https://gatedrop.com Get the jump on Motocross news Mon, 18 May 2026 16:38:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://gatedrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-Simple-Professional-Name-Introduction-LinkedIn-Profile-Picture-32x32.png https://gatedrop.com 32 32 https://gatedrop.com/injury-update-cas-valk-broken-leg/ Mon, 18 May 2026 16:32:15 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=202793 It’s been a frustrating start to the season for young Dutch talent Cas Valk. After beginning the year with TM, Valk recently parted ways with the Italian manufacturer before securing a new opportunity with Chambers KTM. However, just as things appeared to be heading in the right direction, disaster struck at Markelo. Riding only his...]]> https://gatedrop.com/injury-update-mattia-guadagnini-another-collarbone-fracture/ Tue, 12 May 2026 13:03:37 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=202500 Mattia Guadagnini from the Van Venrooy KTM Team suffered another serious injury during a test day. The Italian rider crashed and fractured his collarbone on the same shoulder that has already caused him multiple injuries in the past. According to Guadagnini, it is the same shoulder on which he has previously suffered six or seven...]]> https://gatedrop.com/injury-update-eli-tomac-to-sit-out-philadelphia-supercross/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:50:54 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=201481 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Eli Tomac will sit out Saturday’s 15th round of the 2026 AMA Supercross Championship in Philadelphia while continuing to recover from his incident in qualifying at Cleveland last weekend. Tomac has been cleared of any broken bones upon further evaluation this week, however, the two-time 450SX Champion is still...]]> https://gatedrop.com/update-isak-gifting-provides-the-latest-on-his-injury/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:41:59 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=199948 After missing the first two rounds of the MXGP World Championship, Isak Gifting has provided an update on his injury – sadly he had to undergo surgery on his shoulder after dislocating it – more than once. The Swede will be off the bike for a couple of months – but he hopes to return...]]> https://gatedrop.com/confirmed-andrea-bonacorsi-and-ferruccio-zanchi-out-for-the-mxgp-of-andalucia/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:23:01 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=199562 Ducati have confirmed that Andrea Bonacorsi will miss the second round of the MXGP World Championship after a crash at the opening round of the series. Ferruccio Zanchi has also been ruled out which means the wait goes on to see the new Ducati Desmo in the MX2 World Championship. Ducati will have Calvin Vlaanderen...]]> https://gatedrop.com/injury-update-ivano-van-erp-stable/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:04:17 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=199461 Dutch motocross rider Ivano van Erp has been seriously injured following a heavy crash during a Dutch National event which took place at Oss. The incident led to major surgery and a long recovery period. We would like to send our best to Ivano and those close to him during this time – the good...]]> https://gatedrop.com/excl-isak-gifting-out-for-mxgp-opener/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:03:59 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=198662 There’s plenty of optimism surrounding Isak Gifting heading into the 2026 season. After showing impressive speed throughout last year, expectations were high that the Swedish rider could take another major step forward this term. Stability has played a key role in that belief. Gifting signed on to remain with the Italian-based JK Yamaha, and for...]]> https://gatedrop.com/official-ferruccio-zanchi-out-for-mx2-gp-opener-in-argentina/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:19:27 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=198645 Ducati had been preparing for their first MX2 World Championship this weekend with Ferruccio Zanchi but sadly the Italian has picked up an injury while preparing for the upcoming season. We believe it’s a hand injury that will rule him out of at least the opening MX2 World Championship round. Ducati will still go to...]]> https://gatedrop.com/update-kay-de-wolf-confirms-he-is-out-for-lierop-international/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:48:56 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=198275 There has been an injury setback for Kay de Wolf ahead of the upcoming international race at Lierop. The Dutch talent has confirmed that he will miss this weekend’s Lierop International, dealing a blow just days before the start of the new season. De Wolf didn’t go into full detail about the injury, but it...]]> https://gatedrop.com/injury-update-rick-elzinga-doing-everything-to-be-back-for-mxgp-opener/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:59:59 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=196363 Beta have now confirmed that Rick Elzinga picked up a knee injury and as a result won’t be contesting any pre-season races – he is trying everything to be back for the first round of the MXGP World Championship which heads to Argentina. His team mates, Jago Geerts, Brando Rispoli and Alexis Fueri will be...]]>