Press ReleaseEuropean Supercross at Arnhem (The Netherlands)

A great success for the first edition of Arnhem Supercross, in front of a great publicwho saw the exciting races comfortably seated on the steps of Gelredome.The major contenders in the finals were the two world champions Tim Gajser onHonda HRC and Factory Yamaha rider Romain Febvre, but the American MalcolmStewart (Honda Geico) certainly was not watching the two Europeans, and wonthe second final of the Supercross category.From the afternoon qualifying session we have seen that the 2016 World MXGPChampion wanted to win the important Trophy by Off Road Pro Racing and imme-diately pushed hard, taking numerous risks and first final he did two crashes wi-thout any problem.Stewart also forced a lot on very technical and spectacular track, looking in the"main event" to remain in contact with the first riders; in the first race he didn’t

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finish the race after a crash, but was very strong in the next going to cross the finishline in first position.Febvre, during the press conference had said that he did not have much experiencein Supercross, but on the track he pushed very hard and he went to win the absoluteof the Supercross Class.

Tim Gajser

Romain Febvre

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In the final match of the evening, valid for win “ArnhemSX”, Cedric Soubeyras (Su-zuki) did a very good start, but after a few laps he was attacked by Febvre, whileGajser did a lot of overtaking after a bad start. For a few laps the Champion ofMXGP was close to the leaders and the two show a beautiful duel lasted severallaps which ended under the checkered flag with the victory of the HRC rider. BehindSoubeyras ended Stewart, who remounted several positions after starting in theback.Not just the big riders on the top class was in the arena of the Holland track, butalso many other categories and in 250 won the Italian Morgan Lesiardo (Yamaha),followed by Steven Mages (Kawasaki) and Kadie Walker (Suzuki).In the 125 victory of Calvin Fonvielle (Yamaha) ahead of Bo Declercq (KTM) andRyan Wittlon (KTM).Adam Zsolt Kovacs (KTM) won the 85 infront of Nikita Kucherov (Kawasaki) and BoydVan Der Voorn (Husqvarna).For the youngest riders of the night, the victory of the “Junior Trophy” went to

Morgan Lesiardo

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Olaf Wlodarcak (Cobra) before Cobus Van De Vorstenbos (KTM) and Svenn Borger (KTM).The Italian staff of the Off Road Pro Racing is already thinking about the next event andyou will see at the Gelredome in October of 2017.

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PRESS RELEASE nr. 275/2016 - October 23rd 2016FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fiammetta La Guidara

FIM Europe Press OfficerTel + 39 342 9231793fiammetta.laguidara@fim-europe.com

Calvin Fonvielle