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		<title>Preview: 2026 MXGP World Championship &#8211; The rookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2021 MX2 Preview: Fresh new blood</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the 2021 World Championships getting underway this weekend at the hard pack track of Orlyonok in Russia, we thought we&#8217;d preview the young and hungry rookies entering the MX2 World Championship.&#160; There&#8217;s no better place to start than with the reigning EMX250 champion in the form of Thibault Benistant. The young French talent was...]]></description>
		
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