LIEROP (THE NETHERLANDS), 4 September 2010 – One of the icons of the FIM Motocross World Championship, Joshua Coppins announced today during a press conference at the Grand Prix of Benelux that he will put an end to his 17 year long Grand Prix career at the end of the 2010 season, which will include also the Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations by the end of the month in the USA. The New Zealander has taken no World Titles but won a total of 11 Grand Prix’s in the MX1 class.

LIEROP (THE NETHERLANDS), 4 September 2010 – During the 14th round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Lierop, Youthstream and the Baltic Cup Foundation renewed their agreement for the organization of the Latvian Grand Prix until 2013. In 2014 instead the country is set to host the FIM Motocross of Nations.

LIEROP (THE NETHERLANDS), 4 September 2010 – In the woodland tree lined sandy track of Lierop Max Nagl and Gautier Paulin were the fastest riders in the MX1 and MX2 respectively. For both young talents is their second Lovemytime Pole Position Award of the season and both are confident to be at the top of the rostrum after tomorrow’s races.

Yamaha announced today that Italian Michele Valzelli and his design won the DP19 Design Competition, the contest launched in June by Yamaha Europe to involve the fans in designing David Philippaerts’s race gear graphics for the GP of Benelux.

SCOTT presented the new HUSTLE MX goggle featuring the patent pending SCOTT Fit System technology. GP winners Gautier Paulin and Max Nagl, also attended the presentation as SCOTT backed riders.

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