Ken
Roczen
FOX Moto-X LAB Athlete
Ken Roczen a rejoint le team Red Bull Teka KTM Factory au début de la saison 2011. Déjà connu comme l’un des pilotes sur qui il faut compter en catégorie MX2, le jeune Allemand a sur laisser son empreinte avec une fin de saison triomphante.
Ken remporte le championnat du monde cette saison-là, en gagnant 8 des 15 GPs et sur la deuxième place du podium à 4 reprises. Fort de caractère et déterminé, il a su rebondir en fin de saison après avoir enchainé 2 GP moyens, lui permettant d’empocher le titre à domicile en Allemagne.
En 2011, Ken a également participé à certaines courses AMA SX Lites (Cote Ouest) pour le team Red Bull KTM Teka Factory sous les conseils précieux de Roger DeCoster. Dès Anaheim 2, Ken termina sur le podium avec une belle 3ème place et a su finir la saison en beauté en remportant Vegas.
En 2012, Ken roule pour le team Red Bull KTM Factory racing. De fils en aiguilles, Ken a su continuer sur sa lancée et remporta le titre Supercross 250 cote ouest en 2013.
En 2014, il passe dans la catégorie reine du Championnat Lucas Oil Pro Motocross, oú il remporta des courses, bien sur. Après une année de transition avec le team RCH Racing Suzuki Team en 2015, Roczen remporta 9 des 12 courses en 2016 et empochant ainsi le titre 450 AMA Pro Motocross.
Fin 2016, Ken fut annoncé officielement comme pilote pour le team Honda HRC, avec comme objectif le titre SX et MX 2017.
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Loïc
Bruni
CHAMPION DU MONDE
Loïc est né dans le sud de la France, sur la Côte d’Azur. Il a attrapé le virus du VTT via son père, Jean Pierre, multiple champion du monde master de descente VTT et ancien enduriste moto de très bon niveau.
Ses parents et sa grande sœur sont ses plus fervent supporters et sa plus grande source s’énergie.
Toujours souriant, facile sur le vélo, Loïc a enchainé des courses de Cross-Country, Downhill et Trial. En s’entrainant sur les pistes locales de Peille ou du Cap d’Ail, Loïc a signé son premier contrat pro étant encore Junior. Il rejoint Sam Blenkinsop -son idole- et commence à améliorer sa vitesse et son approche de la course.
Préparation physique, alimentation, mise au point du matériel avec son technicien et ami Jack Roure, Loïc atteint le podium Elite au cours de sa 2ème année Junior, à Windham (USA). Il remporte les championnats du monde à Vallnord en 2015 et sa première épreuve de coupe du monde en 2016 à Cairns (Australie).
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HRC'S TIM GAJSER IMPRESSES AT THE MXGP SEASON OPENER IN ARGENTINA | 05/03/19
The start of the 2019 MXGP World Championship finally took place this weekend in Argentina at the beautiful Neuquen circuit in Patagonia. After months of detailed preparation as well as multiple pre-season warm up races, the big dance was finally here and the riders were chomping at the bit to get going. HRC's Tim Gajser came into the weekend feeling positive after a strong off-season and the 2016 MXGP World Champion was ready to get the new campaign underway. Gajser's MX2 teammate Calvin Vlaanderen was also notable for the start of the season as the South African born rider enters his second season with the HRC team and has been tagged as a championship contender. The entire HRC crew were part of our Spring LE release of the Airline Collection, and ran the Red colorway all weekend.
Gajser was off to a good start on Saturday with the fastest time during MXGP Free Practice and second fastest in Qualifying Practice. He grabbed the holeshot in the Qualifying Race on Saturday afternoon and held the lead until running into some issues with 5 laps to go. He first slid out in a corner, then had a big crash in the roller section just a few turns later. Luckily he was uninjured and remounted to finished up 9th despite the big get-off. In MX2, Calvin Vlaanderen was in the mix with his Qualifying times but suffered a not so spectacular start in the Qualifying Race - forcing him to battle from behind. He put in a solid effort and worked his way up to 5th from outside of the top 10 for a solid gate pick on Sunday.
The MX2 Class kicked off the 2019 race season on Sunday and Calvin Vlaanderen got off to a good start in Moto #1 just inside the Top 5. He put in a solid ride and finished up in 4th place. Moto #2 was almost a carbon copy of the opening race for Vlaanderen, starting 5th again and moving to 4th where he stayed for the rest of the race. Despite missing the podium by just 1 spot in 4th Overall, it was a really positive start to the season for Vlaanderen who will be surely stand atop the podium in the coming weeks.
After his big crash on Saturday, Tim Gajser returned to the fray a little sore but ready to go for Sunday's race program. The Slovenian started 4th in Moto #1, and was able to work his way past both Clement Desalle and Romain Febvre for 2nd at the end. In Moto #2 Tim started off 2nd, dropped to 3rd momentarily but took control of second position back by Lap 7. In the closing stages of the race he was closing on race leader Tony Cairoli, but ran out of time before he was able to get close enough to make a move. Gajser scored 2-2 results for 2nd Overall and also a great start to begin the year.
New addition to the Fox crew, Factory Yamaha's Jeremy Seewer earned himself a respectable Top 10 overall finish over the weekend with a 9th. After missing all of last season riddled with injuries, HRC's Brian Bogers got his year started with 16-17 moto scores for 18th Overall. Surely Bogers will bring more to the table as the season progresses but it was good to see him back out there competing after a tough 2018 season.
With the season kickoff now behind us, the MXGP World Championship tour moves back to Europe for Round #2 of the series coming up in a few weeks at Matterley Basin in the UK March 23 & 24. See you there!
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