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2005 WORLD MX

2005 WORLD MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

• 17 round championship, starting April 3 at Zolder
• 2004 Champions: MX1: Stefan Everts; MX2: Ben Townley

RACE RESULTS:

• R17 of 17, Sept 4, Desert Martin, Ireland
  Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Townley 3 Coppins
  Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Townley 3 Ramon

• R16 of 17, Sept 4, Lierop, Netherlands
  Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Ramon 3 Coppins *** EVERTS WINS 2005 MX1 TITLE ***
  Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Townley 3 Ramon
  MX2: *** CAIROLI WINS MX2 TITLE ***

• R15 of 17, Aug 28, Isle of Wight, England
  Moto 1: 1 Ramon 2 Pichon 3 Townley
  Moto 2: 1 Townley 2 Coppins 3 Pichon

• R14 of 17, Aug 21, 2005, Gaildorf, Germany
  Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Ramon 3 Townley
  Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Leok 3 Coppins

• R13 of 17, Aug 7, 2005, Locket, Czech Republic
  Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Pichon 3 Coppins
  Moto 2: 1 Strijbos 2 Coppins 3 Townley

• R12 of 17, July 31, 2005, Nismes Belgium
  Moto 1: 1 Pichon 2 Coppins 3 Leuret
  Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Pichon 3 Coppins

• R11 of 17, July 17, 2005, Sun City, South Africa
  Moto 1: 1 Coppins 2 Everts 3 Ramon
  Moto 2: 1 Coppins 2 Everts 3 Ramon

• R10 of 17, July 3, 2005, Uddevalla, Sweden
  Moto 1: 1 Coppins 2 Townley 3 Barragan
  Moto 2: 1 Coppins 2 Smets 3 Townley

• R9 of 17, June 26, 2005, St Jean d’Angely, France
  Moto 1: 1 Townley 2 Everts 3 Coppins
  Moto 2: 1 Townley 2 Coppins 3 Pichon

• R8 of 17, June 12, 2005, Castiglione del Lago, Italy
  Moto 1: 1 Townley 2 Jorgensen 3 Leuret
  Moto 2: 1 Townley 2 Everts 3 Smets

• R7 of 17, June 5, 2005 - Matchams Park, UK
  Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Ramon 3 Townley
  Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Pichon 3 Coppins

• R6 of 17, May 29, 2005 - Sugo, Japan
  Moto 1: 1 Pichon 2 Everts 3 Townley
  Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Smets 3 Pichon

• R5 of 17, May 15, 2005 - Teutschenthal, Germany
  Moto 1: 1 Pichon 2 Smets 3 Townley
  Moto 2: 1 Pichon 2 Everts 3 Ramon

• R4 of 17, May 8, 2005 - Namur, Belgium
  Moto 1: 1 Jorgensen 2 Everts 3 Van Daele
  Moto 2: 1 Everts 2 Townley 3 Smets

• R3 of 17, April 24, 2005 - Agueda, Portugal
  Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Seguy 3 Vehvilainen
  Moto 2: 1 Pichon 2 Coppins 3 Everts

• R2 of 17, April 17, 2005 - Bellpuig, Spain *** first MX1 round win for Townley ***
  Moto 1: 1 Pichon 2 Townley 3 Jorgensen
  Moto 2: 1 Smets 2 Everts 3 Townley

• R1 of 17, April 3, 2005 - Zolder, Belgium
  Moto 1: 1 Everts 2 Pichon 3 Townley
  Moto 2: 1 Smets 2 Pichon 3 Everts

2005 SEASON

CLASS

• MX1 CLASS: 450 four-stroke and 250 two-stroke
• MX2 CLASS: 250 four-stroke and 125 two-stroke
• MX3 / EU 125 - new 12 round championship

RIDERS & TITLE CONTENDERS

• Stefan Everts, the reigning MX1 champion, Yamaha
  8 world titles, 79 GP wins
• Mickael Pichon, Honda
• Ben Townley, KTM, 2004 MX2 champion moves up to MX1
• Joel Smets, Suzuki
• Josh Coppins, Honda, 2004 British MX champion

NEW RACES OUTSIDE EUROPE

• Sugo Japan and Sun City, South Africa
• minant in the British Championship, New Zealander Josh Coppins is in his best-ever form and is likely to e tussling with Dane Brian Jorgensen (now on a factory Yamaha), Spaniard Javier Garcia Vico (team- mate of Pichon), Belgian's Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki) and Steve Ramon (KTM) or Ireland's Gordon Crockard (Yamaha). MX2 World Champion Ben Townley has shown his good speed on a 450, but hasn't celebrate any pre-season success due to technical problems; keep an eye on the fast kiwi, as well as the factory Kawasaki's of Tanel Leok and Husqvarna of Antoine Meo.

2005 CALENDAR - WORLD MX

• Round 1 - 4/3 Zolder, Belgium
• Round 2 - 4/17 Bellpuig, Spain
• Round 3 - 4/24 Agueda, Portugal
• Round 4 - 5/8 Namur, Belgium
• Round 5 - 5/15 Teutschenthal, Germany
• Round 6 - 5/29 Sugo, Japan *** NEW
• Round 7 - 6/5 Matchams Park, England
• Round 8 - 6/12 Castiglione del Lago, Italy
• Round 9 - 6/26 St. Jean d'Angely, France
• Round 10 - 7/3 Uddevalla, Sweden
• Round 11 - 7/17 Sun City, South Africa *** NEW
• Round 12 - 7/31 Nismes, Belgium
• Round 13 - 8/7 Loket, Czech Republic
• Round 14 - 8/21 Gaildorf, Germany
• Round 15 - 8/28 Isle of Wight, England
• Round 16 - 9/4 Leirop, Holland
• Round 17 - 9/17 Desert Martin, Ireland