Livia Lancelot - The First Ever Women's Motocross World Champion

LIEROP (THE NETHERLANDS), 7 September 2008 – With this season marking the start of the first ever FIM Women’s World Championship after three successful years of World Cup experience, Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing rider Livia Lancelot took the Title to become the first ever Women’s World Champion in the history of motocross.

Livia Lancelot holding the World Champion’s plates.

The 20 year old French rider from Paris has always been an active supporter of the Women’s series as she is in the challenge since the first World Cup edition in 2005.

Taking third in 2005, Lancelot rode another World Cup edition with Yamaha in 2006 and finished again in third before moving to the GPKR Team.

In 2007 Kawasaki mounted Lancelot came close to winning the World Cup as she led the pack into the final round in Lierop. She lost to eventual Cup winner Katherine Prumm.

2008 was the year of Lancelot’s confirm as she took her first ever overall win at the opening round in Sevlievo to carry on with other solid results. She took pole and the Circuiti Gioielli Women’s Pole Position Award in Mantova and again in Teutschenthal as she mounted on the podium also in St. Jean d’Angely and Teutschenthal.

In this final round in Lierop Lancelot proved her brave attitude by going 2-1 for the overall victory of the final round and wrapping up the title with gallantry.

A portrait photo of Livia Lancelot, the first ever Women’s Motocross World Champion.

Next year when the series’ second moto’s will be televised live during all eight rounds in the calendar Livia Lancelot will take on the Title defence onboard a factory bike of the Kawasaki Racing Team, which will be owned by Frenchmen Roger Pourcel and Thierry Chizat Suzzoni.

Livia Lancelot in action at Lierop.

NAME: LIVIA LANCELOT

DATE OF BIRTH: 11.02.1988

PLACE OF BIRTH: ST. DENIS, FRANCE

NATIONALITY: FRENCH

RESIDENCE: PARIS, FRANCE

NICKNAME: LIVY

WEBSITE: http://www.livialancelot.com

FIRST WORLD CUP ROUND: 2005, SWEDEN, UDDEVALLA

FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND: 2008, SEVLIEVO, BULGARIA

FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE: 2008

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES: 1 (2008)

FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OVERALL WIN: 2008, SEVLIEVO, BULGARIA

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OVERALL WINS: 2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PODIUMS: 2 (1 time 3RD PLACE, 1 time 2ND PLACE)

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POLE POSITIONS: 2


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