![]() ![]() I am not sure what’s more surreal-the fact that Prado won the roughest MXGP of all with COVID-19 (his positive result came from a test he took prior to the race) or the fact that he was pulled out of the next race altogether. ![]() Remember, just last week, after winning the second MXGP at Lommel, Spanish KTM rider Jorge Prado received a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 and was not allowed to participate in last Sunday's third Lommel round, effectively dashing his title hopes he has now fallen back to fourth in points, 107 behind Gajser's 583, with Antonio Cairoli (509), and Jeremy Seewer (499) in between. And if all goes the way it's been trending, the 2020 MXGP World Champion will be Slovenian Honda HRC rider Tim Gajser and the MX2 World Champion will be French Red Bull KTM rider Tom Vialle.īut then again, this is 2020, so anything can happen. It's an unfortunate turn of events for the series and the promoter, but props to Infront and the club for doing everything they can to get these last three rounds-Sunday, Wednesday, and Sunday again-and the whole championship safely completed. Series organizer Infront Moto Racing (formerly Youthstream) announced that while they have been working closely with the event promoter, Moto Club Arco, and local authorities, new health restrictions in Italy mean that the events will have to be run behind closed doors. Unfortunately, the coronavirus that's wrecked the world is coming back in another wave in Europe, and there is fear that Italy may be going on a national lockdown as cases surge. fans of MXGP might remember it as the place where Ryan Villopoto's career came to an end when he looped out in 2015 and messed up his back.) Now it will mark the end of the 2020 campaign with another tripleheader-at least, that's the plan. The Arco de Trentino track is among the most beautiful motocross circuits in the world. ![]() After last week's tripleheader in the sands of Lommel, Belgium, the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championships are set to conclude on the hard-pack foothills of the Dolomites in Italy. ![]()
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