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Philippaerts Enters Home GP of Italy with Head High
3 Days ago
After visiting Sevlievo, the FIM Motocross World FIM Motocross World series including the MX1, MX2 and the Women riders will head to Mantova, Italy, for the fifth meeting of the 15 races calendar –second meeting of the five races calendar for the Women World Championship. MX1 rider David Philippaerts enters the Lovemytime Grand Prix of Italy, his home Grand Prix, as the series leader and the winner of the latest Grand Prix, while countryman Antonio Cairoli will try to get the MX2 red plate back from current leader Tyla Rattray.
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Bad Luck Blights Molson in Bulgaria
4 Days ago
The Molson Kawasaki MX2 team riders run strong in Sevlievo until terrible luck strikes. If it wasn’t for bad luck in Bulgaria the Molson Kawasaki team would have had little to no luck at all as after Stephen Sword and Gautier Paulin raced their factory KX250F-SRs to fourth and fifth place in the opening moto at round four of the FIM World Motocross Championship in Sevlievo a double no score second time out tried and tested the team’s spirit to the max. As early as in the first practice session on Saturday it was obvious that Sword and Paulin were in great form on the jump-filled, super-fast hillside circuit as they carved their factory bikes to great times in all sessions. Then in their qualifying heat the pair finished second and third to easily qualify and ensure they’d get a great pick at the start gate for Sunday’s points paying races.
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Philippaerts Takes First Yamaha Win to Build on Championship Lead
5 Days ago
A fantastic Grand Prix of Bulgaria took place today under mixed weather conditions, with sun and rain showers falling throughout the whole day, making the track more slippery for the second heats. The event was attended by 27000 spectators enjoying the show on this incredible venue, which won the best organizer awards in 2006 and 2007. MX1 Championship leader David Philippaerts kept the red plate by winning this fourth Grand Prix of the season while Tommy Searle won the MX2 overall with team mate Tyla Rattray getting the red plate back. The two mounted on an all KTM podium which was completed by Shaun Simpson.
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FIM MX GP of Bulgaria – Last Info
7 Days ago
The FIM Motocross World Championship is back to Sevlievo, the venue winner of the Best Organizer Awards of 2006 and 2007. Today was a rainy day in the area of Sevlievo, with the sun coming out only at mid afternoon and the trackbeing currently wet. Yamaha Monster Motocross’ David Philippaerts enters this fourth round with the red plate on his factory Yamaha; this is the first time the Italian has to defend the Championship lead and he will surely face a strong opposition, headed by current runner up and defending MX1 World Champion Steve Ramon of Teka Suzuki WMX1.
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FIM MX World Champioship Back to Work at Sevlievo
08 May 2008
Following a week break from Grand Prix racing, the fourth round of the 2008 series will get underway this weekend at the beautiful circuit of Sevlievo, in Bulgaria. The first meeting of the month will see a completely different situation compared to the pre Agueda points standings. David Philippaerts is now leading the MX1 class with Italian countryman Tony Cairoli back on top of the MX2 classifications courtesy of his Portuguese double victory. Though with 12 rounds to the end the Championship is still to be decided.
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Sword Extends Series Lead in British Championship
05 May 2008
Molson Kawasaki’s flying Scotsman Stephen Sword completely dominated round four of the Maxxis British motocross championship - held under sunny skies at Lyng - to further extend his MX2 series lead. Stephen Sword took another step towards re-winning the British MX2 title by completely dominating round four at Lyng on his factory KX250F-SR. Fastest in qualifying and easily fastest in both races, there was no stopping Sword in Norfolk as he was head and shoulders above the competition with only Shaun Simpson able to nudge ahead for three laps in moto two.
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Sword Fights to Fourth in Agueda
29 April 2008
The Molson Kawasaki team celebrate in Portugal as Stephen Sword’s run of good form continues with the Scotsman scoring fourth place overall while Frenchman Gautier Paulin edges into the top-10. Just one week after the wet, windy and muddy mess of Bellpuig perfect track conditions and hot and sunny weather greets riders, teams and fans alike for round three of the FIM Motocross World Championship at Agueda in Portugal. With Gareth Swanepoel still on the sidelines as he recovers from wrist surgery it’s up to Molson teamsters Stephen Sword and Gautier Paulin to represent the team in MX2 on their factory KX250F-SRs.
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Pourcel & Cairoli Win Portuguese Thriller at Agueda
28 April 2008
The Portuguese Grand Prix got underway today in front of 18000 fans who saw two Italians David Philippaerts (MX1) and Antonio Cairoli (MX2) clinch the World Championship lead at the end of an eventful weekend. The MX1 Grand Prix was won by Sebastien Pourcel, to close a perfect weekend as he clocked also the pole yesterday. Philippaerts was second overall while countryman Cairoli won the MX2 Grand Prix from KTM fellow riders Tyla Rattray and Tommy Searle.
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Ratteray-Cairoli Wrestle Set for Toda’s Portuguese GP
27 April 2008
It was a great opening day in Agueda, the host of the third Grand Prix of 2008 which welcomed the Motocross collective with very hot weather conditions. Sebastien Pourcel clocked a stunning pole position in the MX1 class, collecting his second consecutive Lovemytime Pole Position Award after his first pole of 2008 in Spain last weekend. Tyla Rattray is also on a season high, winning his third consecutive qualifying heat and bringing home the Lovemytime Qualifying Award together with his closest rival in the Championship, Antonio Cairoli, who won the qualifying moto one to get his first win of 2008.
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Podiums for Paulin & Sword at Bellpuig
21 April 2008
Molson Kawasaki celebrate in Spain as Stephen Sword takes third overall in MX2 while Gautier Paulin takes his maiden moto podium finish and Tom Church scores a scorching seventh in MX1.
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Molson Kawasaki in Fine Form at Torrington
16 April 2008
There’s rain, mud and ruts once more for the third round of the British motocross championship that takes place in Torrington, Devon. After torrential rain leading into the event the previously perfectly prepped circuit is something of a mud bath for the qualifying sessions and early races but that doesn’t stop Stephen Sword and his full factory KX250F-SR from taking a fine overall win which also helped increase the Scotsman’s lead in the series.
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Kawasaki Teams’ Presentation - Valkenswaard
05 April 2008
At Valkenswaard’s Eurocircuit, the venue of the first FIM Motocross Grand Prix of the season, Kawasaki presented its factory and satellite teams today at the VIP area. After last year’s loss of Kawasaki column Jan de Groot, the whole Team Green is now looking forward to starting a new season.
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FIM Motocross Grand Prix of The Netherlands
05 April 2008
The whole FIM Motocross World Championship circus has finally gathered at Valkenswaard to race the first GP of the season this Sunday on the sandy Eurocircuit.
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Sword Swoops into Series Lead at Canada Heights
25 March 2008
Molson Kawasaki’s Stephen Sword takes over as MX2 British Championship series leader while team mate Tom Church holds down 5th in MX1 after Canada Heights.
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Paulin Signature Confirms Molson Troupe For 2008
27 September 2007
Molson Kawasaki will field three riders in the 2008 FIM MX2 World Championship on factory machinery. The trio of representatives will be Gareth Swanepoel, Stephen Sword and new signing Gautier Paulin. Tom Church is also part of the set-up but will campaign a KX450-F in the MX1 class for the world and British Championships.
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Pourcel And Sword Both On The Mend
26 August 2007
Team GPKR’s Christophe Pourcel underwent successful surgery yesterday afternoon in Marseille while Molson Kawasaki’s Stephen Sword will have the pins removed from his broken foot next week. After a long and painful transfer from Belfast to the hospital in Marseille Christophe Pourcel was welcomed by Dr Olivier Dufour and his colleagues, who then performed several tests. They discovered further damage to his shoulder and decided to operate on Thursday afternoon as the eighteen year old had lost sensation in parts of his lower body.
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Fantastic Sword Fourth At Loket
30 July 2007
Stephen Sword, in only his third Grand Prix in sixteen months, gave Molson Kawasaki a best result of fourth overall with moto results of tenth and fifth on the KX250F at a cloudy and temperate Loket circuit for the Grand Prix of Czech Republic and the eleventh round of fifteen in the MX2 FIM world championship. The track at Loket – draped across a steep hillside just outside the historic town and 10 kilometres from the wonderfully scenic Karlovy Vary – is natural in practically every sense with few man-made jumps and the aerial tests coming mainly from the undulations of the landscape. The stony mud however was not particularly deep and this meant many braking bumps and a slippery terrain, particularly with the showers through the weekend. The presence of one and sometimes two racing lines did not allow for free-flowing overtaking on a major scale either.
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Church So Close to First ‘07 Overall Win
26 June 2007
Molson Kawasaki’s Tom Church came within one point of overall victory at the Desertmartin circuit for the fifth round of the Maxxis British Championship in Northern Ireland last Saturday as the team fielded a full-strength line-up for the first time this season. The 25 year old picked up 3rd and 2nd positions in the two motos at the circuit 30km from Belfast. The layout was not popular with the riders as the fine terrain yielded a stony and rocky surface and the course was extremely fast.
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Tough Weekend For Kawasaki Racing Team In Ulster
28 August 2006
The final count down to the FIM World Championship started at Desertmartin in Northern Ireland over the weekend, it proved to be a tough test for the Kawasaki pairing of Tanel Leok and Bas Verhoeven and they both struggled to come to terms with the rough and demanding red sands of Ulster. Heavy rain throughout the weekend made the beautiful red sand hard packed and the going was tough with lap times getting slower for almost the entire field.
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Kawasaki World Motocross Line Up Completed
11 August 2006
Kawasaki Racing Team have now completed their motocross line-up for their assault on the 2007 FIM MX1 World Championships with the signing of twenty year old Billy MacKenzie who has agreed terms for a one year deal, riding for the Dutch based factory team of Jan De Groot.
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