Clément Desalle (born 19 May 1989) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2006 to 2020.Clément Desalle rider profile at www.bestsports.comClement Desalle results at www.motocrossmx1.com Desalle raced in the MXGP class his entire motocross career, finishing both second & third thrice.
Motocross career Born in La Louvière, Belgium, Desalle began competing in the premier MXGP class as soon as he became a professional racer in 2006. In his fourth season of competition, he won his first Grand Prix race in the Czech Republic and placed third in the 2009 FIM Motocross World Championship season riding for the LS Motors-Honda team. Between 2010 and 2013 would rank either second or third in the motocross world championships while riding for the Teka-Suzuki team run by Sylvain Geboers with former motocross world champion Eric Geboers as the team manager. Desalle was also a member of the victorious Belgian 2013 Motocross des Nations team that included Ken De Dycker and Jeremy Van Horebeek.
He joined the Kawasaki factory racing team in 2016. Desalle announced his retirement in 2020 after 15 seasons.
GP wins Loket (Czech Republic) 9 August 2009 Canelinha (Brazil) 13 September 2009 Agueda (Portugal) 9 May 2010 Kegums (Latvia) 27 June 2010 Fermo (Italy) 12 September 2010 Sevlievo (Bulgaria) 10 April 2011 Glen Helen (USA) 15 May 2011 Agueda (Portugal) 12 June 2011 Loket (Czech Republic) 7 August 2011 Agueda (Portugal) 10 June 2012 Uddevalla (Sweden) 1 July 2012 Losail (Qatar) 2 March 2013 Loket (Czech Republic) 4 August 2013 Bastogne (Belgium) 18 August 2013 Matterley Basin (Great Britain) 25 August 2013 Arco di Trento (Trentino) 13 April 2014 Talavera de la Reina (Spain) 11 May 2014 St. Jean d'Angely (France) 1 June 2014 Teutschenthal (Germany) 22 June 2014 Assen (Netherlands) 28 August 2016 Ernée (France) 28 May 2017 Orlyonok (Russia) 11 June 2017 Orlyonok (Russia) 1 May 2018 MXGP Results Year Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 Rnd8 Rnd9 Rnd10 Rnd11 Rnd12 Rnd13 Rnd14 Rnd15 Rnd16 Rnd17 Rnd18 Rnd19 Rnd20AverageFinishPodiumPercentPlace 2009 MX1 3 10 8 8 3 5 3 5 6 2 5 5 1 3 1 - - - - - 4.53 47% 3rd 2010 MX1 3 2 OUT 1 5 3 3 2 1 2 3 2 9 9 1 - - - - - 3.28 79% 2nd 2011 MX1 1 6 1 3 3 1 4 7 3 9 2 1 OUT OUT OUT - - - - - 3.41 67% 3rd 2012 MX1 2 8 3 2 7 4 1 2 1 6 2 3 6 6 3 3 - - - - 3.68 63% 2nd 2013 MX1 1 3 7 4 3 3 2 3 10 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 9 - - - 3.41 76%2nd 2014 MXGP 7 2 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 4 1 11 OUT OUT OUT OUT - - - - 3.33 58% 4th
Season results 2003: 9th 125cc French cadet class
2004: 9th 125cc French Junior class
2005: 5th 125cc Junior world championship 9th 125cc European championship
2006: 25th MX1 world championship 8th MX1 German championship
2007: 20th MX1 world championship 5th MX1 German championship
2008: 11th MX1 world championship 2nd MX1 German championship
2009: 3rd MX1 world championship Pro open Belgian champion
2010: 2nd MX1 world championship
2011: 3rd MX1 world championship (missed three rounds due to injury)
2012: 2nd MX1 world championship
2013: 2nd MX1 world championship
2014: 4th MXGP world championship
2015: 10th MXGP world championship
2016: 8th MXGP world championship
2017: 4th MXGP world championship
2018: 3rd MXGP world championship
2019: 14th MXGP world championship (missed 11 rounds due to injury)
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