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Dakar Stage 3: Coma mistake gives Despres Dakar edge

MCN Sportsdesk, 04 January 2012 13:35

Cyril Despres, already a winner in San Juan on the Dakar's last visit in 2010, won yesterday’s stage, taking advantage of a major navigational error by Coma to take the lead in the general standings. Despres took command of the general standings and won the day's stage by remaining calm and collected. In terms of performance, his confrontation with Marc ...

Shorttracker Collins gets HM Plant Honda support

MCN Sprots Desk, 09 April 2010 15:38

Ade Collins and Shorttrack UK are delighted that Honda are behind the sport for the 2010 season! Adain Collins, runner-up in last year’s Shorttrack UK series, will be racing a 2010 Honda CRF450 with the backing of HM Plant Honda. HM Plant honda team boss Neil Tuxworth said: "We are looking forward to a great season helping Adain. "We helped ...

Dakar Stage 1 - David Casteu and Sherco surprise early leaders

Michael Guy, 03 January 2010 17:45

Frenchman David Casteu was the surprise leader at the end of stage one of the 2010 Argentina Chile Dakar Rally. Onboard the factory Sherco 450XX, Casteu took 1:50.42s to complete the 219KM Special which form,ed part of a 620KM opening day. Second place went to former winner Cyril Despres riding the air restricted KTM 690, the 35 year old finished ...

Weston Beach Race faces uncertain future

Luke FitzGerald, 15 October 2009 14:22

The UK’s largest beach race could be scrapped indefinitely following last weekend’s multiple crash, according to the Bristol Evening Post. Altogether 19 riders were taken to hospital after the crash on the main straight, less than a mile into the race. The most seriously injured rider was 16 year old Ty Killet, who was competing in the elite group for ...

Multiple crash stops Weston Beach race

Gary Pinchin, 12 October 2009 10:09

The 27th running of the Weston Beach Race was cancelled today, following a major incident on the main straight involving more than a dozen riders. A collision within the main pack, as the competitors headed away from the start and up the main straight, led to a chain of events that resulted in a number of riders falling from their ...

Knight back in World Enduro

Gary Pinchin, 02 September 2009 17:54

Manxman, David Knight, made a return to the World Enduro Championship podium at the penultimate round of the 2009 series staged in Serres, Greece this weekend. It was the 31-year-old Manxman’s first WEC event since switching to the Paul Bird Motorsport Kawasaki KX450F. In unfamiliar dry and dusty conditions, Knight took an early lead in the E2 class on day ...

Eco-friendly motocross racing

Gary Pinchin, 28 July 2009 09:53

This year there was the zero emissions TT race - the TTXGP race on the 37.73 miles Mountain course on the Isle Man. Now there are plans in Denmark to run the first-ever, environmentally-friendly, electric-powered off-road enduro during the period of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. The International Eco Enduro will be based on the ...

KTM pulls out of Paris-Dakar

John Westlake, 05 June 2009 11:16

The Paris-Dakar rally has lost its biggest and most successful factory team. In a massive blow to the rally, KTM – who have won for the last eight years – have pulled out because of a recent rule change which limits bikes to 450cc. A statement from KTM said: “Following the announcement at a press conference on June 4, 2009 ...

Musquin takes second win of the year in British MX2 clash

Marc Abbott, 01 June 2009 09:53

It was just another day at the office for France’s Marvin Musquin in the British MX2 GP at Mallory Park this Sunday. He dominated warm-up, took pole position, led the first race from start to finish, and took the lead of the second MX2 race with seven laps remaining, to claim his second MX2 overall GP win of the season. ...