Dutch Masters of Motocross
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CategoryMotocross
CountryNetherlands
Inaugural season2016
Current season

The Dutch Masters of Motocross (DMoMX) is the premier domestic Dutch Motocross series, sanctioned by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Motorrijders Vereniging.

The series runs annually throughout spring each year and typically consists of 3-4 rounds. The premier classes are the 500cc and 250cc but there are also classes for younger riders on 125cc and 85cc motorcycles.

Up to the end of the 2015 season, the series was known as the Open Dutch Motocross Championship (ONK). The series was renamed in 2016 in a bid by the KNMV to increase the international status of the championship and attract more riders from the FIM Motocross World Championship.[1] The ONK championship resumed in 2017 separately to the Dutch Masters of Motocross, with the series catering for national-level riders predominantly.

History

Under the original guise of the Open Dutch Motocross Championship, the first national motocross championship took place in 1949, running annually up until the end of the 2015 season. After a fall in the interest of international riders in competing in the series over the previous seasons, the national federation (KNMV) took the decision reconstruct the series from the 2016 season onwards.

This resulted in the renaming of the championship to the Dutch Masters of Motocross and the changing of the championship classes to the following:

  • 85cc (motors up to 85cc, for the youngest riders)
  • 125cc (engines up to 125cc, for junior riders)
  • 250cc (engines up to 250cc)
  • 500cc (engines up to 500cc)

In its opening season, the championship consisted of five events but in recent years it has had three events.[2] Jeffrey Herlings and Kay de Wolf have been the most successful riders since the re-structuring of the championship in 2016, picking up four titles each.

Event Format

Rounds of the Dutch Masters of Motocross typically have a single day format. Each class has a combined free and timed practice session in the morning, with the times from the timed practice session acting as the qualifying positions for the main races. Following on from this, all four classes have two races each, with the overall winner being the rider with the highest aggregate score from those races. The senior classes (500cc & 250cc) have 25 minute plus one lap races whilst the junior classes (125cc & 85cc) have 20 minute plus one lap races.

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th +  
Points 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

List of Champions

Season 500cc Champion 250cc Champion 125cc Champion 85cc Champion
2023 Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)[3] Netherlands Kay de Wolf (Husqvarna)[3] Latvia Jānis Reišulis (Yamaha)[3] Netherlands Dani Heitink (Husqvarna)[3]
2022 Netherlands Calvin Vlaanderen (Yamaha) Netherlands Rick Elzinga (Yamaha)[4] Latvia Jānis Reišulis (KTM) Netherlands Gyan Doensen (Husqvarna)
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5]
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Lithuania Arminas Jasikonis (Husqvarna) Germany Henry Jacobi (Kawasaki) Netherlands Kay de Wolf (Husqvarna) Netherlands Cas Valk (Husqvarna)
2018 Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)[6] Belgium Jago Geerts (Yamaha)[6] Finland Emil Weckman (KTM) Netherlands Kay de Wolf (KTM)
2017 Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) Denmark Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna) Denmark Mikkel Haarup (Husqvarna) Netherlands Kay de Wolf (KTM)
2016 Russia Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) Belgium Jago Geerts (KTM) Sweden Emil Jönrup (KTM)

References

  1. ↑ Koninklijke Nederlandse Motorrijders Vereniging (11 November 2015). "Dutch Masters of Motocross in 2016 van start!". knmv.nl. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Press Release (14 October 2022). "Dutch Masters of Motocross reveal 2023 calendar". gatedrop.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "DUTCH MASTERS KAMPIOENEN 2023 BEKEND: HERLINGS, DE WOLF, REISULIS EN HEITINK". nieuwsmotor.nl. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Elzinga toont karakter en De Wolf zijn klasse". Steven van Kempen. motocrossmag.be. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dutch Masters - Cancelled". mxlarge.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 "JEFFREY HERLINGS EN JAGO GEERTS DUTCH MASTERS OF MOTOCROSS 2018". nieuwsmotor.nl. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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