The 2024 French Elite Motocross Championship season was the 76th French Motocross Championship season.
The series consisted of seven rounds across the country, running from late February to June. Swiss rider Valentin Guillod was the reigning champion in the Elite MX1 class, after winning his first title in 2023. Guillod was unable to defend his title, finishing runner-up to Maxime Desprey, who took his fourth senior French Elite crown.
Pierre Goupillon was the reigning champion in Elite MX2, after he won his third title in a row in 2023. He did not defend his title however, as he moved up to the Elite MX1 class. In his first year in the class, reigning FIM Motocross Junior World Champion Mathis Valin won the Elite MX2 championship .
The opening round of the series, scheduled to take place on 25 February in Lacapelle-Marival was ultimately cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
Race calendar and results
Elite MX1 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 25 February Lacapelle-Marival Cancelled 2 17 March Basly Maxime Desprey Maxime Desprey Maxime Desprey 3 31 March Castelnau-de-Lévis Maxime Desprey Gregory Aranda Maxime Desprey 4 21 April Romagné Valentin Guillod Kevin Horgmo Valentin Guillod 5 5 May Bitche Jeremy Van Horebeek Bogdan Krajewski Jeremy Van Horebeek 6 26 May Villars-sous-Écot Maxime Desprey Maxime Desprey Maxime Desprey 7 16 June Ernée Jordi Tixier Gregory Aranda Gregory Aranda
Elite MX2 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 25 February Lacapelle-MarivalCancelled 2 17 March Basly Mathys Boisramé Mathys Boisramé Mathys Boisramé 3 31 March Castelnau-de-Lévis Mathis Valin Mathys Boisramé Mathis Valin 4 21 April Romagné Mathis Valin Mathis Valin Mathis Valin 5 5 May Bitche Thibault Maupin Toni Giorgessi Toni Giorgessi 6 26 May Villars-sous-Écot Mathis Valin Mathys Boisramé Mathys Boisramé 7 16 June Ernée Mathis Valin Mathis Valin Mathis Valin
Circuit locations
Elite MX1
Participants TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR Honda 1 Valentin Guillod 2–4, 6 24 Kevin Horgmo 2–4, 6 89 Jeremy Van Horebeek 5 Yamaha Racing Switzerland Yamaha 4 Arnaud Tonus 6 De Baets Yamaha MX Team Yamaha 6 Benoît Paturel 2 Team LB Racing KTM 14 Arnaud Aubin 7 Schmicker Racing KTM 17 Cornelius Tøndel 3 Team GSM HBI Dafy Michelin Yamaha Yamaha 20 Gregory Aranda 2–7 72 Lucas Imbert 4–7 141 Maxime Desprey 2–7 Yamaha Auto-Motos Saint-Dizier Yamaha 34 Bogdan Krajewski 2–7 DAM Racing Gas Gas Benelux Gas Gas 46 Mike Roose 3 Team Castro MX Kawasaki 51 Sergio Castro 3 KTM Tech 32 Racing KTM 57 Pierre Goupillon 2–5 Pneu S1 Yamaha 61 Pako Destercq 2–5 Team Berryli4ni Gas Gas 68 Romain Pape 4 Kawasaki 817 Jason Clermont 4 MM85/CBO/Kawasaki Agen Kawasaki 85 Cédric Soubeyras 5 Team VHR Racing Gas Gas 100 Scotty Verhaeghe 2–4 156 Maxime Sot 2, 5–6 Honda 109 Antoine Bordron 3 Honda 117 Gaetan Pich 5 Team TMX Competition Yamaha 131 Adrien Malaval 2–7 KMP Honda Racing powered by Krettek Honda 145 Pascal Jungmann 5 911 Jordi Tixier 3, 5, 7 KTM Metz KTM 169 Victor Krompholtz 5–7 KTM 191 Nicolas Leblanc 2 Honda 223 Alexandre Viltard 2, 4 KMP MX Shop Honda 241 Leopold Lichey 5 Honda 243 Kévin Bouhelier 6 Honda 254 Raphaël Gouley 2 Team Cassard Husqvarna 256 Maxence Cassard 6 Team WID Motorsport KTM 258 Alan Guyot 4, 7 320 Dorian Werlé 4, 7 720 Ilann Werlé 4, 7 838 Raphaël Dauphinot 7 Andrey Cycle Shop/KTM Switzerland KTM 301 Noah Vampa 6 Team BHM Racing Kawasaki 323 Nicolas Cottenet 2 758 Raffaël Blond 2, 4 KTM 328 Enzo Douaud 4 Honda 338 David Herbreteau 4 KTM 348 Remy Amand 6 KTM 364 Logan Huguenote 6 KTM 390 Eliott Lambert 4 Honda 400 Florent Becker 5 Kawasaki 407 Enzo Solo 2 Honda 410 Vincent Corre 4 Honda 433 Gregory Puech 3 Yamaha Motor Schweiz Yamaha 453 Flavio Wolf 5 Honda 454 Steven Gougeon 7 Honda 475 Maxime Maille 5 KTM Metz KTM 504 Damien Sanzey 5–6 KTM 530 Anthony Blanchet 7 2F MX VPS Développement Yamaha 533 Tom Provost 4 JDM Motos Husqvarna 544 Quentin Boudot 6 Team MX 85 KTM 546 Victor Legeard 4, 7 Motoland Amiens KTM 577 Antonin Léonard 2 Fantic 648 Jordan Robidou 4 Honda France Honda 700 Lars van Berkel 5 B.R. Motos Husqvarna Husqvarna 709 Nil Bussot 3 HotMotorbike Gas Gas Gas Gas 710 Adrien Wagener 2–3 Floride Moto/GVP Marseille Kawasaki 725 Antonin Mille 2–7 Krismotos Challans Yamaha 752 Julien Pelletier 2, 4, 6–7 GCC Swiss Racing Team Husqvarna 760 Nicolas Bender 5 Espace Aubade/GBMX KTM 766 Jimmy Noirot 6 Honda 804 Samuel Lecossier 4 KTM 811 Enzo Gregori Garrido 6 JB Racing Team Gas Gas 831 Brice Maylin 2–6 RFK Racing Honda 844 Quentin Sans 3 Honda 858 Tom Petithory 3–4, 6–7 KTM 877 Guillaume Pouget 7 KTM Faktory KTM 940 Antoine Cossé 2–4, 6 Auto Motos Saint Dizier Yamaha 946 Daymond Martens 5 Yamaha 971 Tino Basso 7 KTM 995 Luidji Couvert 7Source:
Riders Championship Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike BAS CAS ROM BIT VIL ERN Points 1 Maxime Desprey Yamaha 1 1 1 2 2 6 2 3 1 1 3 7 260 2 Valentin Guillod Honda 3 2 2 3 1 3 4 3 251 3 Gregory Aranda Yamaha 2 4 5 1 3 2 4 5 2 2 2 1 248 4 Kevin Horgmo Honda 5 3 8 5 5 1 3 4 216 5 Adrien Malaval Yamaha 10 8 7 7 4 4 6 11 6 5 4 3 182 6 Bogdan Krajewski Yamaha 4 10 11 11 9 8 11 1 8 7 6 5 167 7 Pierre Goupillon KTM 6 7 4 6 7 5 3 4 130 8 Brice Maylin Gas Gas 7 6 6 8 Ret 10 8 10 7 19 108 9 Lucas Imbert Yamaha 11 11 19 7 10 8 5 4 94 10 Antonin Mille Kawasaki 16 17 18 12 12 14 13 DNS 11 9 9 9 91 11 Jordi Tixier Honda 3 4 20 DNS 1 2 86 12 Antoine Cossé KTM 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 Ret 83 13 Julien Pelletier Yamaha 14 12 14 15 12 10 8 8 75 14 Jeremy Van Horebeek Honda 1 2 47 15 Scotty Verhaeghe Gas Gas 11 11 10 10 DNS DNS 42 16 Tom Petithory Honda 15 15 21 25 16 16 13 13 38 17 Maxime Sot Gas Gas 15 13 10 DNS 20 11 36 18 Pako Destercq Yamaha 13 15 12 13 Ret 17 DNS DNS 35 19 Raffaël Blond Kawasaki 12 14 13 13 32 20 Arnaud Tonus Yamaha 5 6 31 21 Cédric Soubeyras Kawasaki 5 8 29 22 Benoît Paturel Yamaha 8 5 29 23 Arnaud Aubin KTM 7 6 29 24 Romain Pape Gas Gas 6 7 29 25 Lars van Berkel Honda 9 6 27 26 Daymond Martens Yamaha 7 9 26 27 Adrien Wagener Gas Gas 17 16 14 14 23 28 Jason Clermont Kawasaki 8 12 22 29 Tino Basso Yamaha 10 10 22 30 Raphaël Dauphinot KTM 11 11 20 31 Nicolas Bender Husqvarna 12 12 18 32 Quentin Boudot Husqvarna 13 12 17 33 Victor Krompholtz KTM 18 DNS 19 18 17 17 16 34 Maxime Maille Honda 14 13 15 35 Damien Sanzey KTM DNS DNS 14 14 14 36 Alexandre Viltard Honda 18 18 16 18 14 37 Guillaume Pouget KTM 15 14 13 38 Alan Guyot KTM 23 26 14 15 13 39 Florent Becker KTM 15 14 13 40 Ilann Werlé KTM 18 21 12 DNS 12 41 Kévin Bouhelier Honda 15 15 12 42 Quentin Sans Honda 13 18 11 43 David Herbreteau Honda 15 16 11 44 Victor Legeard KTM 20 22 Ret 12 10 45 Gaetan Pich Honda 17 15 10 46 Luidji Couvert KTM 16 16 10 47 Antoine Bordron Honda 16 16 10 48 Enzo Gregori Garrido KTM Ret 13 8 49 Logan Huguenote KTM 17 17 8 50 Gregory Puech Honda 17 17 8 51 Dorian Werlé KTM 17 19 20 DNS 7 52 Flavio Wolf Yamaha 16 DNS 5 53 Steven Gougeon Honda 19 18 5 54 Remy Amand KTM 18 20 4 55 Anthony Blanchet KTM 18 DNS 3 56 Antonin Léonard KTM 19 20 3 57 Samuel Lecossier Honda 19 24 3 58 Nicolas Cottenet Kawasaki Ret 19 2 59 Enzo Douaud KTM Ret 20 1 60 Nicolas Leblanc KTM 20 22 1 Raphaël Gouley Honda 21 23 0 Enzo Solo Kawasaki Ret 21 0 Jordan Robidou Fantic 22 23 0 Vincent Corre Honda Ret DNS 0 Maxence Cassard Husqvarna Ret DNS 0 Jimmy Noirot KTM Ret DNS 0 Noah Vampa KTM Ret DNS 0 Tom Provost Yamaha DNS DNS 0 Eliott Lambert KTM DNS DNS 0 Pascal Jungmann Honda DNS DNS 0 Leopold Lichey Honda DNS DNS 0Riders not eligible to score championship points Sergio Castro Kawasaki 14 12 0 Nil Bussot Husqvarna 13 14 0 Mike Roose Gas Gas 20 16 0 Cornelius Tøndel KTM Ret DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike BAS CAS ROM BIT VIL ERN Points
Elite MX2
Participants