We Spend The Weekend In Belgium For The MXGP

MXGP of Flanders, Lommel

This weekend we headed to Belgium for round 13 of the FIM World Motocross Championship with the some of the best motocross riders in the world, competing on the renowned Lommel sand track. If the deep sand and rough, technical track wasn't enough, the riders also had to compete with very mixed weather causing dry as well as wet sand conditions. Over the weekend, we were treated to 4 race classes - EMXOpen, EMX125, MX2 and MXGP.

The 2023 MXGP of Flanders, Lommel, drew big crowds for the racing on both Saturday and Sunday

EMXOpen & EMX125 Classes

In each class, race 1 was on the Saturday and race 2 on the Sunday. On the Saturday, the track was dry which was in complete contrast to the Sunday, when the track was completely soaked at the time these classes raced. 

In the EMXOpen class, the Tech32 KTM of French rider Pierre Goupillon won the overall, going 3-1 with 2 holeshots to his name. In the EMX125 class, MJC Yamaha Official's Latvian rider Janis Reisulis won the overall for the 2nd round in a row, extending his Championship lead. It was good to witness the skill of the 15 year old Latvian on the tricky track.

EMX125 class riders battling the technical sand track with Nicolai Skovbjerg opting for the inside line on the Yamaha YZ 125.

MX2 Class

The qualifying race was on the Saturday with Race 1 & 2 on the Sunday. Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team's Belgian sensation Jaago Geerts was outstanding, completely dominating all 3 races and showing the other riders a sand-riding masterclass, much to the delight of the home fans! Geerts went 1-1-1, taking 60 points out of 60 and severely denting Andrea Adamo's Championship lead - the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider only managing 7th overall after having a torrid time in Race 2. Rounding off the podium was another Belgian rider - Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing's Lucas Coenen who took 2nd overall with the final step taken by Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing's German rider, Simon Längenfelder.

Simon Längenfelder with Andrea Adamo close to the German's roost.

MXGP Class

Kawasaki Racing Team's French rider Romain Febvre took the overall, going 1-2 on the Sunday, despite being in 25th position in Race 2! To see him come through the field to get 2nd in race 2 was astonishing on a track like Lommel. It was clear he was by far the fastest rider out there. This gave the Frenchman his 4th overall win in a row! Championship leader Jorge Prado on his Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing machine got better as the races went on, managing to go 3-1 after only getting 5th in Qualifying. Even though he didn't have the best weekend by his standards, he added a lot of points to his healthy Championship lead. Rounding off the top 3 was Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team's Dutch rider Glenn Coldenhoff, who has found some great form recently. He was cheered on by a big contingent of Dutch fans in the crowd too.

Glenn Coldenhoff in a close battle with Romain Febvre.

MXGP Of Flanders Highlights

Click here for our video highlights from Sunday's race day at Lommel. We will be adding more videos showing the Paddock as well as Practice, Qualifying and Saturday's racing later this week. You can also find short video clips from the weekend on our TikTok and Instagram social media channels.

Jorge Prado Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing.

New Products Added To Our Website

Crash Bars

We have just recently added to our ever growing range of protection parts for dual sports and adventure bikes with the introduction of a range of parts for the 2022-2023 Gas Gas ES 700, one of these new parts being the crash bars as shown in the image below. The crash bars are a smaller set compared to some that we offer for the larger adventure bikes, they provide protection to parts of the engine, the exhaust header pipe, the radiator and lower fairings. These are now live on the website for £109.99 and can be shipped worldwide.

Skid Plate

Another new addition to our protection parts range is the skid plate for the Gas Gas ES 700. This is available in the same textured matt black finish that all of our skid plates and crash bars come in. The skid plate also fits the 2022-2023 KTM 690 Enduro R and the 2022-2023 Husqvarna 701 Enduro. To match the skid plate and crash bars we also now stock a range of smaller protection parts including a rear brake master cylinder guard, oil filter guard, DTC heel plates and luggage rack. All parts are now available on our website.  

Instagram Tag Of The Week

Kyle Lane rides both motocross and Supercross and is also a freelance photographer and videographer who owns Four Zero Media. He recently tagged us in this shot of his KTM 250 SX-F that he came 3rd in his class on in the British Arenacross Championship. He ran a number of AS3 Performance parts including our Factory Series Clutch Cover.

Kyle Lane's KTM 250 SX-F Ph. @fourzeromedia

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