Dimitri Bergé (born 5 February 1996) is a

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rider from France.

Career

Bergés' major honours include the 2009 125cc Grasstrack and the World 250cc Longtrack Champion 2012. He was a World Under-21 finalist in 2016 and 2017 and represented France in the 2018 Speedway of Nations. As well as Speedway he is an accomplished Long Track rider and won a bronze medal in the

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. He won the first round in Herxheim, Germany and finished runner-up overall in the

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. He was also a member of the France team who won the Team Long Track World Championship for the first time in front of their ecstatic fans in Morizes on 1 September 2018 scoring 22 of France's 54 points winning total. Dimitri has also represented his native France in the Speedway of Nations. In the British leagues he first rode for Glasgow Tigers and then Redcar Bears before joining Sheffield Tigers in 2016. He rode for the Redcar Bears, having re-joined them in 2018. He signed for

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for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. In 2019, he was part of the French team, along with Mathieu Trésarrieu and David Bellego, that won the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship. In 2023, he was part of the French team that competed at the

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in Poland and he also won his first

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. The following season in 2024, he signed for

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in Poland and

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in Sweden.

Family

His father Philippe Bergé was also an international speedway rider.

Major results

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Best Grand-Prix results

* Eenrum First 2016, 2018. * Morizes First 2016, 2019, Third 2015. * La Réole Second 2019, Third 2018. * Herxheim Second 2015, 2018, Third 2019, . *

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Second 2018, 2019.

Team Long Track World Championship

* 2018 Morizes (Champion) 54pts (rode with Mathieu Trésarrieu, David Bellego, Stéphane Trésarrieu) * 2019

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(Champion) 64pts (rode with Mathieu Trésarrieu, David Bellego, Stéphane Trésarrieu)

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* 2018 Tayac (Champion) 19pts

Speedway of Nations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergé, Dimitri French speedway riders 1996 births Living people Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders People from Marmande Sportspeople from Lot-et-Garonne French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Poland French expatriate sportspeople in Sweden French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland