Dakar Rally 2013 Best Of Videos

Yesterday the epic Dakar Rally concluded, with past favourites and multiples winners once again taking the top spot on the podium in almost every class.

Just 67% of the entrants managed to negotiate and complete the 8000km+ route from Lima to Santiago but there were lots of familiar faces celebrating their victories:

For the fifth time, Frenchman Cyril Despres finished first in the bike class on his KTM 450 Rally 

Stephane Peterhansel brought his total number of Dakar victories to 11 at the wheel of the Mini Countryman All 4 Racin

Argentinean Marcos Patronelli picked up his second win in the Quad class for Yahama

Russian Eduard Nikolaev brought his Kamaz truck across the line in the fastest time for the Truck class.

Take a look at some of the highlight videos from each of the classes:

BEST OF MOTORCYCLES 



BEST OF TRUCKS/QUADS

Best Moments From The 2012 Motocross World Championship

Through various reasons, this years Supercross and AMA 450 Motocross Championships may not have offers the level of excitement and unpredictability that they promised at the start but the same cannot be said for the 2012 FIM Motocross World Championships.

Take a look at some of the best moments in this highlight video and remember the good times, the muddy times and glimpse a few Monster Girls for good measure too...

Tom Pages Voted Best International Freestyle Motocross Rider In 2012 FMX Awards

Tom Pages

With a string of consistently impressive performances around the world, it will come as little surprise to learn that French FMX star Tom Pages has been voted Best International Freestyle Motocross Rider for 2012 by the readers of www.fmxawards.com.

Picking up 35.3% of the votes, Pages was a clear winner over New Zealander Levi Sherwood, who ranked second with 23.7% of the votes. He was also awarded the position of Best European Rider and narrowly missed out the award for Best FMX Trick Innovation after his Special Flip move was edged out by Taka Higashinos Rock Solid Backflip.

The users also voted Higashino Best Asian FMX Rider, putting him on a par with Pages with two first places to his name.

Taka Higashino

Elsewhere German Luc Ackermann was voted Best European FMX Rookie and Best German FMX Rookie, while his elder brother Hannes Ackermann picked up his second consecutive award for Best German FMX Rider.

Luc Ackermann

As in 2011, Nate Adams was named Best American FMX Rider. On the other side of the globe Josh Sheehan took Best Australian FMX Rider.

Josh Sheehan

Considering her profile and worldwide tours with Nitro Circus, it might perhaps come as a shock to learn that Canadian Jolene van Vught lost our to Aussie Emma McFerran for the newly-created title of Best Female FMX Rider. Although, as McFerran has been known to perform some of her tricks, er, sans kit, we think that may have attracted a couple of votes...

Emma McFerren

All categories and winners are listed below:

Category Winner:
Best International FMX Rider Tom Pages (FRA)
Best European FMX Rider Tom Pages (FRA)
Best American FMX Rider Nate Adams (USA)
Best Australian FMX Rider Josh Sheehan (AUS)
Best African FMX Rider Alastair Sayer (BOT)
Best Asian FMX Rider Taka Higashino (JAP)
Best German FMX Rider Hannes Ackermann GER)
Best South American FMX Rider Javier Villegas (CHL)
Best Female FMX Rider Emma McFerran (AUS)
Best International FMX Rookie Erick Ruiz (MEX)
Best European FMX Rookie Luc Ackermann (GER)
Best German FMX Rookie Luc Ackermann (GER)
Best FMX Series / Event Red Bull X-Fighters
Best FMX Bike Yamaha YZ 250
Best Trick Innovation Rock Solid Backflip – Taka Higashino (JAP)
Best FMX Website www.fmxworld.com

FMX Awards 2012 – Results


Best International FMX Rider
Tom Pages (FRA) 35.3%
Levi Sherwood (NZL) 23.7%
Josh Sheehan (AUS) 14.7%
Taka Higashino (JAP) 13.5%
Dany Torres (ESP) 12.8%

Best European FMX Rider
Tom Pages (FRA) 48.5%
Dany Torres (ESP) 25.7%
David Rinaldo (FRA) 11.8%
Libor Podmol (CZE) 8.1%
Remi Bizouard (FRA) 5.9%

Best American FMX Rider
Nate Adams (USA) 35.6%
Adam Jones (USA) 28.0%
Mike Mason (USA) 12.9%
Todd Potter (USA) 12.1%
Wes Agee (USA) 11.4%

Best Australian FMX Rider
Josh Sheehan (AUS) 43.2%
Jackson Strong (AUS) 22.4%
Clinton Moore (AUS) 16.8%
Cameron Sinclair (AUS) 12.8%
Rob Adelberg (AUS) 4.8%

Best African FMX Rider
Alastair Sayer (BOT) 47.3%
Nick de Wit (RSA) 36.1%
Brendan Potter (RSA) 6.2%
Colin Stanton (RSA) 5.2%
Stewart Couper (RSA) 5.2%

Best Asian FMX Rider
Taka Higashino (JAP) 49.0%
Aleksey Koleshnikov (RUS) 30.4%
Eigo Sato (JAP) 16.6%
Daice Suzuki (JAP) 4.0%
Kota Kugimura (JAP) 0.0%


Best German FMX Rider
Hannes Ackermann 49.6%
Luc Ackermann 26.5%
Fabian Bauersachs 8.8%
Lukas Weis 8.8%
Kai Haase 6.3%

Best South American FMX Rider
Javier Villegas (CHL) 75.9%
Fred Kyrillos (BRA) 9.5%
Gabriel Villegas (CHL) 8.8%
Marcelo Simoes (BRA) 2.9%
Gilmar Flores (BRA) 2.9%

Best Female FMX Rider
Emma McFerran (AUS) 58.9%
Jolene van Vugt (CAN) 31.6%
Mary “Scary” Perkins (NZL) 6.1%
Heather Williams (USA) 3.5%

Best International FMX Rookie
Erick Ruiz (MEX) 37.3%
Luc Ackermann (GER) 24.1%
David Rinaldo (FRA) 18.7%
Wes Agee (USA) 13.3%
Tyrone Gilks (AUS) 6.6%

Best European FMX Rookie
Luc Ackermann (GER) 42.1%
David Rinaldo (FRA) 38.6%
Jeremy Rouanet (FRA) 8.8%
Maxime Gregoire (FRA) 7.0%
Thomas Wirnsberger (AUT) 3.5%

Best German FMX Rookie
Luc Ackermann 64.2%
Tobias Finck 17.4%
Kai Haase 12.9%
Tobias Seibert 5.5%

Best FMX Contest/Series
Red Bull X-Fighters 48.7%
NIGHT of the JUMPs 17.6%
Nitro Circus 16.2%
X Games 14.9%
Nuclear Cowboyz 2.6%

Best FMX Bike
Yamaha YZ 250 32.6%
KTM 250 SX 28.8%
Honda CRF 450 20.5%
Kawasaki KFX 450 10.6%
Suzuki RM 250 7.5%

Best FMX Website
fmxworld.com 42.2%
forty8.com 20.3%
nightofthejumps.com 19.5%
freeridermx.com.au 11.7%
XGames.com/EXPN.com 6.3%

Best FMX Trick Innovation
Rock Solid Backflip – Taka Higashino 35.5%
Special Flip – Tom Pages 34.6%
Front Flip One Hand – Jacko Strong 18.9%
Flair One Hand – Tom Pages 7.1%
The Roulette – Jey Rouanet 3.9%

You can find out more details at www.fmxawards.com