Preview: International Sommieres 2024

This Sunday, February 18th, the next preseason race will take place, this time in the very south of France on the hard-pack soil of the famous Circuit de la Tourille. It will be the 57th edition of this event, and as usual, we will have a bunch of MXGP riders in both, MX1 and MX2 classes.

The KRT Kawasaki duo of Romain Febvre and Jeremy Seewer will continue their preparations ahead of Argentina. Febvre rode well at the two rounds of the Internazionali D´Italia in Riola Sardo and Mantova last weekend and now will be racing on home soil for the first time this year. Meanwhile, this will be the second race on green for Jeremy Seewer after being 4th overall at Mantova.

Interview: Jeremy Seewer on his new chapter with Kawasaki

Getting into action for the first time this preseason, we will have the new Honda SR Motobluz riders Valentin Guillod and Kevin Horgmo. Also ridding for Honda, but under the Standing Construct Team, Alberto Forato and Pauls Jonass. The French team GSM Yamaha will line up with three talents in the form of Maxime Desprey, Gregory Aranda and Lucas Imbert. Mattia Guadagnini is on the entry list, and we expect to see him back in action after Spain.

In the MX2 class, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Liam Everts will face against Triumph duo of Camden McLellan and Mikkel Haarup who already made history with a double-podium appearance in Talavera de la Reina, Spain. At the same time, Thibault Benistant will make his first appareance aboard his Monster Energy Yamaha.

Other notable riders in this class are VRT Yamaha´s Ivano Van Erp alongside Janis and Martins Reisulis. Also local hero Quentin Prugnieres on his new F&H Kawasaki.

International Sommieres RAW 2023