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LOMMEL (Belgium), 30 July 2015 - As we head for the most thrilling sand race of the year in Lommel at the MXGP of Belgium, Youthstream is pleased to announce a new deal has been made with Telenet, a leading provider of media and telecommunication services, where they will, from this grand prix on, broadcast all rounds of the FIM Motocross World Championship, MXGP and MX2, and the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations LIVE.

Telenet operates primarily in the Brussels and Flanders areas of Belgium as a provider of cable television, high speed Internet and fixed and mobile telephone services. Telenet will be broadcasting the MXGP of Belgium LIVE this weekend while VRT, the channel that provides their viewers with a 30 minute recap of each and every round of the FIM Motocross World Championship on those same weekends, will be broadcasting both MXGP class races LIVE.

FOX Asia will also be broadcasting the entire event LIVE, while the rest of the world, as always, can watch LIVE and OnDemand on www.mxgp-tv.com

Also don’t forget to check out our feature series ‘Behind the Gate’, which is a filmed production that covers all the action, both on and off the track, with highlights from racing in MXGP and MX2, a GoPro on-board lap of the track, as well as the inside scoop from the pits at each round of the FIM Motocross World Championship. The 26mn Magazine covering MXGP of Belgium will be screened on Tuesday August 8th at 23:00 (CET) on Eurosport International.

Check the guides below to find out how you can watch MXGP of Belgium:

BELGIUM

VRT - LIVE 

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

Telenet - LIVE 

Sunday  2 August  – 13:00 CET – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

EUROPE 

EUROSPORT INTERNATIONAL

Tuesday 4^th August  - 23:00 CET - 26mn magazine «Behind the gate » 

EUROSPORT 2 – DELAYED

Sunday 2 August  – 21:00 to 22:00 CET 

MOTORS TV – DELAYED 

Sunday 2 August  – 19:00 CET – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 20:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 21:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 

Sunday 2 August  – 22:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

BULGARIA

BNT - LIVE 

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 local – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 local  – MX2 Race 2 

ITALY 

ITALIA 2 – LIVE

Sunday 2 August  – 15:00 CET – MXGP Race 1 - DELAYED

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 - LIVE

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 - LIVE

PORTUGAL

Sport TV5 - LIVE  

Sunday  2 August  – 13:00 CET – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

SLOVENIA 

Sport TV - LIVE 

Sunday  2 August  – 13:00 CET – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

ASIA

FOX SPORTS  3 HD – LIVE 

Sunday  2 August  – 13:00 CET – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

THAILAND 

TRUE VISION – LIVE 

Sunday  2 August  – 13:00 CET – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

USA

CBS Sports Network - DELAYED

Sunday 2 August  : MXGP Race 2 – 12.00 pm EST (09.00 am PST)

Sunday 2 August  : MX2 Race 2 - 01.00 pm EST (10.00 am PST)

BRAZIL 

BANDSPORTS - DELAYED 

Sunday 2 August  – 13:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA  

BeIn SPORTS - LIVE 

Sunday  2 August  – 13:00 CET – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

AFRICA

Sport TV Africa 2 – LIVE

Sunday  2 August  – 13:00 CET – MX2 Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 14:00 CET – MXGP Race 1

Sunday 2 August  – 16:00 CET – MX2 Race 2 

Sunday 2 August  – 17:00 CET – MXGP Race 2 

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 MXGP of Belgium will be available HERE

TIMETABLE

Saturday: EMX300 Free/Timed practice 08:10; EMX125 Group 1 Free/Timed practice 08:45; EMX125 Group 2 Free/Timed practice 09:20; EMX150 Free/Timed practice 09:55; MX2 Free Practice 10:30; MXGP Free Practice 10:55; 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 17:40; EMX250 Last Chance Qualifying Race 18:25.

Sunday: EMX150 Warm-up 07:45; EMX300 Warm-up 08:00; EMX250 Warm-up 08:15; EMX125 Warm-up 08:30; EMX150 Race 2 09:05; EMX300 Race 2 09:45; EMX250 Race 2 10:35; MX2 Warm up 11:10; MXGP Warm up 11:30; EMX125 Race 2 12:10; 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

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MXGP of Belgium

A few weeks after he announced his retirement from the sport, American MX star Ryan Villopoto will attend the fourteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship at Lommel in Belgium this weekend.

Of course Ryan will not be racing aboard his #2 Monster Energy Kawasaki, as the ten-times US champion has packed up his boots after sustaining an injury at the MXGP of Trentino in April. But Ryan has decided to fly to Europe to attend the GP of Belgium and various other events where he will meet thousands of fans and of course his long-time partners.

Lommel is not an unknown destination for him as he was based in the area earlier this season, training there on several occasions during his brief career in Europe. Ryan will of course visit the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team in Lommel, where he will also support long-time friend Tyla Rattray. He will be available to sign autographs for the fans (the timing of the sessions will be posted at the KRT awning in the paddock) during the weekend; he will be one of the guests of TV commentator Paul Malin in the Studio Show, hold a press conference on Saturday afternoon and will also join the Monster athletes at the Monster rig on Sunday at 10.15 am.

Ryan Villopoto: "Returning to Belgium this week is bitter-sweet. It was our home base for a couple of months earlier in the year, so it will be nice to return and say goodbye to the folks that helped us out. Unfortunately, the year didn’t go as planned but I was looking forward to racing Lommel; it’s a tough track… kind of like Southwick in the US but with even deeper sand. But I’ve always liked riding in that stuff so it would have been fun. I’m excited to see my team and the fans and look forward to seeing everyone this weekend."

Steve Guttridge (Kawasaki Europe Racing Manager): “It's an exciting concept to welcome RV back over to Europe. In his new role he's naturally going to be more relaxed and give a lot of good feedback to the team, our riders, the press and ultimately his fans.”

François Lemariey (KRT team manager): “It will be great for the Monster Energy KRT team members to meet up with Ryan again, as we all enjoyed working with him earlier this season. Unfortunately our racing story ended too early, but that’s also part of racing.”

Pit Beirer, KTM Motorsport Director and Claudio de Carli announce with pleasure that the very successful partnership between KTM Racing and itsRed Bull KTM Factory Racing MXGP Team Manager is being extended for a further four years.

Claudio de Carli and his highly competent team structure first came to KTM with the recruitment to the KTM Factory team of multi world championAntonio Cairoli in 2010. The cooperation has been both professional and successful, and Beirer said he was happy that this is now set to continue with an even stronger partnership in the coming seasons.

Pit Beirer: “Claudio is one of the most experienced and respected people in the MXGP paddock and our cooperation has rewarded us both with a lot of success. We are very happy that we can now develop our relationship even further. With Claudio and his team we have a group of very professional, experienced people, and this definitely puts us on track for even more success.”

Beirer said that de Carli brings with him an excellent, brand-new base camp facility in Rome, complete with its own professional MX track. “In addition, we have our main base here in Austria, where we produce all our Factory bikes, plus an improved and expanded practice facility in Belgium that will be ready for next season’s preparation. With Claudio’s team, and the best possible facilities and network, we are in excellent shape to prepare for future Motocross World Championships titles,” Beirer added.

Claudio De Carli also confirmed that he was very pleased to continue to work with KTM, saying: “We joined the KTM team in 2010, and for us it was a real honor and a recognition of the work done in previous years. In these six years, we have achieved great results, but the best reward has come from the opportunity to work and interact with a fantastic group, where the commitment to motorsport racing is always combined with a great passion and a positive determination to always improve, and to always enrich human relations. We appreciate this professionalism, competence and above all the human values of the KTM people who welcomed us. They have made us feel part of a big family. For this, and for the renewed honor to be part of the team for another four years, I want to thank KTM, and especially Pit Beirer.” 

It is the ultimate applause to just how tough the MXGP class is in 2015. Red Bull KTM factory rider Tommy Searle just a couple of years ago battling hard and winning GP’s against Jeffrey Herlings in the MX2 class, is now struggling to find a team, and take his place in the MXGP series in 2016.

Holding down 22^nd place in the series points standings with just 74 points, and just 17 points from last weekend’s Grand Prix of Czech Republic, held at the Loket circuit the British rider is running out of time to find a deal for next season.

“I don’t have anything for 2016,” Searle said. “I would love to be in the Red Bull KTM factory team next year. I really like the setup of the team, and everything about it. Unfortunately it’s been a terrible year, it hasn’t gone how I would have hoped, or the team had hoped. I had a bad year in 2014 and was lucky to get the KTM deal, but this season has been my worst yet.”

Despite having a brilliant record in the Grand Prix series, with a bunch of GP wins, runner-up places in the final point standings, and fine performances in the season ending Motocross of Nations Searle knows the pressure is on to keep his career intact.

“I haven’t been able to show anything really, and hardly finished any races due to so many injuries this year. I am disappointed, but I know the team are also. It is a lot of pressure, a lot of pressure from myself and the last two years were bad and this has been the worse year in my career. I came into 2015 thinking it would be one of the best in my career. I know what I am capable of, but it’s so hard coming back from injury then it’s hard to show what you are capable of.”

As for chasing up a new deal in 2016, Searle knows that it won’t be easy with so little to show for his 2014 and 2015 seasons.

“I have spoken to the guys at KTM. What can I tell somebody else, when I have done nothing. Hopefully I can get some good results, and take that to a team and try and get a ride. I think a lot of the teams have already signed guys, so I need some good results and hope something is still around.”

Going into Lommel this weekend Searle will have to put together some results. With just five rounds remaining Searle will know that if he doesn’t put on some results and score some points his place in the toughest series in the world will be more than a little difficult.

Yamaha Motor Europe is pleased to announce that Jeremy Van Horebeek will remain a works rider for the Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube team for the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship.

The twenty-five year old Belgian was runner-up in the 2014 MXGP series and this year has been one of the leading athletes in the championship since returning from a broken foot at round four in April. Van Horebeek has continued to develop the YZ450FM and is part of a formidable duo in the premier class alongside Romain Febvre, who is also contracted to the Italian crew for the next two years.

"I had an idea in my mind for next year and was able to agree pretty quickly with Yamaha and it was an arrangement that I had made my mind up about quite a long time ago actually," the Grand Prix winner said. "I'm stoked that finally it can be announced. The level that I reached in 2014 is coming back but it has taken a long time. We are working hard every week and now that we are clear for 2016 we can start to think about next season already."

"Yamaha stepped it up with some different people and more activation this year and they want to put the company back at the top in many ways," he added. "I think its good thing that they want to push harder and promote more."

"We're really happy that Jeremy will stay in the team and part of our Yamaha structure for 2016," commented Yamaha Motor Europe MX Manager Erik Eggens. "We had a great year in 2014 and Jeremy has been almost coming back to that level from the middle of this season. We all know Jeremy is one of the best riders in the world when he meets his full potential. I believe with Jeremy and Romain on board our factory team will have a very strong line-up for MXGP in 2016."

LOMMEL (Belgium), 29 July 2015 – This time last week our TV presenter Lisa Leyland welcomed you to the MXGP of Czech Republic with the line “welcome to round thirteen, everything that could have happened… has”. And like her, that is what we thought too, at least before Qualifying on Saturday commenced and Jeffrey Herlings, one rider whose luck couldn’t get any worse, put an end to his season. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing squad has confirmed that Jeffrey Herlings will not be returning to the gate this year, which means the FIM Motocross MX2 World Championship title is ready for the taking, once again.

With that said, it’s time to place your bets on who you think the 2015 MX2 world champion will be, and don’t forget that the MXGP season is also not yet over. So here we are in the unforgiving sand of Lommel for the fourteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

If you haven’t heard of Lommel, you have been living under a rock, it is one of the most widely recognized tracks in the world known for its brutal test in physical, mental and technical strength and also for its rounds of the FIM Motocross of Nations, in 1981 when USA won for the first time ever, and in 2012, where victory was claimed by the Germans.

Lommel had its first round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in 1990, and has since hosted ten rounds of the FIM Motocross World Championship. With both of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s champions out, Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings, the only rider to line up this weekend with a grand prix win in Lommel is Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Max Anstie who won MX2 last year.

All of the European Championship classes EMX250, 125, 300 and the Honda European Championship EMX150 will also be chucking on a set of scoop tires this weekend for yet another round of their championships.

Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre. The name almost says it all. The rookie is leading the championship by a massive eighty-eight points over fellow Frenchman Gautier Paulin. He has led the most laps, won the most races and has taken the most grand prix overalls. Just when you thought the sand would be his undoing, he rolled out in Kegums at the MXGP of Latvia and set the fastest lap of the race while in traffic and then gave everyone a walloping in race two for the win.

Speaking of Gautier Paulin, the Team HRC rider was mediocre last weekend but after his domination in the sand of Valkenswaard earlier this year, it would seem Lommel is more up his alley and could be his chance to chip at Febvre’s points lead. Meanwhile his team mate Evgeny Bobryshev should be able to move into third this weekend with the absence of Tony Cairoli. Bobby is also not too shabby in the sand and could be an overall threat.

And then there are the locals. Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP’s Clement Desalle and Kevin Strijbos. For Desalle, it won’t be an easy race given he has just had seven weeks off the bike due to his knee and shoulder injuries but the Belgian has said he is just going to do his best and have fun, while how Strijbos will perform is anybody’s guess, but it’s safe to say he has a shot at the podium.

As will our newly nicknamed ‘Jereman’, Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Jeremy Van Horebeek who is working hard to reclaim the spots on the podium he so frequently occupied last year.

Another rider to watch in the sand is Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM’s Shaun Simpson. SS24 has proven on a number of occasions he is one of the main players in deep sand and is sure to come out swinging this weekend.

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 507 points; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HON), 419 p.; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 416 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 389 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 360 p.; 6. Clement Desalle (BEL, SUZ), 331 p.; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 306 p.; 8. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 294 p.; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, SUZ), 266 p.; 10. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 257 p.

2014 MXGP of Belgium, Lommel, MXGP Top 3

1. Antonio Cairoli

2. Ken de Dycker

3. Shaun Simpson

This is where everything gets exciting. Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Valentin Guillod is tied with Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser for second in the MX2 Championship points chase. Both riders are only twenty-four points shy of Jeffrey Herlings which means that there is a good chance that one of them will come away with the red plate. Which of the two? It’s hard to say. Both have won three grand prix this year and neither have stood out in the sand, so it is definitely a hard one to call.

Meanwhile Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass is just ten points shy of Guillod and Gajser, which means he is also in with a shot at taking away the red plate. That is good news for Jonass who admittedly loves the sand and is usually strong in it, as we saw in Latvia when he went 2 – 2 for second overall. The young Latvian said in the press conference last weekend, “I’m not looking at the championship. KTM didn’t hire me to win the world championship, they hired me to ride and take experience, so for me it’s not important, I just want to ride as good as I can in every race”.

Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jordi Tixier is looking forward to the sand having won the final race at the MXGP of Belgium in Lommel last year, while no one is looking forward to it more than Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Max Anstie who waxed everyone in the sand of Kegums a few weekends ago and is the most recent MX2 grand prix of Belgium winner.

Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Julien Lieber is a known name in beach racing so we are confident he can put together some fast laps while fellow Belgian’s Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Brent Van Doninck and J-Tech Honda’s Jens Getteman could also throw a spanner in the works this weekend.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 423 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 399 p.; 3. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 399 p.; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 389 p.; 5. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 370 p.; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 369 p.; 7. Max Anstie (GBR, KAW), 337 p.; 8. Julien Lieber (BEL, YAM), 305 p.; 9. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, HUS), 256 p.; 10. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 236 p.

2014 MXGP of Belgium, Lommel, MX2 Top 3

1. Max Anstie

2. Jordi Tixier

3. Dylan Ferrandis

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

TIMETABLE

Saturday: EMX300 Free/Timed practice 08:10; EMX125 Group 1 Free/Timed practice 08:45; EMX125 Group 2 Free/Timed practice 09:20; EMX150 Free/Timed practice 09:55; MX2 Free Practice 10:30; MXGP Free Practice 10:55; 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 17:40; EMX250 Last Chance Qualifying Race 18:25.

Sunday: EMX150 Warm-up 07:45; EMX300 Warm-up 08:00; EMX250 Warm-up 08:15; EMX125 Warm-up 08:30; EMX150 Race 2 09:05; EMX300 Race 2 09:45; EMX250 Race 2 10:35; MX2 Warm up 11:10; MXGP Warm up 11:30; EMX125 Race 2 12:10; 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

MXGP of Belgium

The Fox Holeshot award runs across the entire MXGP season. The way it works is 1 point is awarded for each race holeshot. He who has the most points in MXGP at the end of the season will win the grand prize of €10,000 while he with the most points in MX2 will win the grand prize of €5,000.

At the MXGP of Czech Republic in Loket, Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev & Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP’s Clement Desalle took the FOX Holeshots in the MXGP Class. 

Meanwhile in MX2 TM Factory Team’s Samuele Bernardini took the Fox Holeshot in Race 1 and Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki's Max Anstie claimed it in Race 2. 

Watch the MXGP of Czech Republic FOX Holeshot films here below:

MXGP FOX Holeshots

MX2 Fox Holeshots