It was billed as one of the most important new races for years, and it did deliver some close action on a gnarly, rutted indoor motocross track at the Veltins Arena in Germany. With a festival atmosphere inside and outside the stadium, take a look at a gallery of images from the event courtesy of Monster Energy, KTM, Husqvarna and Youthstream’s photographers like Ray Archer and Bavo Swijgers. Click on the photos to enlarge.
Ryan Dungey snagged the holeshot and won overall but didn’t win a moto
Jake Weimer struggled on the RMZ
Jeffrey Herlings caught and passed Dungey to win the final moto
Jordi Tixier helped Kawasaki to second
Team KTM won from Honda and Kawasaki
Dungey was fast, but not the fastest in any moto
Not a massive crowd but decent…
Tim Gajser won the first moto then crashed in moto two
Tommy Searle hit the gate in the second race
Romain Febvre won a moto but a crash ruined his overall result
Tommy Searle was quick and stylish
Trademark victory celebration from Febvre
Ryan Dungey was calculated and won overall
Jeffrey Herlings leads the pack
Trials fun outside the stadium
Bit of drift action
Gajser won then got hurt
Zach Osborne took a third but crashed out of the last moto
Thomas Covington went down while being lapped and almost took leader Herlings with him!
