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IMOLA (Italy) 18 August 2019 – The iconic Autodromo ‘Enzo and Dino Ferrari’ of Imola hosted the penultimate round of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship where Bike It DRT Kawasaki’s Courtney Duncan has gone 1-1 winning her third round of the season. Second overall was Larissa Papenmeier with 2-2 scores and third No Fear Yamaha team’s Nancy Van De Ven with 3-4 scores. 

Now with just one round remaining in Turkey on September 7, Duncan holds a 23-point lead over Papenmeier with Van De Ven a further three points back in third place in the championship.

Series leader Duncan had a soft collision in the first corner of the opening Women’s Motocross World Championship and a bunch of riders went down. With the carnage behind them, Van De Ven led from Duncan, but the New Zealander took the lead quickly.

Duncan then crashed and handed the lead back to Van De Ven. On a mission Duncan caught and passed Van Der Ven, but then the Dutch woman looked like she had trouble with her bike and was passed by Papenmeier. Duncan won it from Papenmeier and Van De Ven.

In the second Women’s Motocross World Championship race it was Van De Ven who took the lead from Duncan, Papenmeier, Sara Anderson and Line Dame and Papenmeier was all over Duncan for second place.

Anderson started putting a lot of pressure on Duncan, and the Danish rider passed Duncan for third place and also looked for a way past Papenmeier.

Anderson moved past Papenmeier and Duncan slipped over and dropped back to fifth position. After two laps the lead was less than a second as Papenmeier repassed Anderson and Amandine Verstappen moved into fourth position. Anderson went down hard as she made a mistake on a landing and dropped back.

Papenmeier took the lead on lap three and Duncan passed Anderson at the same time. Top five after four laps was Papenmeier, Van De Ven, Verstappen, Duncan and Anderson. After five laps Duncan had done well to pull right up on the top three, with four seconds between Papenmeier in the lead Van De Ven, Verstappen and Duncan.

Duncan, who was again the fastest girl on the track, moved into second on lap seven and was right onto Papenmeier. Duncan moved into the lead and was never headed again, Papenmeier finished second and Verstappen third.

Courtney Duncan: “I am very happy this weekend, one of the hardest races for me. I struggled all weekend and to come away with two wins is really good, so I couldn’t be happier. It wasn’t an easy one that second race. I was riding cautious. I saw Papenmeier in front and I could catch up. I wish to thank everybody who is supporting me.”

WMX - Race 1 Top Ten:1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), 24:35.636; 2. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Yamaha), +0:08.282; 3. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:23.695; 4. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), +0:45.264; 5. Lynn Valk (NED, Yamaha), +1:00.977; 6. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +1:01.597; 7. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), +1:03.892; 8. Sandra Karlsson (SWE, Kawasaki), +1:45.236; 9. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Suzuki), +1:54.641; 10. Britt Van Der Werff (NED, Husqvarna), +2:01.571;

WMX - Race 2 Top Ten:1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), 24:06.945; 2. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Yamaha), +0:04.374; 3. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +0:05.440; 4. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:15.358; 5. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), +0:54.468; 6. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), +1:00.350; 7. Lynn Valk (NED, Yamaha), +1:10.505; 8. Emelie Dahl (SWE, Yamaha), +1:13.362; 9. Line Dam (DEN, Honda), +1:25.579; 10. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:33.503;

WMX - Overall Top Ten:1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 50 points; 2. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, YAM), 44 p.; 3. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 38 p.; 4. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 35 p.; 5. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Lynn Valk (NED, YAM), 30 p.; 7. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), 29 p.; 8. Emelie Dahl (SWE, YAM), 23 p.; 9. Sandra Karlsson (SWE, KAW), 23 p.; 10. Britt Van Der Werff (NED, HUS), 20 p.;

WMX - Championship Top Ten:1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 189 points; 2. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, YAM), 166 p.; 3. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 163 p.; 4. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 135 p.; 5. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), 122 p.; 6. Lynn Valk (NED, YAM), 120 p.; 7. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), 109 p.; 8. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 82 p.; 9. Line Dam (DEN, HON), 81 p.; 10. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, YAM), 65 p.;

WMX - Manufacturers Classification:1. Kawasaki, 189 points; 2. Yamaha, 179 p.; 3. KTM, 138 p.; 4. Suzuki, 90 p.; 5. Honda, 86 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 59 p.

Main Photo: Courtney Duncan

Bottom Photos: 1. Larissa Papenmeier; 2. Nancy Van De Ven

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MXGP of Italy – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1,500m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 33°

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 24,896

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The Final Round of the 2019 FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship is taking place in Afyon, Turkey on September the 8^th. 

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AGUEDA (Portugal) 19 May 2019 – MXGP and MX2 weren’t the only world championship classes racing this weekend in Portugal as the fastest riders of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship returned for the WMX round of Portugal.

Following the opening round in the Netherlands at Valkenswaard it was Belgium’s Amandine Verstappen carrying the red plate into Agueda this weekend. Saturday hosted the first race of the two-day, two race, event and unfortunately for Verstappen her winning ways would not be repeated. Instead it was Bike IT DRT Kawasaki’s Courtney Duncan who dominated the field for his win of the year.

At the start of race 1 Verstappen crashed and by the time she was back up she was buried at the back of the field. Larissa Papenmeier led Duncan down the first downhill with Nancy Van De Ven in 3^rd. Before the opening lap was complete Duncan took the lead from Papenmeier on the inside of one of the turns.

JK Racing Yamaha’s Lynn Valk pressured Van de Ven for third but was unable to pass her Dutch compatriot. Meanwhile Verstappen fell again dropping from 16^thto 20^thforcing her to go back to work all over again. Digging deep Verstappen made her way up to 10^thbut in the lead it was Duncan, all race, taking the win ahead of Papenmeier, Van de Ven, Valk, and Sara Andersen.

WMX Race two took place this afternoon and Van de Ven rocketed into the first turn taking the holeshot and lead over Duncan and Papenmeier with Line Dam also in the mix. Verstappen’s weekend went from bad to worse getting caught in a pile up with 2 other riders.

Duncan didn’t take long to get past Van de Ven making a pass stick during the second lap and never looking back. Sara Andersen and Line Dam then had a battle but Andersen came out as the faster of the two Danes. Valk also passed Dam for her best ever WMX result while Verstappen never gave up charging through the field for a second day in a row.

At the finish Duncan took the race win making it her second year in a row going 1-1 in Portugal but her first overall victory of 2019. 2^ndand 3^rdin the race, Van de Ven and Papenmeier were also 2^ndand 3^rdoverall. The top five overall was filled out by Andersen and Valk as Verstappen’s resilience salvaged 9^thoverall. The championship leaders red plate now belongs to Duncan with 89 points total which 4 ahead of Van de Ven now in 2^nd.

Duncan will now return to New Zealand to continue her training before taking the red plate into round 3 in Loket, Czech Republic the 27^thand 28^thof July.

WMX Race 1 Top Ten:1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), 25:37.493; 2. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Yamaha), +0:12.938; 3. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:20.911; 4. Lynn Valk (NED, Yamaha), +0:49.788; 5. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), +0:59.251; 6. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, Yamaha), +1:07.227; 7. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), +1:13.030; 8. Line Dam (DEN, Honda), +1:34.821; 9. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:39.651; 10. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +1:42.185.

WMX Race 2 Top Ten:1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), 24:51.296; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:30.514; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Yamaha), +0:45.003; 4. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), +1:08.450; 5. Lynn Valk (NED, Yamaha), +1:13.670; 6. Line Dam (DEN, Honda), +1:14.835; 7. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, Yamaha), +1:24.616; 8. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), +1:25.103; 9. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +1:28.714; 10. Britt Van Der Werff (NED, Husqvarna), +1:39.760.

WMX Overall Top Ten: 1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 50 points; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 42 p.; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, YAM), 42 p.; 4. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Lynn Valk (NED, YAM), 34 p.; 6. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, YAM), 29 p.; 7. Line Dam (DEN, HON), 28 p.; 8. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), 27 p.; 9. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 23 p.; 10. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 20 p.

WMXChampionshipTop Ten: 1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 89 points; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 85 p.; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, YAM), 82 p.; 4. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 67 p.; 5. Lynn Valk (NED, YAM), 63 p.; 6. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), 61 p.; 7. Line Dam (DEN, HON), 54 p.; 8. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, YAM), 54 p.; 9. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), 49 p.; 10. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 37 p.

WMX Manufacturers:1. Yamaha, 91 points; 2. Kawasaki, 89 p.; 3. KTM, 68 p.; 4. Honda, 54 p.; 5. Suzuki, 39 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 20 p.

Main Photo: Courtney Duncan

Bottom Photos: 1. WMX Start; 2. WMX Podium

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MXGP OF PORTUGAL – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1630

Type of ground: clay based

Temperature: 23°

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 23,000

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The next round of the Women’s Motocross World Championship is taking place on July the 28^thin Loket, during the MXGP of Czech Republic.

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VALKENSWAARD (The Netherlands) 31 March 2019 – The first round of the 2019 FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship has concluded after two days of racing at the Valkenswaard circuit of the Netherlands. It was Amandine Verstappen who took the Valkenswaard victory along with the first overall win and red plate of the new season for the very first time in her career.

A full entry list left 39 of the world’s best Women Motocross racers to line up on the sandy Dutch circuit. Though early in the year the weekend had nearly perfect weather and track conditions which developed to challenge all by the final checkered flag.

Alongside the qualifying races of MXGP and MX2, plus the first race of EMX125 presented by FMF Racing, the women started their season on Saturday, March the 30th. The first race and day of the 2 day-2 race format was a showing of speed by newly signed BIKE IT DRT Kawasaki rider Courtney Duncan.

When WMX Race 1 started off Amandine Verstappen took the holeshot ahead of MXFONTA RACING Yamaha’s Larissa Papenmeier and the rest of the field. Duncan was third but made quick moves to get by Papenmeier in lap 2 then take the lead from Verstappen one lap later.

Moving forward throughout the 11 laps were Nancy Van de Ven and Shana Van der Vlist. Moving from 8^thto 4^thwas a strong ride for Van de Ven after a bad start but even more impressive was Van der Vlist’s comeback from 12^thup to 5^th.

Race 1 was won by Duncan 6.6 seconds ahead of Verstappen who had Papenmeier only a tenth of second further behind in 3^rd while Van de Ven and Van der Vlist took the final to spots among the top 5.

Today’s race 2 was in slightly cooler temperatures and a rougher track but Courtney Duncan was quick to take the Saturday momentum onward and lead from the beginning. A better start from Van de Ven put her in a position to apply pressure to Duncan while Verstappen and Papenmeier gave chase to both.

After 7 laps of the 11 total Duncan made a costly mistake on the lip of the finish jump sending her into a massive endo. Ejected from the bike the Kiwi returned quickly but after struggling to get it started her hope of winning disappeared. The crash left Van de Ven with the lead and a clear track ahead of Verstappen. Watch Courtney Duncan Crash HERE

At the finish it was a race win for Van de Ven but Verstappen’s pair of 2^ndplace finishes was both too strong and too consistent to be beat in the overall result. Duncan recovered to 7^thbut finished 4^thoverall behind Verstappen Van de Ven and Papenmeier.

The Women will now prepare for round 2 of the 2019 FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship scheduled for the MXGP of Portugal on the 18^thand 19^thof May in Agueda.

WMX Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), 24:47.429; 2. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +0:06.661; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Yamaha), +0:06.762; 4. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:40.317; 5. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), +0:42.462; 6. Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), +0:45.841; 7. Lynn Valk (NED, Yamaha), +0:54.902; 8. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, Yamaha), +0:58.314; 9. Meghan Rutledge (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:59.382; 10. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:27.155.

WMX Race 2 Top Ten:1. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), 25:00.931; 2. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +0:08.011; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Yamaha), +0:13.410; 4. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), +0:57.730; 5. Line Dam (DEN, Honda), +1:11.635; 6. Lynn Valk (NED, Yamaha), +1:12.584; 7. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), +1:20.931; 8. Meghan Rutledge (AUS, Kawasaki), +1:22.971; 9. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, Yamaha), +1:24.765; 10. Mathilde Martinez (FRA, KTM), +1:53.374.

WMX Overall Top Ten: 1. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 44 points; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 43 p.; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, YAM), 40 p.; 4. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 39 p.; 5. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Lynn Valk (NED, YAM), 29 p.; 7. Line Dam (DEN, HON), 26 p.; 8. Meghan Rutledge (AUS, KAW), 25 p.; 9. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, YAM), 25 p.; 10. Virginie Germond (SUI, KTM), 18 p.

WMX Championship Top Ten: 1. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 44 points; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 43 p.; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, YAM), 40 p.; 4. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 39 p.; 5. Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Lynn Valk (NED, YAM), 29 p.; 7. Line Dam (DEN, HON), 26 p.; 8. Meghan Rutledge (AUS, KAW), 25 p.; 9. Nicky van Wordragen (NED, YAM), 25 p.; 10. Virginie Germond (SUI, KTM), 18 p.

WMX Manufacturers:1. Yamaha, 47 points; 2. Kawasaki, 39 p.; 3. KTM, 34 p.; 4. Honda, 26 p.; 5. Suzuki, 17 p.

Main photo: WMX Start Saturday

Bottom photos: 1. Amandine Verstappen; 2. WMX Top 3

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MXGP OF THE NETHERLANDS – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1780

Type of ground: SAND

Temperature: 14°

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 26,000

WMX was available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

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