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2024 Motocross Des Nations
The 2024 Motocross des Nations was a motocross race held on 5 and 6 October 2024 at Matterley Basin, United Kingdom. This was the third time that the event was held at this track. France went into the event as the defending champions after winning their seventh title in 2023. Australia took their first title in the history of the event with the team of Hunter Lawrence, Kyle Webster and Jett Lawrence. Entry list Start numbers were allocated based on the team finishes from the 2023 competition. This allocated number plates 1, 2 & 3 to France (1st), 4, 5 & 6 to Australia (2nd) and 7, 8 & 9 to Italy (3rd). The final entry list was published on 3 October. Qualifying Races Qualifying was run on a class by class basis. Top 19 countries after qualifying went directly to the main Motocross des Nations races. The remaining countries went to a smaller final. Best 2 scores counted. MXGP MX2 Open Qualification Standings * Qualified Nations * Nations admitted to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motocross Des Nations
The Motocross des Nations (in French) is an annual team motocross Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom. History Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ... race, where riders representing their country meet at what is billed as the "Olympics of Motocross". The event has been staged since 1947, where the team of Bill Nicholson, Fred Rist and Bob Ray, representing Great Britain, took home the Chamberlain Trophy for the first time. The event as it stands today is an amalgamation of three separate events, the original Motocross des Nations, raced with 500cc motorcycles, the Trophée des Nations, raced with 250cc motorcycles, and the Coupe des Nations, for 125cc motorcycles. Before 1984, the three events were held in different locations on different weekends, whereafter they were combined into a single event with one rider per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Bonacorsi
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia ( Elias), Enea ( Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia ( Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Prado (motocross Racer)
Jorge Prado García (born 5 January 2001) is a Spanish people, Spanish professional motocross racer, competing in the Motocross World Championship. He is a two-time MX2 World Champion & is renowned for being one of the best starters in the whole sport. Career At the age of three he started riding a motorcycle and at the age of six he started competing in the first races. He won his first race at seven. His family moved to Lommel, Belgium in 2012. 2011 In 2011 Prado won the 65cc FIM Junior motocross world championship as well as the 65cc European Motocross Championship, European motocross championship. 2015 In 2015, Prado won the 125cc European Motocross Championship. 2016 In 2016 he made his debut in the MX2 category, in the Belgian Grand Prix. At round 17 in the Netherlands, Prado finished 12th in race 1 however, in race 2, he finished 2nd after a long battle with the eventual 3-time MX2 World champion, Jeffrey Herlings. 2017 In 2017, he was the first Spanish to win a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Guillod
Valentin Guillod (born 18 December 1992) is a Swiss professional Motocross racer. Guillod has competed in the Motocross World Championship since 2010 and is a three-time grand prix winner in the MX2 class. Guillod was the 2013 European Motocross Champion in the EMX250 class. He has represented his country at the Motocross des Nations ten times. He was the 2023 French Elite Motocross Champion in the Elite MX1 class and is a five-time Swiss Motocross Champion throughout his career. Career 250 career Guillod first appeared in the European Motocross Championship on 2009. In the following season, he was able to take two overall wins on the way to third place in the final standings of the EMX2 class. This came alongside making his grand prix debut in the MX2 class of the 2010 FIM Motocross World Championship in the Czech Republic. These performances allowed him to make his full-time MX2 World Championship debut in 2011 for the KTM Scott Racing Team. However, he was only a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnaud Tonus
Arnaud Tonus (born 27 June 1991) is a Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ... professional motocross racer. References External links Arnaud Tonusat MXGP web site * Living people 1991 births Swiss motocross riders Sportspeople from Geneva {{motorcycle-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Seewer
Jeremy Seewer (born 18 July, 1994) is a Swiss professional motocross racer, who competes in the Motocross World Championship for Yamaha. Career Seewer has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2012, where he has finished 2nd in the MX2 class twice and 2nd in the MXGP class 3 times. MXGP Results References External links Jeremy Seewerat MXGP FIM Motocross World Championship is the premier championship of motocross racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), divided into two distinct classes: MXGP and MX2. Race duration is 30 minutes plus two laps per ... Living people 1994 births Swiss motorcycle racers Motocross riders {{Switzerland-motorcycle-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jago Geerts
Jago Geerts (born 21 April 2000) is a Belgian professional motocross rider who has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2017. He finished second in the MX2 World Championship from 2020 to 2023. Motocross Career 2014 In 2014, Geerts won the 85cc European Championship and placed fifth in the 85cc Junior World Championship. 2016 2016 Saw Geerts win both the 125cc European Motocross Championship and the 125cc Junior Motocross World Championship. 2017 In 2017, Geerts placed eighth in the 250cc European Motocross Championship. He made his debut in the MX2 World Championship at the GP of Belgium. 2022 Geerts fell short of the 2022 MX2 World Championship by 4 points. He was the winner of 6 Grand Prix’s and missed out on the podium only twice all season. 2023 Heading into the 2023 Season Jago was a strong favourite for the MX2 Championship, having finished 2nd three years in a row. He won three of the first six rounds until being sidelined by injury. He returned at ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husqvarna Motorcycles
Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH (; marketed as Husqvarna) is a Swedish-origin Austrian company which designs, engineers, manufactures and distributes motocross, enduro, supermoto and street motorcycles. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a subsidiary of the Husqvarna armament firm. Today, Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH is owned by PIERER Mobility Group. History Prior to 1987 Husqvarna was founded near the town of Huskvarna in Sweden in 1689. The company started out as a maker of muskets, and the Husqvarna logo still depicts a gun sight viewed from the end of the barrel. As with many motorcycle manufacturers, Husqvarna first began producing bicycles in the late 19th century. In 1903, they made the jump to motorcycle manufacturing. The first "Husky" motorcycles used imported engines, and it was not until 1918 that Husqvarna began producing machines built entirely in-house. Around that time they secured a contract with the Swedish Army, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Coenen
Lucas Coenen (born 9 November 2006) is a Belgian professional Motocross racer. Coenen has competed in the Motocross World Championship since 2022 in the MX2 class. In 2023, Coenen represented his country at that year's edition of the Motocross des Nations. Coenen is the twin brother of Sacha Coenen, who is also a World Championship-level motocross racer. Career Junior Career Coenen made his debut in the European Motocross Championship in 2016 within the 65cc class where he scored a point in the first race. He returned to this class the following season, with a sixth in race once giving him thirteenth overall. By 2019, Coenen, along with his brother, had progressed to the 85 class. He scored points in both the European and World Championships for his class that season. For the 2021 European Motocross Championship, Coenen made his full time move to the EMX125 class after being signed by BUD Racing Kawasaki. Despite his young age, Coenen was able to rapidly adapt to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Van Doninck
Brent may refer to: *Brent (name), an English given and surname Place name ;In the United States *Brent, Alabama * Brent, Florida *Brent, Georgia *Brent, Missouri, a ghost town * Brent, Oklahoma ;In the United Kingdom * Brent, Cornwall * Brent Knoll, a hill in Somerset, England *Brent Knoll (village), a village at the foot of the hill *East Brent, another village at the foot of the hill *London Borough of Brent, England *South Brent, Devon, England ;Elsewhere *Brent, Ontario, a village in Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada * Brent crater, a meteor crater named after the village of Brent, Ontario *Brent oilfield, North Sea In fiction * Brent (''Planet of the Apes'') * Corey Brent, fictional character on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * David Brent, fictional character on the BBC television comedy ''The Office'' * Stefan Brent, fictional character on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Brent Scopes, fictional character from the novel '' Mount Dragon'' * Bren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Nagl
Maximilian "Max" Nagl (born 7 August 1987) is a German professional motocross racer. He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2003. Nagl was born in Weilheim, Germany. He Had his most successful season riding for Kimi Räikkönen's Ice 1 Racing Husqvarna factory racing team where he took multiple GP wins. Max looked promising for the title that year but was plagued with small injuries that set him back. The ice one racing team was managed by FIM racer Antti Pyrhönen. In the 2009 FIM Motocross World Championship season, he finished second to Antonio Cairoli in the MX1-GP series. Nagl was a member of the winning German team at the 2012 Motocross des Nations event that included Ken Roczen and Marcus Schiffer. Their victory marked the first German win in the history of the Motocross des Nations. Season results * 2000: 1. Place German Championship 85 cm³ * 2001: 1. Place ADAC-Junior-Cup 85 cm³ * 2002: 1. Place DMSB-Cup, 5. Place German Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gas Gas
Gas Gas is a Spanish motorcycle manufacturer established in 1985 by Narcìs Casas and Josep Pibernat in Salt, Girona. The company specializes in off-road motorcycles for trials and enduro competitions. Gas Gas was purchased by KTM motorcycles in 2019. After the sale to KTM, Gas Gas's off-road models were purchased by Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Rieju. Company history In 1973, Narcìs Casas and Josep Pibernat began operating a Bultaco motorcycle franchise in Salt. With the financial demise of the Bultaco factory in 1979, Casas and Pibernat began importing Italian SWM motorcycles until 1984 when, the manufacturer ceased operations. Casas and Pibernat then embarked on a programme to manufacture trial motorbikes for sale in their shop. Gas Gas began manufacturing trial motorcycles in 1985, enduro and motocross motorcycles in 1989, and quads in 2002. The name Gas Gas literally means "to gas it" (to accelerate, give it the gas, turn the throttle - to go faster.) The Gas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
