2011 Valence Moto Club in France

The Valence Moto Club will organize his International Motocross on the third weekend of February as usual since many years now.Most of the top teams already agree to be in France on 19th and 20th of February, and the first list of riders is impressive!

For the first time another race is scheduled on the same date in Italy, but the president Lebrun was pleased to see the reaction of many teams and riders. “It’s never good to have two races at the same date; as we said a long time ago we always organize on the third weekend of February and we have no other choice to keep this date for our partners and spectators.  All the teams and top riders didn’t confirm their decision yet, but we have already some strong contracts signed and the lineup will be once more great in Valence” he said.

Kawasaki will be strong in Valence, as the three teams representing the brand in the MX1 and MX2 World Championships confirmed their entry. It will be the first time since his move in the USA that Ben Townley will race in Europe, and everyone is waiting his comeback in Valence where he won in 2005. CLS Pro Circuit riders Tommy Searle and Max Anstie will be alongside their prestigious teammate, while team KRT will enter his three factory riders – Xavier Boog, Jonathan Barragan and Sébastien Pourcel – who just spent two weeks in Spain to test their new bikes. The biggest line-up will come from team Bud Racing, with five riders behind the grid: David Guarneri, Gregory Aranda, Livia Lancelot, Dylan Ferrandis and Pierrick Roncin, the 2010 French national champion.

The prestigious Suzuki team of Sylvain Geboers also confirmed that the ‘yellow boys’ will be in Valence, with Clement Desalle and Steve Ramon on their 450, while Valentin Teillet will do his first race aboard the 250 Suzuki. Also coming with his new team HDI Nicolas Aubin will be back on a KTM; he will not be the single ‘orange rider’ as Jacky Martens entered his full team with Joel Roelants, Jordi Tixier and Yentel Martens, while Women World Champion Steffie Laier will be there for another duel with Livia Lancelot.
If you add to this provisional list the names of the new Rinaldi Yamaha rider Steven Frossard, the new Honda LS rider Shaun Simpson you have already a strong field of riders who will battle for the first 2011 win of the season. And stay tuned, some other names will be confirmed in the following weeks for this opening round of another exciting year!
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