Day 11: Marathon Stage Cyril Despres went into Stage 11 of the Dakar Rally on Thursday with the slimmest of overall margins just 21 seconds ahead of KTM factory teammate Marc Coma. At the end of the 534 km timed split section, Despres was first across the line and had extended his lead to 2 […]
It’s trophy time as Motorcycling Ireland prepares to present the awards for those that competed in both the adult and youth motocross championships during 2011. The awards take place at the City West Hotel, Nass Road, Dublin commencing at Sunday 2pm. Congratulations to all our champions. MC 2011 s Irish youth and adult MC 2011 […]
With the Christmas festive season put to bed for another year, it’s time to focus on the encroaching season ahead. For many, the New Year usually brings change – new bikes and new colours, along with a fresh outlook and determination to improve upon the 12-months gone past. Having spent the majority of his racing […]
Following a disappointing outing at the first round of Eddy’s Extreme Enduro at Buxton, KTM Factory Enduro rider David Knight MBE put in a spectacular performance as a reminder that he is still the Tour De force in British Enduro. Fully recovered from a recent hernia operation he put on a show by consistently jumping […]
The TM Racing factory has announced its list of riders for the 2012 Enduro World Champion season. TM Racing Enduro Team manager, Luca Cherubini, has confirmed that the 2012 EWC team will consist of 3 riders split over the E1, E3 and EJ classes competing on a three different class machines from the TM Racing […]
Frenchman Antoine Meo is hot property right now in Enduro World Championship circles. For the last two years straight the then Huqvarna mounted rider dominated both the E1 and E2 world championships while also toppling the might of the Austrian manufacture KTM. Now KTM don’t like to lose, so when it happened two years in […]
This year’s Dakar Rally has thrown up all sorts of surprises and upsets but for Yamaha mounted rider Helder Rodrigues all the signs are showing for it to be another successful showing as he now aims for his second straight podium is this monstrous race. The 33rd Dakar rally is firmly on the return leg as […]
The city of Strasbourg, which sits in the north-east corner of France and close to the German border, will have the honour of opening the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship as the series begins its second season in its new format. Friday 13th January should prove lucky for one of the eight permanent riders who […]
When riders set out at Mar Del Plata on the Atlantic coast of Argentina on January 1 there were 178 in the start list of Dakar 2012. Now in Copiapo, Chile for the one rest day of the 2012 rally after nearly 4500 km the 33 rd edition of the world toughest motor sports event […]
Gas Gas factory rider Dougie Lampkin brought a close to a long and successful relationship with Sheffield indoor trial last night when he competed in his favourite event for the final time. Thirty-five year old Lampkin who has ridden in every single Sheffield event since its inception back in 1996, and has won a record […]