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MONACO (Principality of Monaco), 19 August 2016 – SCOTT Sports, a worldwide leader in off-road apparel, goggles, bicycles, and sporting goods, are a proud sponsor of the FIM Junior Motocross World Championships and European Open 65cc Cup since many years. This year this fantastic event took place last weekend in Orlyonok, Russia, where the worlds fastest kids were racing on a great track on the shore of the black see.

‘We are very proud to be part of this event as a sponsor and to support the future champions, then those Kids will do the Show in the Premier class in a couple of years,’ Scott Sports Motosports Racing & Marketing Coordinator Diego Clement said.  

As a symbol of their commitment to the young athletes, SCOTT awarded the three champions with a bicycle. Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts won the Junior 125cc title and was awarded a Scott Aspect 730 mountain bike, while Rene Hofer, winner of the Junior 85cc class, and Kirill Vorobyov, winner of the European Open 65cc, were gifted a Scott Voltage YZ 0.3 bike each.

The team at Youthstream would like to extend their thanks to SCOTT Sports for their on-going support and dedication to the development of our young athletes.

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With the Monster Energy Motocross of Nations, set for the legendary Maggiora circuit on September 24 and 25 anticipation is growing as several of the contenders for the Chamberlain Trophy have been selected.

Last weekend both Team USA and Team Belgium were selected, to join already selected teams, such as Team France, Team New Zealand and Team Australia.

As usual, three teams seem to have the role as equal favorites, with defending champion France picking Romain Febvre, Gautier Paulin and Benoit Paturel. France of course will be going for their third straight MXoN victory in a row having won in 2014 and 2015.

Belgium, who won the event in 2013 have selected Kevin Strijbos, Jeremy van Horebeek and Clement Desalle.

The winningest team in the history of the event Team USA have three youngsters in the team in Cooper Webb, Jason Anderson and Alex Martin. While Webb raced for Team USA in 2016, it will be the debut for both Anderson and Martin in the team. Martin had raced for Puerto Rico in the past.

Team Australia and Team New Zealand look like top ten possibilities, with Kirk Gibbs, Jed Beaton and Dean Ferris in for Australia, and the Kiwis going with Cody Cooper, Hamish Harwood and Josiah Natzke

Team Great Britain could be a strong performer, and will be picked this weekend, with the team expected to be GP regulars, Max Anstie, Shaun Simpson and Tommy Searle.

Team Netherlands could have a good shot with Jeffrey Herlings, Glenn Coldenhoff and Brian Bogers big possibilities, or Team Switzerland with maybe Jeremy Seewer, Arnaud Tonus and Valentin Guillid look strong.

Ken Roczen has taken the 2012 winners Germany out of the running, as he has decided not to attend the event.

In the last 30 years of the event only five nations have won this event, America, France, Belgium, Great Britain and Italy. Of course the Italian team will have Antonio Cairoli in their line-up, but miss a third rider to contend for victory.

Team Canada will field Kaven Benoit, Jeremy Medaglia and Shawn Maffenbeier. Team South Africa is Kerim Fitzgerald, Maddy Malan and Michael Docherty.

ORLYONOK (Russia), 14 August 2016 - After a stifling hot week, we were pleasantly surprised to wake up too much milder temperatures today in Orlyonok, Russia, where the stars of tomorrow went bar-to-bar for world championship glory. The track had already taken a hammering from the extreme weather conditions over the days prior; therefore it was pretty dry in areas with jagged holes popping up left, right and center. It was all about line choice thereafter, which was an extra challenge for the talented kids that ventured out here to contest the 2016 FIM Junior Motocross World Championships and the European Open 65cc Cup, where Jago Geerts, Rene Hofer and Kirill Vorobyov were the gold medalists in their respective classes. All three riders also won a Scott mountain bike, thanks to the team at Scott Sports.

FIM Junior 125cc Motocross World Championship

It would appear that the top qualifier Roan van de Moosdijk entered this weekend with every facet of his life in order. The Dutchman was untouchable as he topped the charts in every practice session and went pole in the sweltering hot heat yesterday. In Race 1, the DP19 Yamaha rider chased Czech Republic’s Jakub Teresak around turn one with Australian Riley Dukes in tow.

The duo, Van de Moosdijk and Teresak launched the enormous step down side by side, while Dukes rolled it. It was the Dutchman who had the advantage, since he was on the inside of Teresak heading into the following turn. It doesn’t take much to figure out, he got the job done and ran away with the lead.

Jago Geerts dominated the last two rounds of the European Championship in Belgium and Switzerland before flying out here to Russia for what is perhaps the most prestigious youth event of the year. The Belgian has been firing on all cylinders and looked like he was off to a good start at gate drop today before getting boxed at turn one. It didn’t take long for him to barge his way through the pack. He was third by the end of lap two and looking for smooth lines. 15 minutes in, he found his rhythm and set the fastest lap of the race, before blitzing past the Czech talent like he was standing still.

Latvia’s Rainers Zuks made his presence recognized with a killer holeshot in the second race ahead of the two main protagonists, Geerts and Van de Moosdijk. With Van de Moosdijk running a strong pace this weekend, Geerts knew he had no time to waste if he wanted a shot at the crown, and by the end of the opening lap, he was in the lead.

While it’s good to start up front, it wasn’t so smooth sailing for the Belgian as Van de Moosdijk didn’t mess about either, and he was just as quick in second. As Geerts very very slowly inched away, Van de Moosdijk did all he could to stay within striking distance. Meanwhile, behind them a bunch of Aussie’s and a token Czech guy were having a savage race for third.

Australia’s Riley Dukes after getting off to yet another ripping start, he ran third for the majority of the race. On the final lap, Teresak, who had sacked off the other two Ozzie’s, managed to put the move on Dukes for third.

Geerts got what he wanted, and what he needed, a race win for the overall victory and his first ever world title. It must have left Van de Moosdijk with a bitter sweet taste in his mouth having ridden so well all weekend long, and to be nudged back to second place despite having the same points as the winner, 47. Teresak finished third in the final race for third overall while the Australian’s Dukes and Grothues rounded out the top five in that order.

Junior 125cc Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), 30:22.017; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:03.785; 3. Jakub Teresak (CZE, KTM), +0:16.685; 4. Caleb Grothues (AUS, KTM), +0:31.152; 5. Riley Dukes (AUS, KTM), +0:34.546; 6. Jan Pancar (SLO, Yamaha), +0:35.272; 7. Sergey Prytov (RUS, KTM), +1:12.969; 8. Daniil Balandin (RUS, KTM), +1:13.130; 9. Petr Polak (CZE, KTM), +1:33.613; 10. Cody Dyce (AUS, Yamaha), +1:43.562.

Junior 125cc Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 29:01.771; 2. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), +0:07.337; 3. Jakub Teresak (CZE, KTM), +0:15.530; 4. Riley Dukes (AUS, KTM), +0:18.423; 5. Caleb Grothues (AUS, KTM), +0:32.398; 6. Jan Pancar (SLO, Yamaha), +0:55.685; 7. Cody Dyce (AUS, Yamaha), +0:58.469; 8. Daniil Balandin (RUS, KTM), +0:59.030; 9. Martin Winter (GER, KTM), +1:17.577; 10. Petr Polak (CZE, KTM), +1:21.113.

Junior 125cc Overall Top Ten: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 47 points; 2. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 47 p.; 3. Jakub Teresak (CZE, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Riley Dukes (AUS, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Caleb Grothues (AUS, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Jan Pancar (SLO, YAM), 30 p.; 7. Daniil Balandin (RUS, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Cody Dyce (AUS, YAM), 25 p.; 9. Petr Polak (CZE, KTM), 23 p.; 10. Stanislav Myatlin (RUS, YAM), 19 p.

FIM Junior 85cc Motocross World Championship

The rookie, and former European Open 65cc Champion, Kay Karrsemakers, was lightning quick off the line and took a super sweet holeshot before coming up short on the first tabletop and being nudged back to third by Japan’s Joe Shimoda and Estonia’s Meico Vettik.

The Japanese star, who funnily enough rides a European brand bike, KTM, was feeling it out here in Russia as he pulled a gap right away. While Shimoda was relishing his time out front, complete with some serious leg swag over the jumps, Meico Vettik, Maksim Kraev and Rene Hofer tried to catch him.

It only took two laps for the poleman, and recently crowned European EMX85 Champion, Rene Hofer to check in for work, and he wasted no time in putting Vettik and Kraev out of business.

In Japan, kids only race one moto a day, and that race is only 10 minutes plus 1 lap long, so it wasn’t extremely unusual to see Shimoda eventually fade, although it wasn’t because of his fitness that he dropped back to tenth. He later informed us that he had a flat front tire, which left him finishing way back in nineteenth.

Once the Austrian star, Hofer took the lead, it was goodnight nurse as he charged away to win by 31 seconds over Vettik.

Out of nowhere, Russian Aleksandr Shershnev emerged with two laps to go and passed a bunch of guys to cross the line in third ahead of fellow Russian’s Maksim Kraev and Nikita Petrov.

In the final race of the day, Rene Hofer pretty much had the title locked down before the gate had even dropped. The Austrian has been phenomenal this year, winning every 85cc race he has entered, so it came as no surprise when he took the lead from the holeshotter, Meico Vettik, on lap two and won the final moto to complete his mission of world domination.

Meanwhile, Japan’s Joe Shimoda seems to be the next Akira Watanabe. The young Japanese star has got such a rad style on the bike. He knows how to launch the jumps, with a stylish tap of the rear brake to bring everything into check. It looks awesome. Shimoda was buried in the pack on the opening lap, but didn’t let it phase him, he soon made his way into second and cleared out on Shershnev who was dropped back to third.

Behind Hofer and Shimoda, who were clearly the two fastest riders today, a furious battle was waged between Shershnev, Vettik, Svyatoslav Pronenko and Maksim Kraev for third. The four-some were wheel-to-wheel for the entire race, any mistake was costly, and that mistake came from Shershnev on the final lap.

Hofer took the checkers, which couldn’t have come at a better time since Shimoda started putting in his fastest laps of the race in the closing stages. Nevertheless, the Austrian got the job done with Shimoda just under 3 seconds adrift. Pronenko pulled out all the stops on the final lap to get Vettik for third, while Kraev rounded out the top five.

Rene Hofer was just as dominant as he was a month ago in Loket, Czech Republic. Another double moto victory saw him claim yet another gold plate. Meico Vettik put in a 2 – 4 performance for second overall with Russia’s own Maksim Kraev going 3 – 5 for third.

85cc Junior Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 24:37.294; 2. Meico Vettik (EST, KTM), +0:31.634; 3. Maksim Kraev (RUS, KTM), +0:36.304; 4. Nikita Petrov (RUS, KTM), +0:44.359; 5. Kristians Freimanis (LAT, KTM), +0:53.863; 6. Dante Hyam (AUS, KTM), +0:57.294; 7. Nikolay Kornev (RUS, KTM), +1:03.352; 8. Noel Nilsson (SWE, KTM), +1:04.821; 9. Souya Nakajima (JPN, Yamaha), +1:10.354; 10. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KTM), +1:11.133.

85cc Junior Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 24:20.859; 2. Jo Shimoda (JPN, KTM), +0:02.949; 3. Svyatoslav Pronenko (RUS, KTM), +0:35.836; 4. Meico Vettik (EST, KTM), +0:36.107; 5. Maksim Kraev (RUS, KTM), +0:51.647; 6. Dante Hyam (AUS, KTM), +0:55.928; 7. Nikolay Kornev (RUS, KTM), +0:57.037; 8. Nikita Petrov (RUS, KTM), +1:06.261; 9. Noel Nilsson (SWE, KTM), +1:08.640; 10. Kristians Freimanis (LAT, KTM), +1:12.409.

85cc Junior Overall Top Ten: 1. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 50 points; 2. Meico Vettik (EST, KTM), 40 p.; 3. Maksim Kraev (RUS, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Nikita Petrov (RUS, KTM), 31 p.; 5. Dante Hyam (AUS, KTM), 30 p.; 6. Nikolay Kornev (RUS, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Kristians Freimanis (LAT, KTM), 27 p.; 8. Svyatoslav Pronenko (RUS, KTM), 25 p.; 9. Noel Nilsson (SWE, KTM), 25 p.; 10. Jo Shimoda (JPN, KTM), 23 p.

European Open 65cc Cup

An uphill start right into a hair pin that heads straight downhill made things interesting for the little guys contesting the European Open 65cc class. When the gates dropped it was the young Latvian Edvards Bidzans who recently made his mark on the world when he won the European EMX65 Championship a month ago, who took the holeshot over Russian Kirill Vorobyov.

Bidzans may have already been thinking about his Fox Europe prize he just won by claiming the Fox Holeshot because Vorobyov passed him relatively easily at turn two. Bidzans tried to respond, but Vorobyov was already carrying far more momentum and managed to make the pass stick.

Five minutes in and Bidzans got fevered. He showed Vorobyov a wheel and challenged for the lead before unexpectedly loosing the front and crashing pretty hard. The kid that was the quickest in qualifying yesterday, Alexey Orlov, then inherited second place, but had some ground to make up on the leader.

Patients, strategy and smarts is not something you expect from a 65cc rider, but Orlov has it, and he dropped the hammer with two laps to go and got right on the rear wheel of Vorobyov. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late and he had to settle for second despite setting the fastest lap time.

At the checkers, the top five finishers were all Russian. Kirill Vorobyov took the flag ahead of Alexy Orlov, Karlis Reisulis, Sergey Glebkin and Ilia Krasnitskiy. Bidzans, on the other hand, pulled in for a pit stop but returned to the race and managed to salvage seventh.

Race two saw a bit of carnage at turn one with Bidzans getting hung up and the race one runner-up, Orlov, going down. On the flip side of all of that, the race one winner, Vorobyov, crossed the Fox Holeshot line first.

On completion of the first lap, the Russian prodigy, Vorobyov, already had a standing ovation from the crowd who were absolutely buzzing over the speed of their Russian star on the rise. As he inched away, the Latvians, Karlis Reisulis and Edvards Bizdans, tried to keep him in check, but in the end, they couldn’t match his pace.

At the checkers, Vorobyov made it a perfect weekend with yet another race win while Reisulis edged out his fellow countryman, Bidzans, for second. Orlov had a sassy few laps where he diced his way to fourth; he rode well but was done in by his first turn mishap. Arseny Grishchuk rounded out the top five.

Kirill Vorobyov topped the box with a double moto victory while Karlis Reisulis stood on the second step with Alexey Orlov on the third.

European Open 65cc Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Kirill Vorobyev (RUS, KTM), 18:04.925; 2. Aleksey Orlov (RUS, KTM), +0:01.210; 3. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, KTM), +0:23.846; 4. Sergey Glebkin (RUS, KTM), +1:16.620; 5. Ilia Krasnitskiy (RUS, KTM), +1:22.192; 6. Ilia Khabirov (RUS, KTM), +1:28.030; 7. Edvards Bidzans (LAT, KTM), +1:36.971; 8. Egor Waigendt (RUS, KTM), +1:58.003; 9. Arseny Grishchuk (RUS, KTM), +2:02.247; 10. Maksim Ulianov (RUS, KTM), +2:09.908

European Open 65cc Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Kirill Vorobyev (RUS, KTM), 17:53.850; 2. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, KTM), +0:09.117; 3. Edvards Bidzans (LAT, KTM), +0:16.093; 4. Aleksey Orlov (RUS, KTM), +0:52.904; 5. Arseny Grishchuk (RUS, KTM), +1:02.262; 6. Ilia Khabirov (RUS, KTM), +1:10.160; 7. Sergey Glebkin (RUS, KTM), +1:14.567; 8. Egor Waigendt (RUS, KTM), +1:18.116; 9. Georgiy Gusev (RUS, KTM), +1:43.354; 10. Platon Melkinov (RUS, KTM), +1:49.309.

European Open 65cc Overall Top Ten: 1. Kirill Vorobyev (RUS, KTM), 50 points; 2. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, KTM), 42 p.; 3. Aleksey Orlov (RUS, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Edvards Bidzans (LAT, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Sergey Glebkin (RUS, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Ilia Khabirov (RUS, KTM), 30 p.; 7. Arseny Grishchuk (RUS, KTM), 28 p.; 8. Egor Waigendt (RUS, KTM), 26 p.; 9. Ilia Krasnitskiy (RUS, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Hugo Nork (EST, KTM), 20 p.

Junior Nations

At the end of the weekend Team Australia won the team event ahead of The Netherlands and Russia while Team Latvia won the FIM Ride Green Cup.

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FIM Junior Motocross World Championship – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1850 m

Type of ground: hard pack

Temperature: 25°C

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd attendance: 15,000

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Junior MX World Championship

There was some insane action at the MXGP of Switzerland presented by iXS in the premier class, MXGP, Race 2 with awesome battles between Tim Gajser, Antonio Cairoli & Romain Febvre. Watch it all go down in the video below:

Along side the wicked track here in Orlyonok, Scott Sports hosted a fun race where some of the racers from the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship were able to race each other on some super trick Scott Voltage mountain bikes. Some of the energetic young racers turned up to race and when it was time to ‘go’ they laid it all on the line.

The kids were put into two teams, where they raced ‘tag-team’ style! What that means is, there were two bikes, one bike per team. The kid who was racing had to put on a Scott snap-back cap and a pair of Scott Prospect goggles. Then they had to pedal their hearts out for a lap, tag their teammate, who would then put on the hat and goggles, and go again.

It was an awesome icebreaker for the kids who have come from all over the world to race here at the Junior World Championship, and judging by the fun they all had, motocross is universal language.

All of the kids that came out to the Scott event went away with a goodie bag which included a pair of Scott Hustle goggles and some other Scott products such as caps and sunglasses.

ORLYONOK (Russia), 13 August 2016 - With temperatures hovering well above 30 degree’s Celsius, combined with scorching humidity, the world’s fastest motocross kids took on their first challenge of the weekend here in Orlyonok, Russia, where the qualifying sessions for the FIM Junior Motocross World Championships 125cc and 85cc, and the European Open 65cc Cup, took place.

The sun baked rocky surface of Orlyonok meant traction was scarce, and throttle control and line choice was of the essence. On a track so slick, and hilly, the key is to carry momentum. You don’t want to be getting hard on the gas and lighting up, wheel spin means you’re not accelerating and on a surface this hard, all you’ll be doing is burning rubber and destroying your tire. With that said, there were a few smooth criminals who mastered this technique today, namely, Roan van de Moosdijk, Rene Hofer and Alexey Orlov, as they set the fastest times of the day in their 30 minute qualifying sessions.

FIM Junior 125cc Motocross World Championship

In the class that is so often described as the cheat sheet on what to expect from the next generation, it was Dutchman Roan van de Moosdijk who edged out long-time rival, Jago Geerts from Belgium, to go pole. Both riders are typically sand experts, but it seems they are bigger fish than the sandy ponds of The Netherlands and Belgium can handle.

Geerts is the recently crowned European EMX125 Champion, while Van de Moosdijk finished fifth in the European series after missing two rounds due to injury. Before coming to this event, the Dutchman, Van de Moosdijk, who is trained and mentored by former FIM Motocross World Champion, David Philippaerts, said, “I want to be world champion, that’s my goal in Russia. For the entire season my goal was simply to do my best every week. I think I achieved that goal and it has always been my dream to be the best in the world.”

Van de Moosdijk is one step closer to making that dream a reality. Meanwhile, after dominating the last two rounds of the European Championship, Jago Geerts was the hot favorite coming in, and has already got things off to a good start. The Belgian star was less than a second off of the pace, but second pick at the gate isn’t too bad.

There is an amazing story behind the kid that finished third in the Qualifying Practice session today, Australian Caleb Grothues. The young rider lost two of his fingers from the knuckle down in a nasty crash a couple of years ago. He was told he may not be able to ride again, and instead of letting it get him down, he just ‘knuckled’ down and set out on a mission to prove the doctors were wrong. Despite the craziness he has been through, and the adjustment to living and riding without two fingers, he rolled up in Russia today and set the third fastest time ahead of Jan Pancar and Jakub Teresak.

The name Pancar may be one to watch, as a young Slovenian following in the footsteps of another Slovenian, whom you may have heard of, Tim Gajser. Amazingly Geerts, Grothues, Pancar and Teresak all finished on the same lap time, 1:54, and if that is anything to go by, we are in for some insanely close racing tomorrow.

125cc Qualifying Practice Top Ten: 1. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), 1:53.316; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:00.811; 3. Caleb Grothues (AUS, KTM), +0:01.022; 4. Jan Pancar (SLO, Yamaha), +0:01.108; 5. Jakub Teresak (CZE, KTM), +0:01.182; 6. Timur Petrashin (RUS, KTM), +0:01.800; 7. Riley Dukes (AUS, KTM), +0:01.894; 8. Petr Polak (CZE, KTM), +0:02.822; 9. Rainers Zuks (LAT, Husqvarna), +0:04.280; 10. Sergey Prytov (RUS, KTM), +0:04.305.

FIM Junior 85cc Motocross World Championship 

Fresh off of his European Championship domination where he won both moto’s by miles for the title, Austria’s Rene Hofer validated his gold plate by topping the charts in qualifying earlier today. The Austrian was 1 second faster than the local legend, Svyatoslav Pronenko, who also looked like he had the track dialed. For those willing to see what a lap with Pronenko looks like, you can visit our Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/mxgptv tomorrow where we will have uploaded a lap with the Russian.

Japan may be the biggest producer of dirtbikes, but for one reason or another there seems to be an absence of world-class Japanese riders. Fear not though, this could be about to change as Japanese star Joe Shimoda has set the third fastest time here in Orlyonok, 1 second faster than the kid in fourth, Meico Vettik. Vettik, comes from Estonia, which is exciting for him to have some recognition already, especially with the 2017 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship set to take place in his homeland next year.

Rounding out the top five was Latvia’s Kristians Freimanis, who put in his hot lap of a 2:03.624 relatively early. Although, he was almost caught by Sweden’s Noel Nilsson, who put in a 2:03.878 on the final lap of his session, for sixth.

85cc Qualifying Practice Top Ten: 1. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 1:59.846; 2. Svyatoslav Pronenko (RUS, KTM), +0:01.092; 3. Jo Shimoda (JPN, KTM), +0:02.388; 4. Meico Vettik (EST, KTM), +0:02.680; 5. Kristians Freimanis (LAT, KTM), +0:03.778; 6. Noel Nilsson (SWE, KTM), +0:04.032; 7. Maksim Kraev (RUS, KTM), +0:04.148; 8. Alexander Shershnev (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:05.050; 9. Nikita Petrov (RUS, KTM), +0:05.135; 10. Egor Skorobogatov (RUS, KTM), +0:05.958.

European Open 65cc Cup

Welcome to the Alexey Orlov show! Orlov was on fire today as he stomped the qualifying session with an amazing time of 2:08.604. The little Russian put on a fine display of riding for his friends and family, and set the pace, a whopping 2.4 seconds faster than fellow Russian, Kirill Vorobyov who finished the day as the second fastest rider. While the Russians stole the show, the Latvian’s might have something to say come race day. Karlis Reisulis and Edvards Bidzans were also feeling the flow. Both were only 1 second off of Vorobyov’s pace, so they could work out how to find that valuable time during track walk tonight. Meanwhile, a pair of Ilia’s, in the form of Ilia Krasnitskiy and Ilia Khabirov rounded out the top six.

European Open 65cc Qualifying Practice Top Ten: 1. Aleksey Orlov (RUS, KTM), 2:08.604; 2. Kirill Vorobyev (RUS, KTM), +0:02.452; 3. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, KTM), +0:03.547; 4. Edvards Bidzans (LAT, KTM), +0:04.132; 5. Ilia Krasnitskiy (RUS, KTM), +0:09.200; 6. Ilia Khabirov (RUS, KTM), +0:10.708; 7. Sergey Glebkin (RUS, KTM), +0:10.968; 8. Maksim Ulianov (RUS, KTM), +0:12.232; 9. Arseny Grishchuk (RUS, KTM), +0:13.487; 10. Georgiy Gusev (RUS, KTM), +0:14.443

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All the photos of the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship will be available HERE

FIM Junior Motocross World Championship – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1850 m

Type of ground: hard pack

Temperature: 33°C

Weather conditions: sunny

TIMETABLE

Sunday: 85cc Warm-up 09:00; European Open 65cc Warm-up 09:25; 125cc Warm-up 09:50; European Open 65 cc Race 1 11:30; 85cc Race 1 12:05; 125cc Race 1 13:10; European Open 65cc Race 2 14:30; 85cc Race 2 15:15; 125cc Race 2 16:10.

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Junior MX World Championship

ORLYONOK (Russia), 13 August 2016 - The future of motocross will be exposed this weekend at the fabulous track and venue here in Orlyonok, Russia, where the 2016 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship has just got underway with the practice sessions out on track now, as we speak.

Yesterday evening, thousands of kids came out to see their peers, friends and idols, and the rest of the world’s fastest dirtbike riders under the age of 17 years old, at the welcoming ceremony, which took place at the Russian Children Centre Orlyonok, the educational center well known for accommodating more than 3500 children from all regions of Russia.

The vibe at the ceremony was something special. Russian dancers set the event in motion while a series of great music tracks had the kids clapping in time. MXGP-TV Presenter, Lisa Leyland and Russian representative and translator, Vladimir Vitalin did the honors and got the event underway by welcoming some of the most important faces to the stage, Mr. Alexander Dzheus, President of the Motorcycle Federation of Russia, Mr. Anton Antonov, Russian Ministry of Sport representative, Mr. Dirk De Neve, FIM Representative, Mr. Eddie Herd, FIM Europe Motocross Commission President and Ms. Patricia Maskarova, Youthstream Representative who all remained true to the Russian tradition where official guests whet their appetites with a bit of bread and salt.

Following the introductions, fifteen nations were bought out and saluted one-by-one, which got everyone pumped up for this extraordinary weekend. In those teams are a few names that might sound familiar, such as Jago Geerts, the 2016 European EMX125 Champion, and Roan Van de Moosdijk, another top contender in the EMX125 series. Australian Caleb Grothues has also made his mark internationally and could be a threat to the 125cc crown as well.

In addition, both of the EMX85 and EMX65 champions are also here, Rene Hofer and Edvards Bidzans who will be lining up against an array of Russian talents who could come along and spoil the party.

One of the coolest things about winning a FIM Junior Motocross World title or the European Open 65cc Cup title is that the winner will also receive a Scott Voltage mountain bike courtesy of our sponsor Scott Sports. Scott Sports representative Diego Clement presented the bikes that the three fastest juniors will be taking home and also invited everyone to a bike race that will take place here at the circuit in Orlyonok today at 5:30pm at the finish line.

With that said, it’s now crunch time for these young athletes with the qualifying sessions set to take place later this afternoon. For LIVE updates from Orlyonok, Russia, follow us on www.mxgp.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/mxgptv for FREE video content.

In the meantime click HERE to watch the postcard from Orlyonok and HERE to enjoy the welcome message by our Presenter Lisa Leyland.

All the photos of the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship will be available HERE

TIMETABLE

Saturday: Riders’ Briefing 09:30; 85cc Free practice 10:00; European Open 65cc 10:45; 125cc Free practice 11:30; European Open 85cc Qualifying Practice 14:00; 65cc Qualifying Practice 14:50; 125cc Qualifying Practice 15:40.

Sunday: 85cc Warm-up 09:00; European Open 65cc Warm-up 09:25; 125cc Warm-up 09:50; European Open 65 cc Race 1 11:30; 85cc Race 1 12:05; 125cc Race 1 13:10; European Open 65cc Race 2 14:30; 85cc Race 2 15:15; 125cc Race 2 16:10.

LINKS

Youthstream

FIM

FIM Europe

Junior MX World Championship

There is no doubt, last year’s Grand Prix of the Netherlands, held at the Assen TT circuit was more than just a little special. Perfect weather, a huge crowd, great racing and an exciting circuit gave us just what we wanted.

In a sport that has created so much history, around so many beautiful old school, hard pack circuits, a little extra was added last year as one of the best MotoGP facilities in the world enjoyed a little off-road action.

I’ve been lucky enough in my 55 years to visit some pretty impressive motocross events, from Carlsbad and the USGP in the 1980’s, to AMA Supercross events in the 1970’s, 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. Facilities like Daytona, Indianapolis, Road America, Spa, Namur, Monza, and Le Man. Watched GP riders perform at Unadilla, Budds Creek, Hollister Hills, and Glen Helen, and visited 100’s of GP circuits in Europe and around the rest of the world.

Last year in Assen had something a little different, sure as Romain Febvre said old school is always better and I agree 100%. Maggiora, Trento, Kegums, Matterley Basin, Valkenswaard, or Lommel have something special for the real motocross fan, but what Assen brought to the table was another level.

It was well noticed that wealthy company CEO’s were at Assen. From bankers to boardroom executives, people who had money to spend and were looking for their next hobby. The whole place was just what you would want to show to a future sponsor or event organizer. Unlike some of the rough and tumble of our beloved old school circuits, this was something to be really proud of, if showing another side of the sport, to a non-motocross fan.

The sport took a turn for the better in Assen last year, and to Youthstream and the Assen promotional team, to Greg Atkins who put this circuit together in just a few days, it was time to celebrate. I seriously think we have found a special place for the sport for many years to come.

Money was made by the local promoters who needed to have around 10,000 spectators to break event, but probably had more than 20,000. The whole village of Assen was excited about the MXGP event and welcomed the series with open arms. The local council was excited and involved and the hotels, restaurants and bars also picked up some extra business.

Assen, we look forward to returning in two weeks’ time, and once again celebrate a new era in Grand Prix motocross.

The Entry lists for the MXGP of The Netherlands which will be held in Assen the 27th and 28th August are online.

Together with MXGP and MX2 classes also the Veterans Motocross World Championship and the final round of the Women’s Motocross World Championship and the Honda 150 European Championship will take place

The Honda EMX150 Entry List will be out shortly, while the other entry lists can be found here below :

MXGP Entry List

MX2 Entry List

WMX Entry List

VMX Entry List