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FIM President Vito Ippolito, FIM/CMS Director Dr. Wolfgang Srb and Youthstream President Giuseppe Luongo, welcomed all the media to the 2012 season on Sunday. They all expressed their satisfaction of a bright future in front of us expanding the FIM Motocross World Championship worldwide. Mr. Luongo explained that the FIM Motocross World Championship is growing significantly even undergoing a glo...

The 2012 season has finally started in the sandy track of Valkenswaard and Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings have won the MX1 and MX2 qualifying races respectively. The MX1 class was clearly dominated by Antonio Cairoli, but Clement Desalle and Steven Frossard also proved that they can fight for the victory tomorrow. Evgeny Bobryshev had to pull away from the race, as he landed on a wooden st...

Everything is ready for the FIM Motocross World Championship comeback this Easter weekend in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands. The Dutch track will not only host the first Grand Prix of sixteen of the MX1 and MX2 classes, but also the first round of the FIM MX3 World Championship and the first round of the FIM Women´s Motocross World Championship. First time in MX3 history they wi...

2008 MX1-GP World Champion David Philippaerts starts his fifth season on the works YZ450FM and this could be one of the most pivotal in the tough Italian’s career. Observers at pre-season races across Italy have commented that the 28 year old is back to his full-revving self and is competing with a smile on his face after recovering from a double wrist break last summer. ‘DP19’ has not looked this...

Everything is ready for the FIM Motocross World Championship comeback this Easter weekend in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands. The Dutch track will not only host the first Grand Prix out of sixteen of the MX1 and MX2 classes, but also the first round of the FIM MX3 World Championship and the first round of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship. MX1 defending Champion Antoni...

Monster Energy Yamaha MX2-GP riders Zach Osborne and Arnaud Tonus have both undergone successful surgery in the USA and Switzerland respectively and are now starting periods of rehab and recovery with a view towards a return to action in the FIM Motocross World Championship in a months time. Osborne had an operation on Monday to prepare a cracked collarbone from a blameless training accident two...

It is no secret that Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing’s Max Nagl of Germany put on a heroic display in the second half of the 2011 MX1 World Championship season, riding through the pain of a serious back injury. Max underwent corrective surgery in Belgium at the end of the season after opting to delay the surgical intervention until all the races were over. Due to some additional complications ...

Seventeen-year old 2011 FIM MX 2 World Champion Ken Roczen is one of the first guests to arrive in Estoril, Portugal ready for tomorrow's FIM Gala. The young German rider was in a relaxed mood as he spent the morning taking in the local sights before heading off to enjoy the afternoon in Lisbon. Ken will be one of the youngest FIM World Champions amongst the many who will be honoured during tomorr...

Monster Energy Yamaha rider David Philippaerts took to the track last week for the first time in four months. The 2008 FIM MX1 World Champion completed his first training outing after suffering breaks to both wrists in an accident while practicing for the Grand Prix of Czech Republic in the first week of August. The soon-to-be 28 year old has been following a comprehensive and carefully planned re...

On Wednesday 7 December, the film Marc Ristori – “From one second to the next” will be shown in cinemas in French-speaking Switzerland. This film is about a professional Motocross rider who became paraplegic during a Supercross event, as have others before him. Multiple Swiss Motocross Champion, Marc Ristori had a terrible crash during the Geneva Supercross on 30 November 2007. He was then 25 yea...