MXGP

One of the most fearless, capable and naturally gifted off-road motorcycle racers on the international stage has joined the thriving stable of Monster Energy athletes and is an exciting new figurehead in the FIM Motocross World Championship for the worldwide drinks brand. Current MX2 World Champ and leader of the premier class – MXGP – in his rookie year, Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser is an electric addition to the Monster Energy crew.

Just nineteen years old, the Slovenian has helped turn a number of circuits on the eighteen round MXGP series a bright shade of yellow and red as the ‘243’ has seen a booming group of native fans invade the typical Grand Prix audience. Gajser’s profile in the central European country is rising close to celebrity status and his efforts in 2016 at the highest level with seven Grand Prix wins and a 100% podium record means he is the hottest property in motocross at this time. His power, maturity and grounded personality has gained legion upon legion of followers and motorcycle racing enthusiasts.

Hard-charging and occasionally wild on a 250 in MX2, Tim’s surging, proactive and flowing style has been a majestic fit on the factory HRC CRF450RW. He dominated the Grand Prix of Qatar for his debut in the MXGP division in February and has barely slacked off the throttle since.

In the same way that Monster Energy Yamaha’s Romain Febvre cut a blaze through the 2015 MXGP field in his first term, Gajser is having an equally astonishing impact and will now see out the remaining five rounds of the current campaign with the green claw on his race lid and with further branding on the two Honda Gariboldi machines.

“For sure this is really nice and it’s an honour to be part of Monster; you just have to look around MXGP and you can see it everywhere, it's a really big deal in motocross,” said Gajser who leads the MXGP standings by 107 points prior to this weekend’s Grand Prix of Belgium and a maximum of 250 points left to win this season. “I’m always watching the races. Every time I go into the gym I put the TV on and do my work with the race running there. It is great to see everything going so well and being a rookie in this class against such big talent and legends like Tony Cairoli, Romain Febvre, Clement Desalle and Ben Townley and many others. There are many guys who can win and the competition is really tough. It is so nice to be in front of everyone.”

“Motocross has really grown a lot in Slovenia in the last two years,” he adds. “It feels like it is in the newspapers or on the TV a lot and whenever I look I see ‘Tim Gajser’! It’s really nice for me and my family because we have been working for that and we wanted to get to the top and to be well known. It is great for me but also for the country and what we have seen around the tracks recently at Mantova [Lombardia] and also Loket [Czech Republic] is unbelievable; it is unusual to see so many supporters there just because of one rider. Those guys spend their money and holiday time to travel and come to the races and not just from Slovenia but from all over Europe so I’m really thankful and appreciate everything.”

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The phrase ‘go big or go home’ just became ‘go big at home’ with the Suzuki factory squad pulling out all the stops to impress this weekend at their home grand prix, the Fiat Professional MXGP of Belgium.

Suzuki World MXGP is now owned and managed by Europe’s G.O.A.T, Stefan Everts, the most successful rider ever, with ten FIM Motocross World Championships to his name, one of which he won on a Suzuki RM125 back in 1991. As a tribute to his success more than two decades ago, and to celebrate his, and the teams’ home grand prix (the workshop is only a stone throw away from the paddock here in Lommel), the entire Suzuki World MXGP and MX2 team will be rocking a retro look this weekend inspired by a 1992 RM250.

Stefan and the crew held a presentation earlier this evening where they unveiled the super rad look that the Suzuki Factory riders Kevin Strijbos, Arminas Jasikonis, Jeremy Seewer, Brian Hsu and Bas Vaessen will be rocking this weekend.

Following the presentation the media were able to get some exclusive footage in terms of photo’s and interviews before joining the Suzuki team for dinner.

Wilvo Virus Performance KTM’s Shaun Simpson won the MXGP of Belgium last year with a double moto victory. We caught up with him earlier today for a chat. Watch it here: 

LOMMEL (Belgium), 29 July 2016 – The Fiat Professional MXGP of Belgium, round fourteen of the FIM Motocross World Championship will take place in the dunes of Lommel this weekend, where the MX2 class will be wide open once again with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s sandman Jeffrey Herlings still on the couch. That means that the likes of Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Dylan Ferrandis, Team Suzuki World MX2’s Jeremy Seewer and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie are going to be laying it all on the line for a grand prix win, as will the other sand specialists, HSF Logistics Motorsports’ Brian Bogers, Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Petar Petrov and Kemea Yamaha MX Official Team’s Brent Van Doninck.

Lommel is home to three of MXGP’s finest, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek, Team Suzuki World MXGP’s Kevin Strijbos and Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle. It is also home, by default, to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl and last years’ MXGP of Belgium winner, Wilvo Virus Performance KTM’s Shaun Simpson.

With such a star-studded line up of riders residing in Lommel, home-cooking is bound to be a topic, and if you’re not into home cooking, you can put your eggs in the basket of the championship leader, Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser who is sure to ruffle some feathers.

Check the guides below to find out how you can watch the fourteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship, the Fiat Professional MXGP of Belgium, from your living room this Sunday. If you’re local, you’ll be happy to know that Sporza - VRT will be broadcasting both MXGP and MX2 races LIVE with LIVE commentary that will be recorded here onsite in Lommel.

Otherwise, tune into www.mxgp-tv.com where you can SAVE 50% on a season pass, which will give you access to watch both days of the FIM Motocross World Championships and the European Championships, Saturday and Sunday, LIVE and OnDemand. It will also allow you to watch the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations and the Monster Energy SMX Riders’ Cup LIVE. 

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EUROPE

EUROSPORT 2

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 22:00 CET -  Delayed

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

Wednesday 03 August – 09:00 CET – Behind the Gate 26mn magazine

MOTORS TV

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 17:15 – CET - Delayed

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 16:15 CET -  Delayed

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 19:05 CET -  Delayed

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 18:05 CET - Delayed

BELGIUM

PLAY SPORTS

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

SPORZA

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET -  Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

BULGARIA

BNT

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET -  Live

FRANCE

EUROSPORT 2

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 22:00 CET -  Delayed

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

Wednesday 03 August – 09:00 CET – Behind the Gate 26mn magazine

MOTORS TV

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 17:15 – CET - Delayed

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 16:15 CET -  Delayed

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 19:05 CET -  Delayed

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 18:05 CET - Delayed

L’EQUIPE 21

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET – Live

ITALY 

PREMIUM SPORTS 2

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

ITALIA 2 

Sunday 24 July   – MXGP Race 1 & Race 2 – 23:00 CET - Delayed

SLOVENIA 

Sport TV -

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

BRAZIL 

BANDSPORTS

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

USA- CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday 31 July – MX2 Race 2 – 3.00 pm EST (12.00 am PST)

Monday 01 August - MXGP Race 2 – 02.00 am EST (11:00 am PST Sunday 31st July)

MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA 

BeIn Sports 

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

ASIA

FOX SPORTS 3  

Sunday 31July   – MXGP Race 1 – 22:00 HKT – Live 

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 23:00 HKT – Live

CHINA

FOX China

Sunday 31July   – MXGP Race 1 – 22:00 HKT – Live 

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 23:00 HKT – Live

THAILAND 

TRUE VISION

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 – CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET - Live

Sunday 31 July   – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET - Live

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.

All the photos of the FIAT Professional MXGP of Belgium will be available HERE

TIMETABLE

Saturday: EMX300 Free/Timed Practice 07:55; EMX125 Group 1 Free/Timed Practice 08:30; EMX125 Group 2 Free/Timed Practice 09:05; EMX150 Free/Timed Practice 09:40; MX2 Free Practice 10:15; MXGP Free Practice 10:45; EMX125 Last chance Qualifying Race 11:30; EMX250 Group 1 Free/Timed Practice 12:00; EMX250 Group 2 Free/Timed Practice 12:35; EMX300 Race 1 13:20; MX2 Time Practice 14:00; MXGP Time Practice 14:35; EMX150 Race 1 15:25; MX2 Qualifying Race 16:10; MXGP Qualifying Race 17:00; EMX125 Race 1 17:45; EMX250 Last chance Qualifying Race 18:35.

Sunday: EMX300 Race 2 08:30; EMX250 Race 1 09:30; MX2 Warm up 10:10; MXGP Warm up 10:30; EMX150 Race 2 11:10; EMX125 Race 2 12:05; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; EMX250 Race 2 15:10; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

LINKS

Youthstream

FIM

FIAT Professional MXGP of Belgium

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Antonio Cairoli might not be having his best season of his illustrious career, and despite winning less GPs in the last two years than any time in the last 10 years, he is still very much a contender in the 2016 MXGP championship.

Second place in the MXGP series standings, some 109 points back from Tim Gajser the Italian rider will head into the Grand Prix of Belgium this weekend with a little more confidence than normal.

Cairoli has won at Lommel on a number of occasions, in fact more than any other rider in the sports history, and with the change from the 450 KTM to the 350 KTM he is back on the bike that helped him win so many GPs. In Loket last weekend he didn’t get the results he wanted, but he did gain some confidence.

“I was back on the KTM 350 SX-F after almost a year,” Cairoli said last weekend in Loket. “The race didn’t go how I wanted for sure but we had a good feeling with the bike in the time practice. I was able to improve my speed from before and I felt better on the bike overall. But we messed up the starts because it was almost a year since I started on the 350. On this track if you have a bad start you don’t go anywhere. You could see that with Nagl. He wasn’t the fastest in practice but in the races he had two good starts and he won.” Cairoli also confirmed he is looking forward to racing at Lommel next weekend. Because he lives part of the time in Belgium, it is like a home race for him.

It’s been a while since Cairoli has ridden the sand, his last GP was in Valkenswaard when he had a great battle with defending MXGP champion Romain Febvre. It was very much an important moment in the 2016 MXGP championship as the Frenchman beat Cairoli on a circuit he had often dominated on. Questions started being asked of the KTM riders spot at the very top of the sport.

“In Valkenswaard the first heat went wrong,” Cairoli said. “I took a good start but I made a mistake at the first corner and I lost some positions till the eighth. Since that I started to ride poorly, I was stiff on the bike, without being able to do what I wanted. I started having arm pump and I could not find the rhythm. In the second moto, I get a good start, scoring the hole shot and riding as I know, on a track well fixed after the first heat. I found a good rhythm, although a few laps from the end I started to feel tired; excessive sweating has tarnished my lenses and visibility in the final laps was not optimal. On the last lap I made a small mistake and Febvre, who had approached, took the opportunity and went on to win; it’s a shame because it would be important to win the moto and get on the podium but I’m satisfy by my reaction after a difficult first race.”

Now onto Lommel, and there is no doubt many of the GP followers will be hoping the eight times world motocross champion can find his speed and once again dominate at a circuit he loves.

Last weekend at the MXGP of Czech Republic Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Max Nagl, Honda Gariboldi's Tim Gajser and Team HRC's Gautier Paulin had a pretty sweet battle, so sweet we decided to choose it as our video of the week. Watch it here: 

MONACO, (Principality of Monaco), 29 July 2016 - Youthstream is pleased to announce a partnership agreement with FLY Racing for the FIM Motocross World Championship and the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations.

Well known for its long-lasting collaboration with some of the most popular american riders like Trey Canard and Andrew Short, the iconic company from Boise, Idaho, is widely recognized for the distinctive excellence of its motocross and off-road gear and protective equipment.

Being one of the consolidated leaders of the industry in the United States and Canada, FLY Racing is successfully expanding as one of the key players of the international market, where it can count on the appreciation and trust of a fast growing base of loyal, happy customers.

By becoming official partner of MXGP, FLY Racing will gain massive visibility reaching millions of motocross fans all around the world.

About FLY Racing

Established in 1998, FLY Racing has quickly become one of the fastest growing off-road motorcycle racing apparel and protective equipment brands in the powersports industry. The company began by developing quality products for the competitive North American market and is now distributed worldwide in 40+ countries. In the United States, FLY Racing products are distributed exclusively to dealers through parent company Western Power Sports (WPS) and its six regional distribution warehouses.

The design team at FLY Racing’s has dedicated itself to innovate, develop and improve the future of racewear, helmets and protective equipment. Invaluable insight from athletes—both amateur and pro alike—fuel and guide the constant goal to improve. In addition to motocross apparel, the brand also manufactures a growing line of hard parts; a full line of casual wear; as well as apparel for the BMX, Mountain Bike, Snowmobile, Watercraft and Street riding segments.

In 2016 FLY Racing entered the MXGP scene with riders Shaun Simpson, Jose Butron and Adam Sterry, leading the way for the brand as it continues to make its presence known at race tracks around the world.

LINKS

Youthstream

FIM

FLY Racing