try and give the travelling British fans something to get excited about.

Copyright: Photo: Husqvarna Racing

(Ernée) France, 25 May 2017 - Making a return to the calendar this year as 9th MXGP stop of the year is Ernée for the FIAT Professional MXGP of France. The last time we raced here it was for the Monster Energy FIM MXoN in 2015 which provided some amazing action.

The 2017 FIAT Professional MXGP of France will receive television coverage from its traditional partners. The GP will also be broadcasted LIVE to everyone worldwide via Ernèe  on www.MXGP-TV.com both days.

Plus don’t forget you can always watch MXGP’s 26mn Behind the Gate in Europe on motorsport.tv & MotorTrend two days after each round of the MXGP series. It can also be viewed in the USA/Canada on BeIn and MAV TV, Finland on MTV 3, Croatia on Kreator TV, South America on FOX Sports, Asia on FOX Sports, China on Fox Sports and SINA, and the Middle East and Africa on BeIn.

Check the guides below to find out how you can watch FIAT Professional MXGP of France:

USA- CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 2 – 12:00 pm EST (09.00 am PST) Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2  – 1.00 pm EST (10:00 am PST) Delayed

EUROPE

EUROSPORT 2

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 22:15 CET time – Delayed

Motorsport.tv

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 1 – 20:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 1 – 21:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 2 – 22:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 23:00 CET time – Delayed

BELGIUM

PLAY SPORTS

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET time – Live

ÉEN

Sunday 28 May – MXGP 15mn highlights – 17:45 CET

BULGARIA

BNT HD

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 1 – 14:00 Bulgaria time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 2 – 17:00 Bulgaria time – Live

FRANCE

EUROSPORT 2

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 22:15 CET time – Delayed

Motorsport.tv

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 1 – 20:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 1 – 21:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 2 – 22:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 23:00 CET time – Delayed

L’EQUIPE 21

Sunday 28 May – MX2 Race 2 – 22:30 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May – MXGP Race 2 – 23:30 CET time – Delayed

ITALY

RAI Sports

Thursday  01 June – MXGP Race 2 –TBC – Delayed

NETHERLAND

NOS

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET time – Live Streaming

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET time – Live Streaming

SLOVENIA 

Sport TV1

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET time – Live

SPAIN

Open Sport

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET time – Live

UK

Motorsport.tv

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 1 – 19:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 1 – 20:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 2 – 21:00 CET time – Delayed

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 22:00 CET time – Delayed

MIDDLE EAST – AFRICA

BEIN

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET time – Live

Sunday 28 May  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET time – Live

ASIA

FOX SPORTS

Monday 29 May – MX2 Race 1 – 14:00 Asia time – Delayed

Monday 29 May – MXGP Race 1 – 15:00 Asia time – Delayed

Monday 29 May – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 Asia time – Delayed

Monday 29 May – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 Asia time – Delayed

CHINA

FOX China

Monday 29 May – MX2 Race 1 – 14:00 Asia time – Delayed

Monday 29 May – MXGP Race 1 – 15:00 Asia time – Delayed

Monday 29 May – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 Asia time – Delayed

Monday 29 May – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 Asia time – Delayed

MXGP will be available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Here below the MXGP-TV LIVE Program and by clicking here you can check the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

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

TIMETABLE

Saturday: EMX125 Free/Timed Practice Group 1 07:00; EMX125 Free/Timed Practice Group 2 07:45; WMX Free/Timed Practice 08:30; EMX250 Free/Timed Practice Group 1 09:15; EMX250 Free/Timed Practice Group 2 10:00; EMX125 Last Chance Race 10:55; MX2 Free Practice 11:30; MXGP Free Practice 12:00; EMX250 Last Chance 12:55; WMX Race 1 13:40; MX2 Time Practice 14:15; MXGP Time Practice 14:45; EMX125 Race 1 15:25; MX2 Qualifying Race 16:25; MXGP Qualifying Race 17:10; EMX250 Race 1 17:55.

Sunday: WMX Race 2 08:45; EMX125 Race 2 09:45; MX2 Warm up 10:25, MXGP Warm up 10:45 EMX250 Race 2 11:30; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

LINKS

Youthstream

FIM

Fiat Professional MXGP of France