Ken De Dycker must feel like the luckiest rider alive. After ending his association with LS Honda he was quickly snapped up by the Red Bull KTM Factory team and didn’t let the orange army down with a sixth place overall in the MX1 class. We decided to sit down and ask De Dycker about the move to Honda and also about his weekend.

VALKENSWAARD (The Netherlands), 9 April 2012 – The first motos of the GP of the Netherlands were run in dry conditions, but by the first half of the second MX2 race started raining heavily. However, Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings succeeded in being on the first step of the podium and they handed KTM the first double victory of the season.

The second MX2 race got under way under cloudy skies but did not dampen the spirits of the Dutch fans. Jose Butron (17) took the holeshot but immediately lost out to Tommy Searle, Joel Roelants and Jeffrey Herlings. Searle led briefly, but could do nothing to prevent Herlings completing the pass to go and take a second race win and a third consecutive Dutch GP victory. Joel Roelants was second, Searle was third.

VALKENSWAARD (The Netherlands), 8th April 2012 – This morning Youthstream President Giuseppe Luongo, FIM President Vito Ippolito and FIM/CMS Director Dr. Wolfgang Srb welcomed all the media to the 2012 season. They all expressed their satisfaction of a bright future in front of us expanding the FIM Motocross World Championship worldwide.

VALKENSWAARD (The Netherlands), 8 April 2012 – The 2012 season has finally started in the sandy track of Valkenswaard and Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings have won the MX1 and MX2 qualifying races respectively.