Best rookie in the MXGP class this season and currently eighth in the FIM Motocross World Championship, Kevin Horgmo will stay next season with team Ship To Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR!
Never really easy to move from the MX2 class to the MXGP, but Kevin Horgmo did a perfect season so far and thanks to his great results (he celebrates in the Netherlands its tenth Top 10 MXGP result within sixteen rounds) he had several options for next season. But the young Norwegian, who will turn 24 in September, choose to continue with Josse Sallefranque. “I’m very happy to stay here, it’s a good team for me and they helped me to adapt to the 450. The goal now is to build on that and improve next season, with similar or even better results at the GP’s and to fight for the French title. It’s good leaving in South of France and training with Yves (Demaria), he really helped me and we had a good winter which help me going to the season; on the races we have a good input and he help a lot for the bike settings if I have some difficulties. We are always training together between the races, it help a lot to make it fun; it’s not a problem to work alone, but it’s nice to be training with a group of people who have the same goals” says with his eternal smile Kevin who got another top 10 result last weekend.
Coach of the motocross riders of the team, Yves Demaria is looking forward to pursuit this fruitful collaboration. “It’s great to continue working together, as it’s always difficult to work only one year with a rider. Kevin improves at each training session, each race, he has a good connection with all the team members, goes training with passion, and the goal of course was to continue with him. Some other teams with bigger budgets than us approached him, and we are proud that he preferred to continue with us who do everything possible to ensure that our riders have all the tools to perform. I wasn’t surprised by his results this season, I know his potential as I see what he do when he trains, but I must say that he still surprised me in the mud races.”
Manager of the team that he creates a few years ago, Josse Sallefranque is of course delighted to continue working with his young, fast and smiling Norwegian. “Very happy to continue with Kevin, we did a great season together! It was not easy to keep him with us, as thanks to his great results, some other teams were interested to sign him. We had to fight and we are super happy to sign him. He will approach the 2025 season with one year of experience in the MXGP class, he knows everyone in the team, he knows the 450 Honda perfectly, all the tools are there to perform even more. A big thank you to all our partners who are fully behind us, and who allow us to race at the highest level and to make their colours shine on all continents!”
