2023 MXGP of Trentino | Kate Kowalchuk Checks In from Italy

Photos and story by Kate Kowalchuk

Trentino Italy MXGP

The fourth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship at Trentino was full of firsts. The
fans, as always, were impressive following #91 Jeremy Seewer from Switzerland and of course having many Italian riders in their home GP. This race is absolutely iconic with some of the most outstanding
views on the whole circuit. With the track built into a mountainside you have 360-degree panoramic
scenes.

Trentino Italy MXGP

The fans always come to play and even though the famous Tim Gajser hill was not full of
his fans this weekend (due to him not back from injury) the Swiss and Italian fans took over. The
fans put on a show and the riders delivered one right back as Italian Factory KTM rider #80 Andrea
Adamo rode home to his first ever GP win in the MX2 class!

Andrea Adamo MXGP
#80 Andrea Adamo.

Adamo had an outstanding day of riding holding strong going 2-2 for 1st overall
in front of his home fans. Following him on the podium was his teammate Factory KTM rider
#72 Liam Everts who went 3-3 with some hard-fought battles for second on the day, bringing
home his first podium of his career. It was a weekend of first for the MX2 KTM riders.

Jago Geerts MXGP
#93 Jago Geerts.

In race one, #93 Jago Geerts took the holeshot and delivered all the way to the end, but with an unfortunate crash twice in the second race starting him in 21st he was still able to come back and go 1-7 for third overall on the podium and keep his red plate.

Geerts holds strong for 22-point lead in the championship standings followed by Andrea Adamo. With his consistency and strong rides,
Andrea could find himself In the championship race to the end, which a lot of people were not expecting.

MX2 – GP Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total
1 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA FMI KTM 22 22 44
2 72 Everts, Liam BEL FMB KTM 20 20 40
3 93 Geerts, Jago BEL FMB YAM 25 14 39
4 516 Laengenfelder, Simon GER DMSB GAS 12 25 37
5 74 de Wolf, Kay NED KNMV HUS 16 18 34
6 198 Benistant, Thibault FRA FFM YAM 18 16 34
7 39 Van De Moosdijk, Roan NED KNMV HUS 15 15 30
8 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL FMB HUS 14 12 26
9 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR NMF KAW 10 13 23
10 253 Pancar, Jan SLO AMZS KTM 8 11 19
11 44 Elzinga, Rick NED KNMV YAM 9 10 19
12 11 Haarup, Mikkel DEN DMU KTM 11 8 19
13 517 Gifting, Isak SWE SVEMO GAS 5 9 14
14 125 Weckman, Emil FIN SML HON 13 0 13
15 912 Rizzi, Joel GBR ACU HON 2 7 9
16 22 Braceras, David ESP RFME KAW 4 4 8
17 579 Bruce, Bobby GBR ACU GAS 1 6 7
18 401 Stauffer, Marcel AUT AMF KTM 7 0 7
19 51 Oliver, Oriol ESP RFME KTM 6 0 6
20 67 Martinez, Yago ESP RFME KTM 0 5 5
21 338 Olsson, Filip SWE SVEMO HUS 0 3 3
22 17 Toendel, Cornelius NOR NMF KTM 3 0 3
23 64 Ciabatti, Lorenzo ITA FMI KTM 0 2 2
24 696 Gwerder, Mike SUI FMS KTM 0 1 1
25 313 Polak, Petr CZE ACCR YAM 0 0 0
26 505 Lüning, Arvid SWE SVEMO GAS 0 0 0
27 18 Voxen Kleemann, William DEN DMU KTM 0 0 0
28 56 Corti, Lorenzo ITA FMI HUS 0 0 0
29 511 Krug, Jan GER DMSB HUS 0 0 0
30 12 Chambers, Jack USA AMA KAW 0 0 0
31 31 Bassi, Francesco ITA FMI KTM 0 0 0
32 931 Zanotti, Andrea SMR FSM KAW 0 0 0
33 817 Meuwissen, Raf NED KNMV YAM 0 0 0
MX2 – World Championship Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total ARG SAR SUI TRE POR ESP FRA LAT GER INA INA CZE BEL FIN SWE NED TUR VIE GBR
1 93 Geerts, Jago BEL YAM 205 10
25-25		 10
22-25		 8
14-20		 7
25-14		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA KTM 183 9
20-20		 3
16-15		 6
20-22		 8
22-22		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
3 198 Benistant, T. FRA YAM 182 6
22-13		 7
18-20		 10
18-25		 9
18-16		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
4 74 de Wolf, Kay NED HUS 173 5
15-11		 9
25-22		 9
22-18		 3
16-18		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
5 516 Laengenfelder, S. GER GAS 158 8
13-16		 8
20-14		 0
16-16		 10
12-25		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
6 39 Van De Moosdijk, R. NED HUS 147 4
18-14		 2
13-16		 7
25-13		 5
15-15		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
7 72 Everts, Liam BEL KTM 140 7
16-8		 5
12-13		 5
13-15		 6
20-20		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
8 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR KAW 119 2
12-22		 6
14-12		 0
12-14		 2
10-13		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
9 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL HUS 102 3
0-12		 4
15-18		 0
15-5		 4
14-12		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
10 253 Pancar, Jan SLO KTM 85 0
11-9		 0
9-11		 3
11-12		 0
8-11		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
11 44 Elzinga, Rick NED YAM 76 1
14-18		 1
0-0		 2
10-10		 1
9-10		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
12 125 Weckman, Emil FIN HON 69 0
7-10		 0
10-9		 0
9-11		 0
13-0		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
13 11 Haarup, Mikkel DEN KTM 49 0
0-15
–		 4
4-7		 0
11-8		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
14 51 Oliver, Oriol ESP KTM 41 – – 0
11-10		 0
8-6		 0
6-0		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
15 22 Braceras, D. ESP KAW 41 0
9-0		 0
4-5		 1
6-8		 0
4-4		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
16 67 Martinez, Yago ESP KTM 37 0
10-6		 0
7-2		 0
5-2		 0
0-5		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
17 17 Toendel, C. NOR KTM 27 0
0-5		 0
5-7		 0
3-4		 0
3-0		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
18 912 Rizzi, Joel GBR HON 19 – – 0
6-4
–		 0
2-7		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
19 12 Chambers, Jack USA KAW 16 – – – – 0
7-9		 0
0-0		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
20 517 Gifting, Isak SWE GAS 14 – – – – – – 0
5-9		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

On the topic of first for the weekend, that leads us to an
exciting and action packed MXGP race weekend.

Jorge Prado MXGP
#61 Jorge Prado.

Getting both holeshots on the day and his first GP win of the season you have none other than
the championship leader Factory Gas Gas rider #61 Jorge Prado. With an impressive, dominating
start to the season, Prado has won 7 of 12 races so far, getting almost every holeshot.

At the start of race one there was a big first turn crash involving many riders that included Factory
Kawasaki rider #3 Romain Febvre (finished 12), Factory Yamaha Rider Seewer (finished 16),
and Factory KTM Rider #84 Jeffrey Herlings who had an impressive climb back to 9th place after
picking up his bike in last.

Maxime Renaux
#959 Maxime Renaux.

Factory Yamaha’s #959 Maxime Renaux carried on his impressive riding from last weekend to go 2-2 this weekend getting 2nd overall and missing the top step by just 1 point.

Jeffrey Herlings
#84 Jeffrey Herlings.

Rounding out the podium after an unfortunate first race crash was Factory KTM’s
Jeffrey Herlings who came out in race 2 determined to prove that he still has what it takes.
After being 7th on lap one, he began his charge in the good old fashioned “Bullet” ways to get to 4th
right behind the tight-packed top 3 riders.

Herlings made a dominating double pass through Renaux and Prado to overtake the lead and then some gaining a quick 6 second lead to finish the race going 9-1 earning himself third overall on the day.

Prado now has a 17 point championship lead over Renaux followed by a tight 9 points by Herlings.

MXGP – GP Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total
1 61 Prado, Jorge ESP RFME GAS 25 20 45
2 959 Renaux, Maxime FRA FFM YAM 22 22 44
3 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 12 25 37
4 70 Fernandez, Ruben ESP RFME HON 20 14 34
5 101 Guadagnini, Mattia ITA FMI GAS 18 11 29
6 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV YAM 13 15 28
7 3 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM KAW 9 18 27
8 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FFM HON 14 10 24
9 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV YAM 15 9 24
10 303 Forato, Alberto ITA FMI KTM 16 6 22
11 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS YAM 5 16 21
12 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU BET 10 8 18
13 32 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB HON 0 13 13
14 77 Lupino, Alessandro ITA FMI BET 6 7 13
15 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV HON 0 12 12
16 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE SVEMO HON 8 4 12
17 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM YAM 11 0 11
18 57 Goupillon, Pierre FRA FFM KTM 7 3 10
19 811 Sterry, Adam GBR ACU KTM 4 5 9
20 226 Koch, Tom GER DMSB KTM 2 2 4
21 87 Brumann, Kevin SUI FMS YAM 3 0 3
22 97 Ivanov, Michael BUL BMF HUS 0 1 1
23 2 Jasikonis, Arminas LTU LMSF GAS 1 0 1
24 45 Kohut, Tomas SVK SMF KTM 0 0 0
25 200 Zonta, Filippo ITA FMI GAS 0 0 0
26 75 Roosiorg, Hardi EST EMF HON 0 0 0
27 771 Croci, Simone ITA FMI HUS 0 0 0
28 71 Spies, Maximilian GER DMSB KTM 0 0 0
29 499 Alberio, Emanuele ITA FMI HUS 0 0 0
30 53 Jost, Simon SVK SMF KTM 0 0 0
31 644 Guarise, Ismaele ITA FMI KTM 0 0 0
32 212 Adamson, John GBR ACU GAS 0 0 0
33 124 Teresak, Jakub CZE ACCR KTM 0 0 0
34 991 Scheu, Mark GER DMSB HUS 0 0 0
35 766 Sandner, Michael AUT AMF KTM 0 0 0
36 848 Nava, Giulio ITA FMI YAM 0 0 0
37 491 Haberland, Paul GER DMSB HUS 0 0 0
38 16 Grimshaw, Tom GBR ACU GAS 0 0 0
39 520 Clochet, Jimmy FRA FFM HON 0 0 0
40 211 Lapucci, Nicholas ITA FMI HUS 0 0 0
 
MXGP – World Championship Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total ARG SAR SUI TRE POR ESP FRA LAT GER INA INA CZE BEL FIN SWE NED TUR VIE GBR
1 61 Prado, Jorge ESP GAS 201 10
25-15		 10
25-15		 10
25-20		 1
25-20		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2 959 Renaux, Maxime FRA YAM 184 8
20-12		 0
18-20		 6
22-25		 9
22-22		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
3 84 Herlings, J. NED KTM 175 1
18-22		 8
22-22		 8
15-18		 4
12-25		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
4 3 Febvre, Romain FRA KAW 166 6
22-16		 6
10-18		 9
20-22		 10
9-18		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
5 70 Fernandez, R. ESP HON 136 7
16-25		 5
0-10		 2
16-13		 8
20-14		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
6 10 Vlaanderen, C. NED YAM 125 5
10-11		 3
20-16		 4
18-14		 0
15-9		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
7 259 Coldenhoff, G. NED YAM 120 4
14-7		 9
16-25		 1
13-1		 2
13-15		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
8 101 Guadagnini, M. ITA GAS 108 9
11-13		 2
11-9		 0
12-9		 3
18-11		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
9 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI YAM 107 0
4-20		 4
15-14		 5
1-16		 7
5-16		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
10 303 Forato, A. ITA KTM 98 0
12-8		 0
13-12		 7
9-15		 0
16-6		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
11 92 Guillod, V. SUI HON 84 2
7-9		 0
4-3		 3
14-12		 6
14-10		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
12 919 Watson, Ben GBR BET 69 0
9-6		 0
7-8		 0
10-11		 0
10-8		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
13 32 Van doninck, B. BEL HON 68 0
13-0		 7
12-13		 0
5-0		 5
0-13		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
14 6 Paturel, B. FRA YAM 62 0
8-10		 1
8-7		 0
11-6		 0
11-0		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
15 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT HON 56 3
15-18		 0
9-11		 0
0-0
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
16 189 Bogers, Brian NED HON 51 0
5-14		 0
14-1		 0
0-5		 0
0-12		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
17 77 Lupino, A. ITA BET 41 0
0-4		 0
2-6		 0
6-10		 0
6-7		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
18 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE HON 38 0
6-5		 0
5-4		 0
4-2		 0
8-4		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
19 38 Rubini, S. FRA HON 15 – – – – 0
7-8
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
20 226 Koch, Tom GER KTM 15 – – 0
6-5
–		 0
2-2		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

We are heading into a week break before the next round it Portugal. The racing this season has
been nothing short of incredible in both classes. Having such a packed top 5 riders in a
championship hunt makes for some great racing.

See you all in Portugal!