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rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
16 hours ago Maybe Coldenhoff can be seen as an example for Geerts. Not entirely similar since Geerts was a superstar in MX2 and Coldenhoff wasnt special in MX2 (i think ''only'' 1 GP win in his final mx2 year) but he just continued to improve. And not in a steady line, he won with Suzuki, but after that had a couple of...
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rym Added a reply to 18 year age limit in US. Up & Coming US based riders to MXGP ?
14 hours ago sorry its a bit unclear for me, but how old do you have to be to ride supercross (250)? And then you cannot ride 250 outdoors untill you are 18? I would think there should be a couple of talented american riders aged 16-17 who could benefit from doing MX2 gp's or emx250 in that case.
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
11/4/2026 12:22pm So apparently Chambers racing is having major issues and as a result Doensen and Valk have no ride
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
10/29/2026 3:17am No offense to TBS/Steensels, but how can you talk all year that you are going to run a factory GP team and when its time to have riders signed the budget isnt there....
rym Added a reply to Stefan Everts and the L&M/Radson connection
10/26/2026 1:42am [quote] PMB also approached our national broadcaster and offered to cover the costs of sending a TV crew to every Grand Prix. As a result, the broadcaster acquired the TV rights to the 250cc World Championship, while PMB paid for the crew’s travel to all the races. This meant motocross received excellent coverage ... For Philip Morris, this was an...
MXMattii Liked a reply to forum topic Stefan Everts and the L&M/Radson connection
10/25/2026 6:20am
Back in the day, L&M was distributed in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg by Philip Morris, the Liggett Group wasn't active in the Benelux because Philip Morris held the international rights to L&M outside the United States. Motocross was hugely popular in Belgium and was broadcast on the country’s leading national TV channel. You could compare it to having live motocross on ABC or CBS in the US. So, Philip Morris Benelux (PM
decided to sponsor Stefan Everts’ team, which was the Honda team run by Dave Grant at the time, a man who would later become notorious for his...
decided to sponsor Stefan Everts’ team, which was the Honda team run by Dave Grant at the time, a man who would later become notorious for his...
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rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
10/16/2026 1:37am Yeah i'm not buying the Suzuki - Kemea - Smets back in '28 talk. At the start of the week Kemea was still supposed to have the Yamaha factory role, on wednesday they get the news they lose it, and the next day they have a deal with Suzuki. That seems farfetched.
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
10/14/2026 11:15am What sucks the most is that it is this late in the season. Kemea could have continued a year as a privateer team with a good rider. I mean i'm not under the impression a guy like Jonass signed for much at Kawa given with how little options he had. But now mid october? Not sure if there is much...
rym Added a reply to Kevin Horgmo
10/14/2026 10:51am i am not aware of the situation of Toendel, but is he getting a decent payday in the US?
rym Added a reply to Kevin Horgmo
10/14/2026 9:12am Yeah its insane. Its a bit frustrating to see all those succesfull businessmen being copycats and come up with huge teamstructures (both facilities as nr of people), spend millions, dont get the resultsand then leave the sport frustrated a few years later. Most of them would have been more succesfull if the hadnt put the money in the teaminfrastructure but...
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
10/14/2026 1:08am So am i reading this correct that basically Monster took a late out and now Yamaha has Gajser under contract but not the budget for Gasjer + MXGP program + MX2 program? So they cut of the Reisulis to be able to fund Gajser?
rym Added a reply to Kevin Horgmo
10/13/2026 1:04am Well to be honest in 2026 we had like 23 or 24 riders signed up as oat teams/riders (so to do all GPs) for mxgp. I find that a significant number. Especially since it excludes guys like Watson, Sterry, vd Moosdijk etc who all did a bunch of wildcards and seem to be living of mx. imo Horgmo is simply...
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
10/12/2026 4:36am Maybe at van Venrooy? I dont think van Venrooy has announced anyone yet? They had 1 MXGP, 1 MX2 and 1 EMX250 this year, so replacing these 3 spots with 2 MX2 seats seems pretty doable if their budget has stayed the same.
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
10/10/2026 1:36am God what a mess by Yamaha. In 2023 they had very strong teams all a the level they should be, with Vosters (MXGP), Kemea (MX2), Hutten (EMX250) and MJC (125), with also van Venrooy in MXGP in 6th with Vlaanderen. They finished 3rd & 4th in MXGP, 2nd (due to injury of Geerts) in MX2, 1st in EMX250 and 1st...
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
10/6/2026 1:05am The thing is Pancar is not solid top 5 top 10. If you take away the last 3 fly-aways (where we only had like 14 riders) he did 26 sunday motos and had 5 top 10 finishes in those 26 motos, with a best finish of 7th. I can see why a factory team isnt going to offer a big...
rym Added a reply to MXDN Profit - Pay the riders
10/5/2026 4:56am Many mxgp/mx2 teams have complained over the costs of overseas races over the past few years. No team boycotted a race all major emx250 teams complained over the trip to Finland last year. No team boycotted the race many of the top riders complained about the safety and medical situation after certain accidentes. No rider boycotted a race. We have...
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
10/5/2026 2:54am I dont know @Motofinne, he is a professional rider so i think what he should do is look for the combination of best financial opportunity + a decent enjoyment from the work you do. I can imagine doing Brits for a British team suits him better then riding for an italian ''factory'' team that isnt solving that bike to begin...
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
9/23/2026 12:47am Yeah he was impressive. I figured he would simply continue with CAT Moto but havnt heard anything. Gatedrop rumoured that team to do MX2 with one rider so maybe with him?
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
9/23/2026 12:35am Well i feel a team like van Venrooy is used by KTM to place younger talents that potentially can grow in to factory riders. Like Valk and Zanocz (although that didnt work out that way). Walvoort is a good rider, but i can see why he wouldnt be considered potential factory rider material. And there are just really not that...
rym Added a reply to MXGP Rumours/Silly season
9/21/2026 4:12am I would think the Pootjes-method: put him at a smaller team to honor ktm's contractual obliguations and let Zanocz figure things out himself... either he gets back to what he did at Honda or its over at ktm once the contract ends