Of course, the likes of Kay Karssemakers and Fantic Factory Maddii’s Haakon Osterhagen, who currently leads the EMX125 European Championship standings, will be tough rivals as the youngsters battle it out for the top spot. There will be plenty of action this weekend as the top youngsters in the world will go head-to-head to become this year’s World Champions.Ģ019 85cc World champion, Valerio Lata of MRT Racing Team KTM will return to the prestigious junior event as this time he will chase the 125cc title. The guests onsite were then presented with the best moments from the previous junior event which took place in Trentino, Italy back in 2019, followed by FIM’s Ride Green campaign presentation, with a special video of their MXGP ambassador, Jeremy Seewer of Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing taking the opportunity to introduce everybody to the Ride Green campaign and its importance, as well as the Ride Green Cup which will be awarded to one of the national teams that show how they care for the environment at the end of the weekend. The ceremony began with a the official postcard and welcome message videos of the event and were followed with a speech by the Mayor of Megalopolis Mr Thanassis Christogianopulos followed by a word from the Deputy M inister of Foreign Affair in Greece Konstantinos Vlassis, the Governor of Peloponese region Panagiotis Nikas, Infront Moto Racing representative and the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship General Manager Patricia Maskarova, FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela, Maria Tsesmely the President of Greek Motorcycling Federation, Stelios Christodoulou the local organiser from ARIS Pentelis club and Stavros Tsichlis, the local organiser from ALMA Megalopolis club. On Friday evening riders and teams from 23 countries attended the opening ceremony in the city of Megalopolis to begin the weekend’s festivities. The first ever event of the Junior Motocross World Championship was held in 1999 and since that time many young talents were crowned Junior Motocross World Champion or Junior World Cup winner such as MX2 and MXGP champions Jeffrey Herlings, Pauls Jonass and Tim Gajser. Megalopolis, easily reached by the Kalamata Airport, has long hosted events of great significance, like the 19 editions of the FIM Motocross World Championship that saw Sebastien Tortelli and David Vuillemin victorious in the 250cc class consecutively.
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Organized by the Aris AC together with ALMA Megalopolis and full support from Peloponnisios Prefecture, this weekend’s junior event will mark the return of world stage racing at the PPC-MINES MEGALOPOLIS CIRCUIT that had previously hosted the 2010 MX3 World Championship and the 2011 FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship. MEGALOPOLIS (Greece) 31 July 2021 – The 2021 edition of the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship is geared up and ready to go in Megalopolis, Greece, following the opening festivities.
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