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Watch the Italian International LIVE!

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The world championship motocross season kicks off today at Riola Sardo in Italy, the tough beach track where many of the top riders train - including nine-times world champ Tony Cairoli. Can he beat off the challengers? He'll face Arminas Jasikonis on the factory 450 Husky, Gautier Paulin and Benoit Paturel

How quick is Suzuki’s brand new 2019 RMZ250?

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It's one hot looking bike with its brand new bodywork and frame similar to the 450, but is Suzuki's hugely revamped 2019 RMZ250 a winner? MotoHead testes the bike at the spectacular Ottobiano GP track in Italy to find out. https://youtu.be/5VtvXQiaVck

Watson second in Imola GP qualifier

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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prado took dominant Qualifying wins at in the final GP of the year at the new Imola circuit, but world champ Prado was followed home by Briton Ben Watson. But it was a tough race for nine times world champ Tony Cairoli who fell

Anstie takes Ottobiano MXGP podium

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It was a great weekend for the Brits at the 11th round of the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship  at the Ottobiano circuit in Italy as Max Anstie took third place overall in the MXGP class and Ben Watson was fifth in MX2. Anstie took third in the opener, after making

Anstie fifth in MXGP qualifier as Cairoli falls

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Max Anstie rode a strong MXGP qualifying race for fifth place in the heat of Ottobiano in Italy as Tony Cairoli fell, allowing a Yamaha one-two at the top of the podium. With series leader Jeffrey Herlings recovering from a shoulder injury, everyone expected Cairoli to dominate. But a poor start

Herlings inflicts mental blow on Cairoli

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The 2018 MXGP of Trentino has concluded at the spectacular Pietramurata circuit! Over 30,000 enthusiastic Italian motocross fans witnessed the best riders of the world championship fighting for the top step of the Trentino podium. Taking emphatic victories were the pair of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing riders, Jeffrey Herlings

Watson and Mewse star in Trentino qualifier

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Ben Watson and Conrad Mewse took fabtastic fourth and fifth place fifnishes in the MX2 qualfying race for the Trentino GP, with fellow Briton Adam Sterry a fine seventh. The race was won by Jorge Prado from Thomas Kjer Olsen and  Thomas Covington. World champ Pauls Jonass, who has won

Italy heat takes toll on De Dycker

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The inaugural Ottobiano MXGP round was notoriously tough. Additional sand added to the track before the Grand Prix and extreme heat made the Lombardian race a true test for man and machine. Ken De Dycker was the highest scoring 24MX Honda rider collecting six world Championship points. Saturday’s qualifying race, also

Herlings battles Cairoli in the sand

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It's the clash we've all been waiting for as MX2 champ Jeffrey Herlings squared up to eight-times world champ Tony Cairoli on the sand at Ottobiani in Italy. Check out these cool videos of their clashes from the weekend. Photo Ray Archer/ KTM Images. https://youtu.be/AbTBIDW7RUQ https://youtu.be/VY-tZQ3GMBc https://youtu.be/QwGWApubeks  

All the EMX results from the Ottobiano GP!

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EMX250 EMX250 race 1 was a dominant performance by Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team's Morgan Lesiardo, only the second race win of the season in which he leads points in. Honda Redmoto’s Mathys Boisrame ran 2nd 13 of 15 laps before the scorching heat took the rider out of the race. Meanwhile