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Strijbos struggles with fitness

Team Suzuki's Kevin Strijbos faces a fitness setback for this weekend and the Grand Prix of France at the St Jean d'Angely circuit near the west coast; the seventh round of 15 in the 2007 FIM Motocross World Championship. Last week Strijbos felt some pain in his troublesome left knee, for which he underwent minor surgery prior to the opening Grand Prix. Further examination revealed damaged cartilage and the Belgian...

Press release 06/06/2007 Suzuki

KTM MX teams head for France for seventh round of Championships

The KTM Red Bull Racing Team heads for France this weekend hoping for solid performances that might give them a view of the circuit from the top of the podium on Sunday. Both the MX1 and MX2 riders have been performing consistently during the season but now need to put in that extra effort to try to close the gap on runaway leaders in both classes. Italian David Philippaerts scored his maiden MX GP victory in Germany and...

Press release 06/06/2007 KTM

World championship heads to France

A well deserved week break followed the Japanese Grand Prix, to make the FIM Motocross World Championship collective recover from the jetlag, but now everyone is ready to compete in the seventh round of the series, the French Grand Prix in Saint Jean d’Angely. MX1 leader Joshua Coppins heads to France with victory ambitions, as he missed the top spot of the podium in the previous two Grand Prix’s.

Press release 06/06/2007 Youthstream

A tribute to Jan de Groot - Harry Van Hemmen

Jan de Groot was a big guy in motocross and he was a key factor in putting the sport on the map in Holland and beyond. Not only was he a skillful tuner, a successful team manager/owner, Jan was also one of the world’s best motocross talent scouts. If he picked you as a rider for his team you could be sure he saw a potential champion in you. Most of all Jan de Groot was a quiet, modest, highly respected and warm person.

Press release 05/06/2007 Harry Van Hemmen

Jan de Groot - A profile

Former motocrosser De Groot chiselled a well-respected name in the sport, not only due to his technical acumen but also his ability to develop and withdraw the best from his riders. A formidable association with South Africa’s Greg Albertyn led to double title glory in the 125cc and 250cc classes (now MX2 and MX1 respectively) in 1992 and 1993 before an alliance with Kawasaki was formed. 1995 and ’96 was another stint of...

Press release 04/06/2007 Kawasaki

British Motocross championship - Review

Just under six thousand race fans packed the famous hillside at the Langrish circuit to welcome the Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship for the very first time, and judging by the sound of the air horns that filled the valley they were enthralled by the action out on the track. Fresh from his Japanese Grand Prix win Billy MacKenzie – De Groot Kawasaki took the overall honours in the MX1 class thanks to a 3 – 1...

Press release 04/06/2007 Jake Miller

French championship review - Boissiere fights for lead

Just after his come back from Japan, Anthony Boissière moved to the western part of France as the sixth round of the French Elite Championship took place in Iffendic (Britany). While both of his team mates rest (Steven Frossard recovers from his surgery and Thomas Allier had no MX1 race in Britany), Anthony was ‘Mister Two’ this weekend with three second places, a second spot overall and the second position in the...

Press release 04/06/2007 Pascal Haudiquert

Boissiere looks back on Japan - 7th place

With a seventh position at the Grand prix of Japan, sixth round of the World Championship, Anthony Boissière came back in the top ten of the series and offered his team CLS one of his best results so far in the GP campaign. Thomas Allier didn’t got the expecting result, and just bring back home two points. Twenty two MX2 regular contenders made the trip to Sendai, the main city in the north-east part of Japan. Qualified...

Press release 31/05/2007 Pascal Haudiquert

Kiwi connection - Coppins and Townley

Former MX2 world champ, Ben Townley, has bounced back from a technical hitch in moto one to stamp his authority on the final moto at the AMA Toyota Motocross at High Point raceway in Mt Morris, PA. After setting the fastest lap times in Saturday’s MX Lites timed sessions, Townley would be the man to beat for the 2 x 30 minutes moto’s on Sunday. The New Zealander’s chances of extending his Motocross Lites championship...

Press release 28/05/2007 Glen Dempsey

Mackenzie and Pourcel look back on Sugo

Sugo, Japan, 27 May 2007 - KRT rider Billy Mackenzie’s continued domination of the Grand Prix of Japan at the Sugo circuit set a number of landmarks today in front of 24,000 spectators and a large crew of appreciated Team Green staff. The 23 year old, who has won the MX2 class at Sugo in 2005 and 2006, became the first ever British rider to triumph in the MX1 category with first and second positions and also provided the...

Press release 27/05/2007 Kawasaki

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