After being struck with stomach flu in Matterley Basin, the British MXGP last weekend, French rider Christophe Charlier has recovered well and is raring to go at his home event, this weekend’s French motocross GP.
THE BEST OF THE BEST
The Kiwi motorcycling community will have to band together like never before this season if they hope to see New Zealand once again rank among the world’s motocross elite.
GREY ONE OF SPORT’S RISING STARS
Waikato’s Ashton Grey is a young man of many talents.
The 15-year-old from Cambridge has taken his new Blackwood BikesportNZ.com Yamaha YZ250F to race recently at national cross-country and enduro championship events and, in Taranaki on Saturday, he arrived to represent his St Peters’ College team at the North Island Secondary Schools Motocross Championships.
UPS AND DOWNS FOR KIWI HERO
Good luck and bad luck … Waikato’s Josiah Natzke experienced a little bit of both at the weekend’s British Motocross Grand Prix.
DOUBLE FOR SYKES
Britain’s Tom Sykes romped to a double winning weekend at Donington Park with a perfect ride from the Kawasaki ace to secure a phenomenal sixth consecutive World Superbike Championships victory at his home event, the sixth round of the series.
EUROPEAN MX CHAMPS ROUND FOUR
The fans who showed up at Matterley Basin, in England, at the weekend were certainly entertained at the MXGP of Great Britain that included the fourth rounds of the European Championship EMX250 and EMX125 championships.
NOT GETTING ANY EASIER
Predictions for the FIM Motocross World Championship are not getting any easier, with the down to the wire results at the MXGP of Great Britain, round seven of the FIM Motocross World Championship, being solid evidence.
NATZKE SEVENTH IN RACE ONE
Race one in the European 125cc Championships at Matterley Basin, the British Grand Prix, this weekend has been run.
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YOUNGEST OF THEM ALL
The youngest rider on the European Motocross Championship grid is the star of Stefan Everts’ KTM Factory Junior Team.
SUZUKI BOSS STAYING POSITIVE
Team Motul Suzuki boss Jay Foreman (pictured above, left) is remaining positive as he looks forward to round five of the 2015 Australian Motocross Championships next weekend (May 31) after a testing day at the fourth round of 10 in the series at Murray Bridge in South Australia on Sunday.
IN A HEALTHY STATE
The sport of cross-country motorcycle racing is in an extremely healthy state.
This was highlighted by the sheer pace and spectacular nature of racing that has been seen in the junior grades throughout the national series that wrapped up with the fourth and final round near Pahiatua on Sunday.
WHIBLEY TAKES TOP PRIZE
Pahiatua’s Paul Whibley made it look easier than it was as he raced to title victory at the New Zealand Cross-country Championships at the weekend.
GIBBS RIGHT AT HOME
KTM Australia’s factory and factory support riders dominated at yesterday’s fourth round of the Australian Motocross Championships at Murray Bridge, winning the premier MX1 class, and extending the championship lead, winning the MX2 class and finishing second in the MX Development (under-19) grade.
