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ARNHEM (The Netherlands), 22nd August 2026 – With home success looking as likely as ever around the Motorsportpark Gelderland Midden venue for the Dutch supporters, the Saturday action at the MXGP of The Netherlands was held in front of a packed gallery of local fans, making round 16 of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championships one of the busiest of the year!

After a few days of rain in the area, the track was blessed with dry weather for most of the day, and in terms of the results in MXGP, the crowd was blessed with exactly what most of them came for!

Jeffrey Herlings made it a clean unbeaten run of 12 straight victories in all races with a demolition job for Honda HRC Petronas, but fans were kept entertained by a rousing charge from Kay de Wolf, who picked himself up from a first corner crash to take second in the Qualifying Race for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing. The MXGP rookie might be in the hunt tomorrow with a better start! Unlikely sand-fly Andrea Adamo celebrated his 23rd birthday in style with third place from a Holeshot for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.

In MX2, Liam Everts took the first Qualifying Race win of the season for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing, holding back a late charge from Triumph Racing Factory Team’s sand master Camden McLellan, whose teammate Guillem Farres slightly strengthened his Championship lead over Sacha Coenen with third place, after the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing ace crashed out of the lead at roughly half distance.

With an even bigger crowd set to get behind their heroes in MXGP, and with MX2 being as unpredictable as ever, we are set for a fantastic final day of European MXGP action at the Arnhem circuit tomorrow!

MXGP Start Arnhem 2026

Fans were excited to see early Championship leader Lucas Coenen return to action this weekend, and the Belgian impressed with fourth place in Free Practice behind the rampant Jeffrey Herlings, Kay de Wolf, and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Tim Gajser in third.

However, it all came to a premature end for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider with a big crash in the Time Practice session, causing him to ride directly back to the Paddock, and there was to be no Lucas Coenen on the line for the Qualifying Race.  Herlings again topped the timings by six-tenths of a second, as Gajser split the two Dutchmen with a good late run, which De Wolf couldn’t match on his reply. Glenn Coldenhoff, on a wildcard return to GP racing for what he claims to be his last ever MXGP event, took fourth on his GCR Yamaha ahead of Andrea Adamo.

It was the Italian who fired into the lead around the first corner, while Herlings came out second ahead of the KTM Kosak Racing rider Roan van de Moosdijk, Coldenhoff, and the second Honda HRC Petronas machine of Ruben Fernandez!  All eyes were behind them though, as Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Pauls Jonass slid to the floor in the first corner, and De Wolf was unable to avoid him! Clad in all-orange Dutch colours just like Herlings, he was easy to spot as he chased his way through the pack!

Herlings got around Adamo between turns one and two, while his nearest chaser in the series, Romain Febvre, was sixth for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP, between Herlings’ Honda HRC Petronas teammates Fernandez and Tom Vialle.  Next came Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team pilot Andrea Bonacorsi, a slow-starting Gajser, and the Dirt Store Triumph of Ben Watson.

The third lap saw the first major moves in the top ten, as Febvre passed Fernandez over the finish line jump for fifth, and Gajser squeezed past Vialle for seventh. Van de Moosdijk made way for Coldenhoff on lap five, which started a plummet down the order for Roan. De Wolf had passed a dozen riders to reach 18th by the end of the first full lap, and eventually reached the top ten, at the expense of Van de Moosdijk, by lap six!

Herlings relentlessly pulled away from a still-strong Adamo, while Febvre and Gajser swapped places as the Slovenian made great progress to rise to fourth.  De Wolf had the crowd baying for him as he passed Watson, Bonacorsi, and both of Herlings’ teammates to reach sixth by lap eight! He wasn’t done there either, as he won a drag race with Febvre for fifth on the following lap, then carved around Gajser for fourth, and then dived to the inside of Coldenhoff for third on successive laps! A slight mistake on the entrance to the first set of waves cost him a little time, but he was on Adamo’s back wheel by the end of lap 13, and the Italian overshot his braking into a downhill corner to give the Dutchman an easy pass for second!  It was the culmination of an incredible charge!

Watson got the better of Bonacorsi to claim ninth with four laps to go, and Gajser crashed a lap later, in the corner before the finish line, to drop to eighth at the finish.  Fernandez and Vialle put their factory Hondas into sixth and seventh, and Febvre was unable to pass the even more experienced Coldenhoff for fourth!  Adamo’s third place, his fifth such finish of the year in Qualifying, was a fine birthday present that puts him back ahead of Fernandez for fifth in the Championship. Herlings’ win by nearly 39 seconds was enough to leave no-one else with thoughts of victory tomorrow, apart from maybe De Wolf, who must feel that a good start will give him at least a chance of ending the unbeaten run of “The Bullet” around the Arnhem sands!  Jeffrey’s lead is now up to 120 points, and the following round will be made all the easier with every point gained tomorrow, when he will have the crowd one thousand percent behind him!

Jeffrey Herlings: “It's never easy. I got a good start again and I was leading from the second turn, and that really helped. I could just do my own pace, do my own race, and that helped me out, so that felt good. The weather was awesome, and that was really good for the riders and the bikes. Super pumped with the bike, super pumped with my day, fastest in every session and I took a good start. Hopefully we do the same thing tomorrow.”

Kay de Wolf: “I basically came from second last all the way to second, so I really enjoyed the full race. I had enough to do, enough work on my list, and it all happened. Jeffrey was gone by the time I even reached turn five, he was already leading, so I thought we'd never catch him anymore. But it was a really fun race, I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Hopefully with fewer passes to make.”

Andrea Adamo: “I'll take that one, for sure. I'm really happy, I took the holeshot and then I ran wide in the second corner and Jeffrey passed me. I tried to follow for a lap and a half, but I got big arm pump so I had to slow down, breathe and find my rhythm, because Jeffrey was gone, I couldn't see him anymore. Let's say I was leading the group of three, four, five, six, seven, so I had to work, but I'm really happy with P3 and confident for tomorrow.”

     
1. Kay de Wolf; 2. Andrea Adamo

MXGP - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, Honda), 25:24.209; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:37.904; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:39.981; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0:40.955; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:44.749; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:46.589; 7. Tom Vialle (FRA, Honda), +0:50.552; 8. Tim Gajser (SLO, Yamaha), +0:53.679; 9. Ben Watson (GBR, Triumph), +1:05.346; 10. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Ducati), +1:17.199

MXGP - World Championship Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 745 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 625 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 578 p.; 4. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 566 p.; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 491 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 488 p.; 7. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 458 p.; 8. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 449 p.; 9. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 384 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 312 p.

Liam Everts
 

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 rider Janis Reisulis, last year’s EMX250 winner here, claimed top spot in both Free and Time Practice sessions, with Camden McLellan taking the second gate pick a third of a second behind. Sacha Coenen was next best ahead of his fellow Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pilot Simon Längenfelder, with Liam Everts fifth.

Sacha pulled his trademark Holeshot move to burst into the early lead in the Qualifying Race, with the Honda HRC Petronas of Valerio Lata briefly second before Everts railed around him in turn two! Guillem Farres and Janis Reisulis soon followed him past, the Latvian also railing around the Spaniard in a right-hand hairpin! McLellan was also past Lata for fifth by the end of the first lap, while home hero Kay Karssemakers was seventh for DRT Kawasaki ahead of the second Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 machine of Karlis Reisulis. Längenfelder was ninth ahead of the Ošicka KTM of Julius Mikula.

Kay and Karlis passed Lata on the following lap, but on lap six the Dutchman would exit the race with a technical issue, and Lata would fight back past the elder Reisulis to finish seventh ahead of the Latvian.  Mikula held on to ninth, while Scott Smulders took his first Saturday points of the season in tenth for SixtySeven Racing Husqvarna, to match his career best Qualifying Race result from the 2024 MXGP of Flanders!

Up front, Sacha Coenen tried to build a lead, but had a few ragged moments that kept costing him time, as Farres and McLellan both got past a wayward Janis Reisulis to move into third and fourth behind Everts on lap three.  Längenfelder rose to sixth, where he would finish all on his own, from lap four.  On lap eighth, Coenen finally made one mistake too many and hit the ground through the corner after Pit Lane, forcing Everts to use all of his incredible balance as he avoided the fallen KTM!

Coenen got back up in fifth behind Janis, but passed the Latvian by outjumping him at the furthest point of the track from the start line with three laps to go to claim fourth at the flag. Farres had held on ahead of McLellan for several laps, but with three laps remaining the Spaniard made his own mistake through the biggest wave section, saving what could have been a massive crash, and stayed safe for third place, gaining another point on Sacha, who nearly caught him on the final lap, to make the gap 25 points heading into tomorrow. 

McLellan forced his way towards Everts, but was unable to get close enough to make a move for the lead.  The Belgian celebrated his first Qualifying Race win since April 2025, when he won at Trentino, and moves to within 40 points of Längenfelder’s fourth place in the table. 

It’s tough to call this class for tomorrow’s races, but any of the top six today could be in with a chance!  Find out tomorrow when the atmosphere will be ramped up to eleven at the MXGP of The Netherlands!

Liam Everts: “Finally, better late than never, so it's a good one and this one really feels good. Sacha just made a little mistake there, we were pushing a good pace, and then Camden came at me and pushed all the way to the end, but I'm feeling really good. Finally getting that mojo again and I'm excited for tomorrow.”

     
1. Camden Mc Lellan; 2. G

MX2 - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), 24:14.990; 2. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:01.144; 3. Guillem Farres (ESP, Triumph), +0:10.969; 4. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:12.956; 5. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:16.248; 6. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:25.010; 7. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +0:50.669; 8. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:00.261; 9. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), +1:17.202; 10. Scott Smulders (NED, Husqvarna), +1:30.669

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 709 points; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 684 p.; 3. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 665 p.; 4. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 645 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 605 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 558 p.; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 444 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 385 p.; 9. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 352 p.; 10. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), 343 p.

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

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

SUNDAY:
09:40 EMX250 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 WMX Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

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ARNHEM (The Netherlands) 22nd August 2026 – The 2026 FIM Motocross World Championships returns to the sand of the low countries this weekend, as the Motorsportpark Gelderland Midden venue near the city of Arnhem hosts the MXGP of The Netherlands in the eastern region of the country who can boast the current MXGP World Championship leader as one of their own!

Jeffrey Herlings has a good lead in the premier class, having taken victory in the last 11 individual races, and needless to say he is the favourite to add a 17^th GP win on home ground from his 19^th such event! He is mathematically not assured of the title yet, however, and even with slim hopes, defending World Champion and former Arnhem winner Romain Febvre will not be throwing in the towel from his current runner-up position.  Another Dutch hero, last year’s MX2 Arnhem winner Kay de Wolf, will also get a lot of crowd support, and may have the most hope of anyone to topple his flying compatriot.

The MX2 title chase got closer at the last GP, but Spaniard Guillem Farres still holds the red plate over the rejuvenated Sacha Coenen, and both will struggle to deal with the pace and sand skills of Lommel winner Camden McLellan, who needs to make up points from third in the series! Coenen will attract many Belgian fans to the Dutch trackside horde, and this should set off a firecracker of an atmosphere with fans able to get almost all around the circuit here!

The FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship continues his weekend with a tight power struggle at the top between Italian heroine Kiara Fontanesi and Spanish fighter Daniela Guillen, who won here last year and needs to make up the two-point gap to the leader! However, “The Queen of Sand” Lotte van Drunen, double and defending World Champion, will attract a lot of home support, as will fourth-placed Shana van der Vlist.

The EMX250 European Motocross Championship has the possibility of seeing its Champion crowned as early as Saturday, with Francisco Garcia in prime position to finish his EMX career on a high before heading to MX2 next year!  A future star to watch on the rise!

The entire weekend’s races will be broadcast LIVE on MXGP-TV.com, with the MXGP of The Netherlands brought to you by Paul Malin, Lisa Leyland, and Ben Rumbold, while Saturday’s Time Practice sessions are also being broadcasted LIVE with Paul and Lisa.

Below you can find a list of all TV channels worldwide that will air LIVE and delayed action, as well as the 26-minute Behind The Gate magazine show featuring the best moments from the races, exclusive interviews and more, will be available on MXGP-TV.com and via our TV magazine partners following the Grand Prix.

All you need to do is log onto www.MXGP-TV.com to check out the action from the deep depths of the Dutch sandpit. You’ll feel it so much you’ll be picking sand from your furniture!

USA CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 10:00 ET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 11:00 ET – LIVE

BRAZIL

Bandsports

Saturday 22 August 2026 – EMX 250 Race 1 – 15:40 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – EMX 250 Race 2 – 11:25 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CENTRAL AMERICA

Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico

FOX ONE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

TUBI

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Tubi México

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

LATIN AMERICA(Except Brazil)

Youtube “Somos FOX”

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

EUROPE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

MAX

Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden.

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

BELGIUM 

PLAY SPORTS 3

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CZECH REPUBLIC 

TV NOVA

NOVA Sport 1

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

ESTONIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

FINLAND

MTV MAX 

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 18:00 Finnish timing  – LIVE

FRANCE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

AUTO MOTO TV

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

L’EQUIPE.FR

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

GREAT BRITAIN

TNT Sports 9

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 GMT  – LIVE

ITALY

RAI Sport

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 18:00 CET – Delayed

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 19:00 CET  – Delayed

RAI Play

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 GMT – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 GMT  – LIVE Stream

LATVIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

LITHUANIA
Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

NETHERLAND

NOS

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

SLOVENIA

Sport TV1

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

SPAIN

TVG2

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

Agalega.gal

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

ASIA

Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
 

EUROSPORT ASIA

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CHINA

TikTok China

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

AUSTRALIA

STAN SPORTS

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 22:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 23:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 24 August 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 01:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 24 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 02:00 AEDT  – LIVE

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AMERICA

Latin America              You tube Somos FOX              Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

Mexico                        FOX ONE                                 Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

Central America          FOX Tubi                                  Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

                                    FOX ONE                                 Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

USA                             RACER                                     tba

USA                             CBS Sports Network                tba – Junior program only

EUROPE

Albania                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Austria                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Baltics                          TV3 Sport Open                      Thursday after each MXGP

Belgium                       Play sports                              tba

Bosnia                         GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Croatia                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Finland                        MTV MAX                                Wednesday after each event 18:00                                                               Finnish timing

Hungary                      GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Kosovo                        GP1                                        Thursday after each event at 20:15

Montenegro                GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Northern Macedonia  GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Portugal                      SPORT TV                                Tuesday after the event        

Romania                      Look Sport                               Wednesday after each event

Serbia                          GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Slovenia                      Sport TV                                  Thursday after each event at 20:15 

Turkey             TRT                                          tba

INDIA and Subcontinent (Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives)
 

JIOSTAR                                                                       Wednesday after the event

INDONESIA                  Champions TV

AUSTRALIA

Australia                      Stan Sport                               Wednesday after each event

WORLDWIDE

Worldwide                  YouTube – MXGP TV               16 days after the event.

Worldwide                  Fuel TV                                   

LIVE TIMING – WEEKEND SCHEDULE

SATURDAY – August 22

SUNDAY – August 23

Catch all the racing LIVE on MXGP-TV! 

Saturday’s Time Practice (MXGP/MX2), the Qualifying Races (MXGP/MX2), and Races from all classes will be broadcasted LIVE on MXGP’s streaming service www.MXGP-TV.com, while results throughout the weekend will be available  HERE.

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From the 1970’s until current hero Jeffrey Herlings the Dutch fans have had something to cheer about, with championship contenders, or championship winners. From Gerrit Wolsink in the 1970’s the Dutch Motocross history began to grow. A handful of World Motocross Championships and hundreds GP victories (many by Herlings) have led the Dutch to the forefront of world motocross on many occasions.

Gerrit Wolsink was the original Dutch hero, winning 13 GPs in one of the toughest eras of the 500cc class. Racing against names like Roger De Coster, Heikki Mikkola and Brad Lackey, Wolsink finished third in the 1975 and 1977 World 500cc championships and second in 1979. He was also known as the King of the 500cc USGP held at the Carlsbad circuit in America, winning four times at the famous circuit.

Kees Van Der Ven was the big bike rider in Holland in the 1980’s. While he never won a motocross world championship, he did win 18 GP’s and finished second in the 1980 250cc championship behind Georges Jobe, then backed that up with third in 1981, 1982 and 1983, he then backed that up with third in the 125cc world championship in 1984. He also finished third in the 500cc championship in 1987.

Dave Strijbos won his world motocross championship in the 125cc class in 1986, he was in fact the first Dutchman to ever win a world title and along with John Van den Berk led the golden era of motocross in Holland. He won 27 Grand Prix’s and Strijbos also finished top three on many occasions. Second in the 125cc class in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1992 and third in 1993.

John Van Den Berk picked up two motocross world championships, taking his first in 1987 in the 125cc class, and then following that up with victory in the 250cc title in 1988. Van Den Berk also won nine GP’s, seven in the 125cc class and two in the 250 class. Like his fellow countrymen he finished with consistent results in world championship battle. Second in the 125cc class in 1986, followed by first in 1987 (125cc) and 1988 (250cc), and third in the 250cc class in 1989 and 1990.

Pedro Tragter scored his 125cc world championship in 1993. The blonde-haired rider was very consistent at the start of the 1990’s, finishing third in 1991, third in 1992 and third in 1994. Tragter won seven GPs in his career.

Current king of Dutch Motocross Jeffrey Herlings with 121 Grand Prix victories and five world championships is very much the most successful Dutch motocross racer ever. His performances over the years put him right up there with the all-time greats and his career isn’t over yet.

Of course, Kay de Wolf added an MX2 world title and is currently looking to climb the ranks in the MXGP class and his battles with Herlings in the coming two years will maybe see the changing of the guard.

At the Dutch GP this weekend, Herlings will try and extend his 116-point lead in the MXGP championship points and get a little closer to that sixth world motocross championship. A sixth title will make him statistically, the third greatest Grand Prix rider of all time, behind just Stefan Everts and Antonio Cairoli, but more importantly, it will set him up for a solid 2027, where he might just try and add title number seven.

ARNHEM (Netherlands) – 20th August 2026 – From the rocky cliffs of Uddevalla in Sweden, the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championships head to the billiard-table flat sandpit of the Motorsportpark Gelderland Midden, near the Dutch city of Arnhem, for the MXGP of The Netherlands, the 16th round of the series and the final stop in mainland Europe this season!

For the fourth straight year, the local Dutch fans will arrive at Arnhem with the anticipation of seeing victories for several of their home heroes in the Grand Prix classes, and they will be particularly keen to see if the undisputed greatest Motocross rider from the Netherlands, Jeffrey Herlings, can continue his unbeaten run at this circuit as he carries the MXGP red plate for Honda HRC Petronas!

After a practice crash ruled him out of the inaugural GP here in 2023, “The Bullet” has lived up to his name by winning all three races across each weekend here since then.  Over the 18 Grands Prix he has started in his home country, the five-time World Champion has won 16 of them, with 31 Sunday race wins from 35 started!  It’s mathematically impossible for him to seal the world title here this weekend, but he could put himself into a very strong position to tie it up in Türkiye!

Herlings has a 116-point margin over the 2023 Arnhem GP winner, Romain Febvre, who would dearly love to take his first Sunday win of the year for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP, while Tim Gajser has risen to third in the Championship for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP.  After taking last year’s MX2 victory here, Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf will also be looking for a good day in front of his local fans.

The MX2 Championship momentum swung in a different direction last time out in Sweden, and while Guillem Farres still leads for Triumph Racing Factory Team, his advantage was cut virtually in half by a double victory on Sunday from the resurgent Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Sacha Coenen!  With just 24 points now in it, the Belgian is likely to bring many travelling fans with him from across the border, and his sand skills are without question!

The same could be said for third-placed Triumph Racing Factory Team sand-fly Camden McLellan,  who enjoyed a perfect weekend in the deep sand of Lommel just three weeks ago, and the South African will still count himself as a title contender with just 21 points between himself and Coenen, and 45 up to his Spanish teammate with the red plate.

Local hopes in MX2 lie with their top rider in the series, Kay Karssemakers on the Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki, while Scott Smulders had a good day at Lommel and will get plenty of support on his SixtySeven Racing Husqvarna.

The FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship resumes this weekend, with the points battle at the top incredibly close between the FontaMX Racing GASGAS of Kiara Fontanesi and last year’s Arnhem winner Daniela Guillen on her RFME Team Spain GASGAS!  Just two points separate the pair as the Italian holds the red plate for the first time since September 2018, when she won her most recent world title!  Guillen will feel confident after her victory here in 2025, while Courtney Duncan could also be a factor for Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki after finishing second here in 2024.

Shana van der Vlist is the top Dutch girl in the series, lying fourth on her Peter v/d Laar Yamaha, although many fans will also get behind reigning double World Champion Lotte van Drunen, who has had a rough season for De Baets Yamaha, but after maximum victories here in 2023 & ’24, she will be going all-out to avenge last year’s loss to Guillen. Seventh in the series so unlikely to retain her title, it will be all about this weekend’s glory for “The Queen of Sand”.

The EMX250 European Championship holds its penultimate round this weekend, and series leader Francisco Garcia returned from injury to continue his winning ways last weekend, giving him a strong chance of clinching the title for BUD Racing Kawasaki in Arnhem, where he won a race last year! Unless he loses 13 points in race one to Team SixtySeven Husqvarna Racing’s Nikolaj Skovbjerg, then the Spaniard will be Champion on Saturday! His teammate Jake Cannon will be keen to clinch a medal position in third, which he will do if he outscores Gabriel SS24 KTM’s Dutchman Gyan Doensen, who should be strong in what could be his last Dutch round in this class!

With the crowd tightly packed around the circuit, the atmosphere at Arnhem promises to be electric as their home heroes fire up the crazy Dutch fans to make the maximum noise possible!  This one could get wild!

Main Photo: Jeffrey Herlings; Top Photo: MXGP Start Arnhem 2025

Jeffrey Herlings’ domination in the past few rounds has seen him rack up his first four-GP winning streak since his unbelievable 2018 title season. “The Bullet” was unstoppable in the sand of Lommel three weeks ago, and while there have been worries about his machine in the sand, he was able to nurse it home in Belgium, and the Dutch circuit is known to be a little more flowing and, only slightly, less punishing on the machinery. His aim of clinching the title at the MXGP of Türkiye will be helped if he can make significant ground on the rest this weekend.  He has only failed to win GPs twice in the 18 events he has raced in his homeland, once after being landed on at Oss in 2021, winning race one with a broken shoulder blade before heading to the hospital and missing race two.  The other was his first attempt in the MXGP class, when he took second overall behind Gautier Paulin while still less than 100% from a pre-season injury.  He lost only one of twenty individual GP races in his MX2 career, to Thomas Covington at Assen in 2016!

Romain Febvre was able to take advantage of Herlings’ absence to win overall here in 2023, and also took the Qualifying Race win that weekend.  His other victory in the Netherlands came as defending Champion back in 2016 at Valkenswaard.  Tim Gajser is 44 points behind the Frenchman in third, just nine ahead of the injured Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pilot Lucas Coenen, who again is facing a battle to be fit for a GP which he terrorised last year!  The Slovenian has won Dutch GPs in 2021 at Oss, and in MX2 in his first title season of 2015.  The Belgian teenager took MX2 victory in 2024 here at Arnhem.

The battle for fifth in the Championship is dead level, with Ruben Fernandez officially placed there for Honda HRC Petronas due to a best result tie-breaker, while Andrea Adamo, who celebrates his 23rd birthday on Saturday, is on equal points for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. Neither rider will be relishing the sand ahead of them, although the Italian has an MX2 Qualifying Race win and two podiums here in his record, while the Spaniard has yet to break into the top ten at this circuit.

Also close is the battle for seventh in the Championship between two Frenchmen who obviously would have wished to be higher.  Tom Vialle’s podium in Sweden for Honda HRC Petronas put him ahead of the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP of Maxime Renaux, but only by five points.  Vialle has yet to race at this circuit, but won his most recent Dutch GP outing back in 2020, his first MX2 title season.  Renaux was second to his countryman that day, which is his best in the Netherlands, and has a best of sixth in MXGP, at Arnhem in 2023.

Ninth in his rookie MXGP season is Kay de Wolf, after taking a dominant 1-1 victory in MX2 here last year.  He might have the most hope out of anybody of defeating Herlings, but it will take a monumental effort, especially with a few niggling injuries which have welcomed him to life on a 450!

Rounding out the top ten is Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Pauls Jonass, who made a fine return from injury with fourth overall in Sweden and is no stranger to success in the Netherlands.  Perfect GP wins at Valkenswaard in 2017 & ’18 have not been replicated in the premier class, but the Latvian is in good form and starting well recently.

Red Bull Ducati Factory MX Team rider Calvin Vlaanderen, the South African with a dual nationality, flies the Dutch flag against his name for his “second” home GP of the year, and will be on the line despite suffering a big hit in Sweden, trying to advance from 12th in the Championship. 

MRT Racing Team Beta rider Jago Geerts is another trying to recover from a crash in Sweden, and is awaiting medical confirmation before lining up.  The Belgian is one of eight men in the class to have tasted GP success in the Netherlands, his win coming in 2021 at Oss in MX2.

Dutch veteran Glenn Coldenhoff makes a wild card appearance at Arnhem, on a private Yamaha after finishing third overall here last year, saying that it could be his last ever home Grand Prix. Herlings and De Wolf, as well as Vlaanderen and Venrooy KTM Racing star Rick Elzinga, will be joined by four other local wildcards besides Coldenhoff as the crowd will have plenty to cheer for around the Gelderland Midden circuit!

         
1. Kay de Wolf; 2. Calvin Vlaanderen

MXGP - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 735 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 619 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 575 p.; 4. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 566 p.; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 483 p.; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 483 p.; 7. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 454 p.; 8. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 449 p.; 9. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 375 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 312 p.

MX2 Start Arhem 2025

The issues for Guillem Farres in Sweden, despite his heroic riding with severe-looking facial injuries, opened the door for Sacha Coenen to close the gap in the Championship, and the pair are now just 24 points apart, with the diminutive Belgian taking his first GP win since Montevarchi in June.  Sacha rode well here to claim third on the podium last season, after finishing second to De Wolf in the Qualifying Race.  Meanwhile, Farres was only eighth in his first ever Dutch GP.

Camden McLellan is likely to be the favourite after his performances at Lommel, but the South African would be happier with better starts this time to make his job a little easier!  Fourth overall in both of the last two GPs at Arnhem do not tell the story of his speed in the soft stuff, and he will look to take big chunks out of his Championship rivals ahead as he fights from being 45 points behind the leader.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s defending World Champion Simon Längenfelder is another 16 points behind McLellan, putting him more than a GP distance off the lead. His Sunday in Sweden was bizarrely below par, and piles on the pressure for this weekend, at a track where he took third overall in 2023 with a first race victory.  Sixth last year might be the more meaningful result to use as a guideline for his form at this venue.

Liam Everts, winner of that inaugural MX2 GP at this circuit, has over 40 points either side of his fifth-placed tally, and is the only rider in this year’s MX2 line-up with a GP victory here.  The Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing ace has been third in all three Qualifying Races here, and fifth in the last two GPs here since his win.  With the title out of reach, he will be keen to get travelling Belgian fans behind him amongst the trackside Dutchies!

The Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 teammates and brothers Janis and Karlis Reisulis are next up in the Championship, as Janis tries to replicate the form that won him the EMX250 overall here last year!  By comparison, Karlis didn’t even make the Sunday races after a crash in Warm-Up, but both Latvians know they have good pace in sand.  They could even be outside bets for the podium this weekend!

Valerio Lata has had a tough Championship in eighth, and the Honda HRC Petronas rider is starting his second GP here after finishing 11th last year. He’ll be hoping for an up-turn in form. The injured Mathis Valin is still out of action for Kawasaki Racing Team MX2, and is likely to be overtaken in the points table by Julius Mikula, although the Czech rider will need a better day here for Osička Racing KTM than he managed last year, when he failed to score points entirely! The top non-factory rider needs just 12 points to overhaul Valin for ninth.

Kay Karssemakers is hoping for a good weekend at his home round after showing good pace in Sweden with a career-best of sixth in the Qualifying Race.  It’s close between him and Maddii Racing Honda ABF Italia man Maxime Grau for 11th in the series, but you gotta fancy the Kawasaki man on home sand!

The MXGP of The Netherlands promises to be a packed-out event as the local fans hope to celebrate some home success, and they will make their presence felt as they get behind their riders!  Don’t miss the last GP in mainland Europe of 2026, as the sand of Arnhem awaits the MXGP elite for a spectacular weekend of Motocross!

     
1. Kay Karssemakers; 2. Sacha Coenen

MX2 - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 701 points; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 677 p.; 3. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 656 p.; 4. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 640 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 595 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 552 p.; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 441 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 381 p.; 9. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 352 p.; 10. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), 341 p.

WMX - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, GAS), 141 points; 2. Daniela Guillen (ESP, GAS), 139 p.; 3. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 100 p.; 4. Shana van der Vlist (NED, YAM), 89 p.; 5. Malou Jakobsen (DEN, KTM), 88 p.; 6. Lucy Barker (GBR, KTM), 87 p.; 7. Lotte van Drunen (NED, YAM), 85 p.; 8. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 84 p.; 9. April Franzoni (FRA, HON), 73 p.; 10. Lynn Valk (NED, TM), 57 p.

EMX250 - European Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Francisco Garcia (ESP, KAW), 402 points; 2. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN, HUS), 315 p.; 3. Jake Cannon (AUS, KAW), 288 p.; 4. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), 237 p.; 5. Mads Fredsoe (DEN, KTM), 224 p.; 6. Nicolò Alvisi (ITA, HON), 199 p.; 7. Tom Brunet (FRA, YAM), 177 p.; 8. Francesco Bellei (ITA, KTM), 160 p.; 9. Liam Owens (AUS, KTM), 152 p.; 10. Jekabs Kubulins (LAT, YAM), 149 p.

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

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

SATURDAY:
08:10 WMX Free Practice, 08:40 EMX250 Group 1 Free Practice, 09:10 EMX250 Group 2 Free Practice, 09:50 WMX Qualifying Practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 12:20 EMX250 Group 1 Qualifying Practice, 13:00 EMX250 Group 2 Qualifying Practice, 13:40 MX2 Time Practice, 14:15 MXGP Time Practice, 15:00 WMX Race 1, 15:45 EMX250 Race 1, 16:35 MX2 Qualifying Race, 17:25 MXGP Qualifying Race.

SUNDAY:
09:40 EMX250 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 WMX Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

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