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The YZ125Cup is the heart of Yamaha Racing's bLU cRU program, focused on growing Yamaha's young and talented riders and integrating them into the top motocross classes in the Yamaha family.

Six of the top YZ125Cup riders from around Europe made their way to the Netherlands at the end of August to watch the final European round of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship in Assen. The six bLU cRU members received VIP passes to tour the race paddock and have the chance to meet with YZ125Cup Masterclass Instructor David Philippaerts, and enjoy lunch and dinner with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team riders Jeremy Van Horebeek and Romain Febvre, Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Racing Official MX2 rider Alvin Östlund and Kemea Yamaha Racing Official MX2 Team riders Benoit Paturel, Brent Van Doninck and Maxime Renaux.

The YZ125Cup is nearly upon us, and the SuperFinale at the VELTINS-Arena on October 8th is only a few weeks away. Already across Europe the top young talents from the bLU cRU are finishing their national championships and preparing to join the top 46 YZ125 riders in Germany for their chance at a professional contract in 2017.

Meanwhile many national championships have already closed, and a full update of the YZ125Cup qualifiers is coming soon. Four countries are still racing, and soon the selected riders from Italy, Norway, Sweden and Finland will know if they are among those going to the VELTINS-Arena.

Sweden's long summer days make for perfect motocross weekends. Young YZ125Cup rider Tim Edberg made his bid to join the starting line-up at the VELTINS-Arena with a third overall on the tough sandtrack at Finspång in the Swedish Championship.

Quick starts and excellent acceleration in the opening laps put Edberg among the top three in Finspång, but a mid-moto highside threw the unlucky Swedish teenager from his line and dropped him back to nearly 20th. Hard work, steady focus and a reliable YZ125 brought him back to finish eighth in the first race, and a solid fourth in the second put him fourth overall and third in Sweden's YZ125Cup with one race to go.

Italy and Finland are also still competing, with races through September set to clinch their spots at the YZ125Cup SuperFinale. Ten nations have already completed their championships.

Spain will send Gervasio Cañas, Hugo Arriazu and Enric Vendrell to Germany. Arriazu finished on the second step of the podium four times, and was overtaken in the final moto of the series by Vendrell who stepped up from a string of thirds.

Belgium's tough National Championship has produced three candidates for the YZ125Cup, including Matthew Lefevre, Ryan Bonnewijn and Thibault Maroit. Nearby France produced YZ125Cup winner Calvin Fonvieille, and will send three more: Alexis Colignon, Anthony Calistri and Jeremy Hauquier.

In Germany the YZ125Cup ran in conjunction with the 125 National Championship, and series winner Ben Gosepath will come to the VELTINS-Arena together with Theo Praun. From Switzerland the three bLU cRU members who will compete in the SuperFinale are Flavio Wolf, Jan Müller and Janik Vogel.

Dutch teenager Jeroen Bussink won the YZ125Cup in the Netherlands, with Max Schwarte taking the second spot for the SuperFinale. In the United Kingdom it's Tom Grimshaw, Bill Moynes and Jordan Hearn set to come to Germany in October.

Andrei Poponut is the only bLU cRU representative from Bulgaria, with Skordas Stylianos and Dimitrios Touratzidis the two winners from the YZ125Cup held in Greece. Portugal will send Bruno Charrua after his top performance in the YZ125Cup.

The YZ125Cup is a pan-European championship for teenagers from 12-16 years of age. Riders must race the 2016 season on a Yamaha YZ125 in one of 15 selected FIM-approved national championships. 

The top scoring riders registered for the European YZ125 Cup in each national championship will be invited to the 2016 SuperFinale on October 8th at the VELTINS-Arena, Gelsenkirchen  Germany, for a chance to compete in front of a huge crowd.

The top six SuperFinale riders, joined by two wildcards, will then win a multi-day Master Class with DP19 Yamaha Official MX Team Manager, MXGP Rider and 2008 MX1 World Champion, David Philippaerts. 

Experienced motocross professionals who mentor the YZ125Cup riders during the Master Class will observe and select one talented new Yamaha rider to receive a full professional contract and YZ125 bike for the 2017 EMX125 season.

CHARLOTTE (United States), 30 August 2016 - You can’t miss the star-studded penultimate round of the FIM Motocross World Championship this Friday and Saturday night, September 2^nd & 3^rd, at The Dirt Track, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States where the best motocross in the world will take on some of the best riders in America such as Eli Tomac, Justin Barcia, Chad Reed, Adam Cianciarulo, Cooper Webb, Joey Savatgy and Austin Forkner.

There is a good chance that Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings will lock up the titles this weekend too.

Please download here below the official Timetable and the MXGP and MX2 Entry Lists for the Monster Energy MXGP of Americas night race, round seventeen of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

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Clement Desalle picked up his first Grand Prix victory in two years last weekend at the Assen circuit. The Monster Energy Kawasaki rider has not had the season he would have liked. Down in 8^th place in the MXGP series points, you can be sure with the little bit of extra confidence he will again be a threat in Charlotte this weekend.

“Yes, I am really happy about winning,” Desalle said. “To be on top of the box, it is a special moment and I waited a long time for this. To be in the first place, I enjoyed it a lot. To win in the sand, I know many people don’t think I can ride the sand, so I am really happy to do it here. It’s a good thing for myself and the team.”

As mentioned, with his confidence building, you can be sure Desalle will be much more competitive in the coming weeks, and leading into the Motocross of Nations. Having recovered from his injures the Belgian is now 100% fit.

“Of course I want to win again. It is always a wrong time to get injured, and I started the season with injuries. We also changed the team, so a new bike, and I changed suspension and tyres and everything.”

“Sometimes you need to work hard, but the last few weeks the base is good and I have ridden better in the second motos. I have some good feeling and we have two more GPs and my goal is to win every moto I race. I want to thank the team, because we did a lot of work in the last weeks and thanks to them for doing that.”

Last weekend, with the terrible weather the Assen circuit did become a little one lined and this caused problems for all the riders. Desalle himself struggled to pass riders and was happy to get two good starts.

“The start is important, like 60% of everything. Maybe too much, it was difficult to pass and the start was everything. The level of the top ten is very high, higher than before and that makes the start even more important. I could manage to have good starts in Assen. The first moto after the storm was like enduro and I just needed to be consistent. Shaun was really fast and I finished second. The second moto I passed early, but Glenn was pushing really hard, and I fought until the last corner and I said to my dad I will fight until the finish line and I got the GP win.”

Now onto the two Monster Energy USGP’s in Charlotte next weekend and Glen Helen a week later. Desalle has ridden in America on a few occasions and the American public will enjoy seeing him return to his best form as he continues to try and rejoin the front runners on a more regular basis.

MONACO (Principality of Monaco), 29 August 2016 - The most awaited event of the season, the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations is almost upon us which, of course, is mega exciting with the event taking place at one of the most historic venues in the world, Maggiora, Italy on September 24^th and 25^th.

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Following the press conference here in Assen, Switzerland’s Team Manager Mr. Diego Clement announced Switzerland’s powerhouse line up for the 2016 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations that will take place at Maggiora Park, Italy on the 24th and 25th of September. 

The Swiss force will be Jeremy Seewer, Valentin Guillod and Arnaud Tonus, which is arguably the strongest line-up Switzerland has ever had.

ASSEN (The Netherlands), 29 August 2016 - The final round of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship took place this weekend at the historic Dutch TT Circuit, Assen, The Netherlands, where JCR Altherm Racing Yamaha’s Courtney Duncan validated her label as ‘the next big thing’, with yet another impressive round win, her third of the season.

What better way to wrap up a season than with a mudder, and not just any old mudder, we’re talking quicksand, sea-deep ruts that ate more than 30 seconds out of their lap-times. No kidding, the fastest lap in Race 1, which took place in vastly different conditions yesterday, was 1:46.814 by Courtney Duncan, while in Race 2, it was again Courtney Duncan but with a lap time of 2:23.441. The conditions were so brutal, Duncan and the local ace, Nancy Van de Ven lapped all the way up to third!

After dominating race one, JCR Altherm Yamaha’s Courtney Duncan proved just how widespread her skills are today with yet another outstanding performance. The Kiwi Girl has arguably the shortest legs in motocross, which makes mistakes extra costly with the ground being so far away. After leading the entire race and stretching out a 26 second lead, the New Zealander got pitched in the waves and went off the track. “I’m so gutted,” she said, “I had a lead of like 30 seconds, but I crashed and then went off the track and because it’s been built up, it was hard to get back on.”

With an enormous roar from the crowd, Nancy Van de Ven took the lead with two laps to go. The Dutch sensation managed to ride it home despite a hard charge in the eleventh hour by Duncan.  Van de Ven’s win was something special as it set off a wild celebration in the grand stand that made your hair stand on end.

There was no real shock to see the new world champion Livia Lancelot take no risk on her way to third place, while it was a bit of a shock to see the recently dethroned world champion, and one of the most successful female motocross riders in the world, MXFontaracing Syneco Honda’s Kiara Fontanesi, on the deck.

With mud being the great equalizer, Holland’s own Nicky Van Wordragen mastered the gnarly terrain to finish fourth ahead of Germany’s Kim Immgartz who also put in the ride of her life for fifth.

JCR Altherm Yamaha’s Courtney Duncan topped the box here in The Netherlands while Nancy Van de Ven had the Dutch flag raised above the second step. The newly crowned world champion, Team One One Four’s Livia Lancelot kept her perfect podium streak alive by finishing third overall.

As for the championship, Team One One Four’s Livia Lancelot landed on the box at all seven rounds this season, with one round win, for the 2016 WMX world title, “I was almost thinking that I will never win a world championship again, but I managed to do it, so now I’m world champion, and happy”, she said. Nancy Van de Ven made the podium six times with two rounds wins for second overall, while the 2009 vice-world champion, Larissa Papenmeier, made one podium appearance but was consistently knocking on the door of the top three, and finished third overall this season.

WMX Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Yamaha), 25:12.799; 2. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, Honda), +0:35.668; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +0:52.764; 4. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:53.993; 5. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:55.972; 6. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:38.964; 7. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, Kawasaki), +1:56.309; 8. Line Dam (DEN, Honda), -1 lap(s); 9. Kimberley Braam (NED, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 10. Lianne Muilwijk (NED, Honda), -1 lap(s).

WMX Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), 26:08.066; 2. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Yamaha), +0:05.212; 3. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), +2:19.433; 4. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 5. Kim Irmgartz (GER, Suzuki), -1 lap(s); 6. Kimberley Braam (NED, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 7. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), -1 lap(s); 8. Lianne Muilwijk (NED, Honda), -1 lap(s); 9. Frida Östlund (SWE, Honda), -1 lap(s); 10. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), -1 lap(s).

WMX Overall Top Ten: 1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, YAM), 47 points; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 41 p.; 3. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KAW), 38 p.; 4. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, KAW), 32 p.; 5. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, SUZ), 31 p.; 6. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 29 p.; 7. Kimberley Braam (NED, KAW), 27 p.; 8. Kim Irmgartz (GER, SUZ), 26 p.; 9. Lianne Muilwijk (NED, HON), 24 p.; 10. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, HON), 22 p.

WMX Championship Top Ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KAW), 302 points; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 278 p.; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, SUZ), 220 p.; 4. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, HON), 214 p.; 5. Courtney Duncan (NZL, YAM), 196 p.; 6. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, KTM), 188 p.; 7. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 164 p.; 8. Shana van der Vlist (NED, YAM), 125 p.; 9. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), 108 p.; 10. Britt Van Der Werff (NED, SUZ), 99 p.

WMX Manufacturers: 1. Yamaha, 323 points; 2. Kawasaki, 302 p.; 3. Honda, 258 p.; 4. Suzuki, 243 p.; 5. KTM, 221 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 56 p.

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MXGP of The Netherlands – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1500m

Type of ground: Sand

Temperature: 25°C

Weather conditions: Changeable

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 32,000

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ASSEN (The Netherlands), 28 August 2016 – The raucous crowd created a spine-tingling atmosphere here at the historic Dutch TT Circuit, Assen, for round sixteen of the FIM Motocross World Championship, where Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings topped the box in their respective classes.

Things couldn’t get any crazier than they did here today at the MXGP of The Netherlands. From Mother Nature unleashing her fury with an epic thunderstorm which was so gnarly it’s practically indescribable, to Jeffrey Herlings being beat fair and square in the sand, to Tim Gajser DNF’ing, to Jorge Prado finishing in the top three on his MX2 debut, the list goes on.

Assen was also the host of the FIM Veteran Motocross World Cup today where Sweden’s Mats Nilsson successfully defended his crown with a double moto victory ahead of Holland’s own Ton Van Grinsven, while another Swede in the form of Robert Forsell rounded out the top three.

Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Clement Desalle didn’t just want to get the monkey off of his back. He wanted to throw it at the wall, which he finally managed to do this weekend with his first grand prix win since the MXGP of Germany 2014. “Finally I am back on top of the box,” he said, “it’s really special, especially in the sand because while I know I can ride in the sand, a lot of people don’t believe it so much, so I am happy to do it here.”

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli is renowned for his ability to find good lines no matter how treacherous the track conditions are, and we were reminded of that as he used his craftiness to win the final race of the day, which paired with his fourth in race one, landed him on the second step of the podium.

While it wasn’t an overall victory for the eight-time world champ, in many ways it was the biggest achievement of the day since he clawed back a whopping 34 points on the championship leader, Tim Gajser, which means the championship will at least live another week. Tony now trails Tim by 65 points, so is the title still possible? “Anything is possible,” he said, “there are still 100 points left in the championship, we know it’s difficult but we want to win so we will see what the others do, that’s all we can do.”

Speaking of the championship leader, Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser, he didn’t look as bummed as you would expect considering he lost 34 points today. Instead he took a realistic approach and said, “I’m disappointed, but it’s motorsport and things like this can happen at anytime. I just need to learn from everything that happened today.” Gajser finished eighteenth overall after struggling to keep the bike on two wheels in race one, and failing to finish race two after he caught an edge in the wave section and was chucked off his bike, which ended up in the fence with a broken throttle house and a dangling front brake.

It was an epic day for the Dutch hero Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Glenn Coldenhoff who achieved a bunch of firsts this weekend. The Hoff landed on the box for the first time this season, with his last podium appearance being right here in Assen. He also took his first Fox Holeshot of the year and set the fastest lap of the day for his first point in the Tag Heuer fastest lap competition. “It was an amazing weekend, I really enjoyed it and I’m happy I made it, and also for the fans” he said.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl rode to the conditions today and was one of very few riders to stay up right. As a result, he finished fourth overall.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek and Wilvo Virus Performance KTM’s Shaun Simpson rounded out the top six in that order, although both results don’t reflect the way they were riding today. Van Horebeek was on the cable and had a podium finish in sight before his spectacular crash, right over the ‘bars in the wave section, the same place Tim binned it, while Simpson tangled with Team HRC’s Gautier Paulin in race two after cleaning everyone up in the first race for his first race win of the season.

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 34:23.278; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:08.511; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:15.649; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:16.595; 5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:32.529; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:35.717; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, Husqvarna), +0:42.884; 8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:49.112; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), +0:56.148; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +1:00.466

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34:18.739; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:02.106; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:03.267; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:05.370; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:24.762; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:34.969; 7. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, Suzuki), +0:37.170; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), +0:57.508; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:59.272; 10. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:05.532

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 44 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 43 p.; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 33 p.; 5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 31 p.; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 30 p.; 7. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), 25 p.; 8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 24 p.; 9. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 23 p.; 10. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 22 p

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 653 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 588 p.; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 542 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 522 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 494 p.; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 477 p.; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 347 p.; 8. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 342 p.; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 326 p.; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 307 p.

MXGP Manufacturers: 1. Honda, 689 points; 2. Yamaha, 628 p.; 3. KTM, 617 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 557 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 453 p.; 6. Suzuki, 337 p.

“It was a nightmare!” were the first words that came out of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings mouth at the Press Conference today despite taking his thirteenth grand prix win of the season, and the sixtieth of his career. Yes, sixty as in six-zero, 60, grand prix wins at the tender age of twenty-one years old. The Bullet did look a little bit rusty today, and it definitely was a shock to the system for almost every single fan to see him lose a race in the sand. Turns out he is human after all!

A lifetime in the shadow of fellow Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings, Brian Bogers packed a torch this weekend and outshone The Bullet in race one when he came from dead last after eating it at turn one, to challenge his fellow countryman for second place, and most impressively set the fastest lap of the race. In race two, the HSF Logistics Motorsport KTM rider put in yet another solid ride which landed him on the second step of the podium for the second time this season.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado looks like he is THE name to watch over the next couple of years. He’s got that special kind of talent that doesn’t come along every day, even Jeffrey Herlings said so, “I’m not surprised to see Jorge here, he is an amazing talent, the same like myself and Roczen when we were his age.”

It was a random day for Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing with their American star Thomas Covington proving ‘impossible’ is nothing when he beat the Sand King, Herlings, in race one but binned it in race two and struggled to regroup thereafter. Max Anstie almost pulled his seventh Fox Holeshot of the season in the opening race of the day but hit a wet patch, which was so deep it stopped him dead, despite the fact he was full throttle at the time. While his bike stopped, his body didn’t and he slid forward, hit the ‘bars and did the most epic slow-mo face plant of the season. Covington finished sixth while Anstie logged enough points for fourth.

In addition to Prado’s exploits, the performances of Bodo Schmidt Husqvarna’s Thomas Kjer Olsen and Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen adds to the argument that the European Championship EMX250 series’, which is run along side the premier championships, MX2 and MXGP, is the breeding ground of future champions. Vaessen was phenomenal is race one, footing it with Herlings in a race-long battle for third before crashing with one lap to go. Kjer Olsen, the EMX250 champion, put in two top five rides for fifth overall.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Thomas Covington (USA, Husqvarna), 36:09.602; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:21.780; 3. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:22.221; 4. Lars van Berkel (NED, Husqvarna), +0:42.129; 5. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:45.426; 6. Iker Larranaga Olano (ESP, KTM), +0:56.001; 7. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1:01.428; 8. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +1:03.254; 9. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +1:21.887; 10. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +1:32.916.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:07.512; 2. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:34.735; 3. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:37.375; 4. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:45.073; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:58.943; 6. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, KTM), +1:07.701; 7. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), +1:15.245; 8. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +1:16.572; 9. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +1:18.937; 10. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +1:39.988.

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 points; 2. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 40 p.; 3. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 31 p.; 4. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 31 p.; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 30 p.; 6. Thomas Covington (USA, HUS), 30 p.; 7. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 27 p.; 8. Bas Vaessen (NED, SUZ), 25 p.; 9. Lars van Berkel (NED, HUS), 25 p.; 10. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, KTM), 23 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 644 points; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 568 p.; 3. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 460 p.; 4. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 447 p.; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 403 p.; 6. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 378 p.; 7. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 351 p.; 8. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 349 p.; 9. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), 341 p.; 10. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, YAM), 320 p.

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 740 points; 2. Suzuki, 579 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 569 p.; 4. Yamaha, 552 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 549 p.; 6. TM, 341 p.; 7. Honda, 293 p.

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All the photos of the MXGP of The Netherlands will be available HERE

MXGP of The Netherlands – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1500m

Type of ground: Sand

Temperature: 25°C

Weather conditions: Changeable

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 32,000

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. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

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The next round of the FIM Motocross World Championship will take place next week, on Saturday 3rd September at the Dirt Track in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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ASSEN (The Netherlands), 28 August 2016 - Following the Press Conference here at the MXGP of The Netherlands in Assen, Suzuki World MXGP’s Team Owner, Stefan Everts, took the opportunity to announce Suzuki’s line up of inspired riders that will compete for brand supremacy at the all new Monster Energy SMX Riders’ and Manufacturers’ Cup which will take place at the VELTINS-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany on October 8th. Youthstream President, Mr. Giuseppe Luongo joined Stefan Everts and two thirds of the team, Jeremy Seewer and Arminas Jasikonis.

“I wanted to have a good young team, so the team will be Jeremy Seewer, the second rider will be Arminas, he is quite new on the team and in the world championship and our special guest will be not going to be from Europe, and unfortunately it’s not going to be James Stewart, although we did try to make that happen but he got injured recently, but it will be Jake Weimer, the former Lites supercross champion.” Stefan Everts said, “I’m really looking forward to having Jake on the team to help the younger riders so it’s going to be good.”

Arminas Jasikonis said, “I never thought that in my first year with Suzuki I would get selected to ride that race, even coming to this team was already a dream come true and to race the world championship was also a dream, so I am really motivated for it.”

Jeremy Seewer said, “Only three guys are selected from the entire world to represent the brand, so I am really proud to do it and I’m motivated to do it, it’s something new and something interesting. I think I will like it, it looks good.” Seewer

Mr. Giuseppe Luongo concluded, “I would like to thank Stefan first of all, he has put together a very good team with two young riders who are very competitive and then with Jake Weimer who has a lot of experience. I think it is a good team, a competitive team and I wish them the best”

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