Also armed with YZ250F technology, Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. is proud to support three teams and riders inside the FIM Women's Motocross World Championship. Leading the charge is none other than the reigning WMX World Champion FontaMX Yamaha Official WMX's Kiara Fontanesi, and looking to dethrone her are fellow Yamaha Riders, Altherm Yamaha Official WMX's Courtney Duncan and NoFear Yamaha Official WMX's Nancy van de Ven.
In the European Motocross Championship, the ASTES4-TESAR Yamaha Official EMX250 Team returns with Dutchman Roan van de Moosdijk who remains on the team for a second term where he will be joined by American ace Tristan Charboneau and Italian hopeful Nicolas Lapucci. Meanwhile, in the youngest class that is only open to riders under the age of 17-years-old, the MJC Yamaha Official EMX125 Team holds onto French talent Thibault Benistant and Dutchman Rick Elzinga, who have welcomed with open arms the winner of the 2017 YZ125 bLU cRU Cup, Estonian J̦rgen-Matthias Talviku.
"We are in for a very exciting year," Yamaha Motor Europe MX Racing Manager, Erik Eggens, enthused. "This year we didn't focus on quantity, adding more riders, but instead we focused on the quality of riders that we will support in 2018. This year we aim to further establish the existing teams from 2017, one Factory Team in MXGP and at least one Official Team in every single class, MXGP, MX2, EMX250, EMX125 and WMX. I am excited to see what the boys and girls can do. I believe our line-ups are very talented, very strong and very stable, and that the riders are all highly motivated to achieve their goals.
"The winter has been a successful one for the boys with not too many issues to speak of, which is an achievement as we have fifteen male riders, but it could have been slightly better for our three female athletes as Courtney spent some time recovering from a knee surgery, while Nancy broke her leg training in Spain," Eggens explained. "Nevertheless, I am confident that both girls will be fit to join the five time WMX World Champion Kiara Fontanesi at the first round, while the boys are sure to be on top of their game and prepared to fight for a good place at the opening rounds of the FIM MXGP and MX2 World Championships, and the EMX250 and EMX125 Championships."
Main Photo: The Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP Team.
