Final Round Of The 2025 Dutch Masters Of Motocross Championship
Dutch National MX Champions Were Crowned In Markelo
The 2025 Dutch Masters of Motocross reached its conclusion on Sunday 18th May at "De Herikerberg" MX track, Markelo. With big named Pros at the final event, including Jeffrey "The Bullet" Herlings (#84), the racing was intense over the 4 classes competing and culminated in the crowning of new 85cc, 125cc, 250cc and 450cc Champions. We were there to soak it all in and below we give an overview of the class results, as well as some details about the track at the end.
MX1 Class Results - Herlings Wins Overall
The Bullet is back! In Moto 1, after Fantic Factory Racing's Brian Bogers (#189) took the holeshot from Herlings and with Romain Febvre (#3) going down at the first corner, it was Herlings who pulled away to win. Febvre managed to come through the field and finish P2 and with it, the Kawasaki man sealed the 2025 Dutch Masters of MX Championship. P3 went to Monster Energy Yamaha's Jago Geerts (#93). In Moto 2, even though Febvre stayed upright this time, the top 3 were a carbon copy of Moto 1, with Red Bull KTM's Herlings P1, Febvre P2 and Geerts P3. With Herlings going 1-1 against Febvre, it will be interesting to see how The Bullet gets on in the MXGP of France next weekend.
MX2 Class Results - Cas Valk dominates
As he did at the previous rounds, Van Venrooy KTM's Cas Valk (#172) dominated from the start and finished well ahead of Kawasaki's Kay Karssemakers in P2. With that 5th win of the season, Valk clinched the 2025 Dutch Masters of MX Championship on his KTM 250 SX-F with a race to spare, to the delight of the Markelo crowd. P3 went to GasGas's Damien Knuiman. In Moto 2, even though Valk didn't have to race, he went out and won by a margin of 44 seconds over Kaessemakers. This meant Valk went unbeaten in all 6 races of the Championship. P3 this time went to Norwegian rider Sander Agard-Michelsen riding a Fantic XX 250.
125cc Class - Van Mechgelen wins the Championship at the death
In terms of the 2025 Championship, the 125cc class went down to the wire and was only decided in the last race of the season! In Moto 1, KTM's Dean Gregoire (#28) won it, with P2 going to Dani Heitink on his Yamaha YZ 125 and Fantic's Douwe Van Mechgelen (#518) took P3. This meant going into the final moto, Gregoire and Van Mechgelen were level on points for the Championship. Moto 2 proved to be edge-of-your-seat stuff - an intense battle up-front between Gregoire and Van Mechgelen, with Heitink in close pursuit. Gregoire led until the penultimate lap, when a small mistake cost him. Van Mechgelen went through and never looked back, crossing the line P1 and with it, took the Dutch 125cc Class title. Heitink came home P2 with Gregoire P3.
85cc Class Results - UK's Harry Dale Clean Sweeps Markelo
The 85cc Class Dutch Championship also went down to the last race, with Casey Karstrom narrowly beating Torre Van Mechgelen to the 2025 title. However, the day was dominated by Harry Dale (#598) on his KTM 85 SX. He won both motos comfortably, setting the fastest lap in each moto and took P4 for the Championship with these strong results at the final round in Markelo. Dale missed round 2 of the Championship and would have likely been Champion had he been there. P3 for the Championship went to Gregor Lootus.
Are there any videos of the Dutch Masters of MX from Markelo?
Click here for a video which includes paddock walk, bikes in parc fermé, practice, gate drops and racing from all classes competing at the final round of the 2025 Dutch Masters of Motocross. Click here for a video of Cas Valk looking relaxed in the paddock before he wrapped up the championship. Click here for a video of Jeffrey Herlings and his bike in the paddock. Click here for a video of Douwe Van Mechgelen's Championship winning Fantic XX 125. Click here for a video of the 85cc class start.
What was the Markelo Motocross track like?
In the first picture below, you can see the track layout and area layout of "De Herikerberg", Markelo. The track is roughly 1.6 Km in length and you can see the nature of the turns and where the jumps were located. The track is set in a natural, hilly, woodland landscape, with a variety of elevation changes on a mix of hard pack and sand, typical in Europe. It tends to become rough and rutted after heavy use. There were a variety of line choices into most corners and we detail more of what the track looked like with additional pictures below.
