The 2026 French Elite Motocross Championship season was the 78th French Motocross Championship season.

The series consisted of six rounds for the two main categories, running from March to mid-June. Kevin Horgmo was the reigning champion in the Elite MX1 class, after picking up his first senior French Elite crown in 2025. After a close fought campaign, Maxime Desprey would ultimately take his fifth senior national title, beating Horgmo by fifteen points.

Mathys Boisramé was the reigning champion in Elite MX2, after he won his third senior title in the previous season. Spanish rider Francisco García would be crowned champion in his first year racing in the series, after winning three of the six overall rounds.

Race calendar and results

Elite MX1 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 1 March Castelnau-de-Lévis Tom Vialle Maxime Desprey Maxime Desprey 2 5 April Saint-Jean-d'Angély Kevin Horgmo Thibault Benistant Kevin Horgmo 3 26 April Romagné Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings 4 3 May Frotey-lès-Vesoul Maxime Desprey Kevin Horgmo Maxime Desprey 5 17 May Gaillac-Toulza Tom Vialle Tom Vialle Tom Vialle 6 14 June Iffendic Romain Febvre Romain Febvre Romain Febvre

Elite MX2 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 1 March Castelnau-de-Lévis Francisco García Francisco García Francisco García 2 5 April Saint-Jean-d'Angély Francisco García Francisco García Francisco García 3 26 April Romagné Francisco García Mathys Boisramé Mathys Boisramé 4 3 May Frotey-lès-Vesoul Francisco García Francisco García Francisco García 5 17 May Gaillac-Toulza Mathis Valin Mathis Valin Mathis Valin 6 14 June Iffendic Mathis Valin Mathis Valin Mathis Valin

Circuit locations

Elite MX1

Participants TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds Team Honda Motoblouz SR Motul Honda 9 Thibault Benistant 1–5 24 Kevin Horgmo All Team TMX Competition KTM 11 Calvin Fonvieille All 2B Moto Beta Beta 14 Arnaud Aubin 6 758 Raffaël Blond All 817 Jason Clermont All Honda HRC PETRONAS Honda 16 Tom Vialle 1, 5 84 Jeffrey Herlings 3 FB Factory Motorsport Husqvarna 27 Hugo Manzato 2, 5 831 Brice Maylin 2–5 STTL/MotoTeam81/S-Tech Racing Products Yamaha 1 De Nardo Yamaha Racing Yamaha 31 Adrien Malaval All 810 Yann Crnjanski 4 Team GSM HBI Dafy Michelin Yamaha Yamaha 34 Bogdan Krajewski 1–5 141 Maxime Desprey All Triumph France/TLD Moto France Triumph 49 Tom Guyon 1–2, 6 Team VHR Yamaha 64 Romain Pape 2–3, 6 Yamaha 70 Shaun Vinel 1–2, 4–5 MB Team Honda 85 Cédric Soubeyras 1 Team Ride Innovation Development Kawasaki 95 Enzo Casat All Diabolic Moto/MR Constructions Husqvarna 97 Dorian Juin 1 Stark 99 Jimmy Grajwoda 1–3, 5 Yamaha 105 Enzo Gapaix 1–2, 4 Yamaha 109 Loïc Rombaut 1–2, 6 Yamaha 154 Noa Quinzeling 2, 4, 6 Team MS Motorsport Fantic Drag’on Tek Fantic 156 Maxime Sot 2 Yamaha 161 Loukas Poulain 1, 3 Suttel Group ADN Honda Honda 166 Loan Bourroumana 1–2 Suzuki 169 Victor Krompholtz 4 Yamaha France/Yam Center Merignac Yamaha 190 Joey Nuques 5 JMP Camp's MX School KTM 193 Tanguy Prost All Suzuki 194 Florian Bertin 1, 3 MRT Racing Team Honda 208 Axel Billottet 1–5 Yamaha 216 Enzo Boutin 2 Yamaha 222 Enzo Da-Ré 1–2, 5 Team Moindrot Sport Loisir Yamaha 233 Oscar Ciret 1 Beta 238 Charly Teillet 2 Team New Bike Yamaha Yamaha 259 Julien Lebeau 1 KTM 283 Dylan Brillant 2–3, 5 Stark Future/Oxmoto Stark 338 David Herbreteau 1–3, 5 NITRX Racing Team Kawasaki 342 Mathieu Santoni 1 Yamaha 346 Alex Dietre 1, 4 Yamaha 353 Tom Ferreira 4 Gas Gas 379 Florian Vicente 1–3, 5 Honda 381 Thomas Herpin 2 Yamaha 403 Tom Migault 2 Kawasaki 431 Jeremy Coen 1 KTM 455 Jean-Charles Schneider 4 JMSX Racing Team TM 471 Johan Marillier 1 Cap Motos 25 KTM 485 Alexis Schmitt 4 KTM 505 Dorian Koch 1 Chave Motos Honda 520 Jimmy Clochet All Yamaha 531 Nathan Laquière 2 Honda 536 Enzo Di Guisto 1–3, 5 KTM 546 Victor Legeard 3 KTM 612 Thibaud Dauzac 2 Husqvarna 614 Nicolas Simonnet 4 Yamaha 616 Cyril Bassan 2 Suttel Group ADN Honda/Moto Park Montpellier Honda 630 Romain Martin 1–2, 5 Honda 643 Antoine Colombet 2 Yamaha 646 Valentin Maillet 1 Kent1Moto/NC Racing Gas Gas 648 Florian Pirard 1, 5 Husqvarna 665 Stephen Farey 1 KTM 684 Marvin Darriet 2, 5 BR Motos Husqvarna 709 Nil Bussot 5 Yamaha 752 Julien Pelletier 1–3, 5–6 Husqvarna 802 Benjamin Gerber All Cobo Concept/JLB Racing Honda 819 Guillaume Brun 5 Evolution 7 Limoges Yamaha 821 Julien Bonnaudin 2 Afil Services KTM 828 Tom Dukerts 3–4 AG Motorsport Kawasaki 836 Anthony Grosjean 4 Team LR Motorsports Kawasaki 843 Julien Liaigre 2 KTM 875 Stéphane Jeannin 4 Yamaha 877 Enzo Gregori Garrido 1, 5 Featime/L2H Design Yamaha 894 Julien Cabioch 3 Yamaha 898 Alexis Laurent 1–4, 6 Beta 922 Dylan Brard All Yamaha 947 Damien Hermet 1–3, 5 Honda 948 Maxime Pelaudeix 2–3, 5 Team LH955 Yamaha 955 Lilian Henry 4 Yamaha 971 Tino Basso 1, 6 Yamaha 985 Bryan Wlodarski 1–2, 4 Team 33 Accessoires Kawasaki 991 Alexandre Bosc 2 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP Kawasaki 998 Romain Febvre 6

Riders Championship Points are awarded to riders per race in the following format: Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40+ Points 50 44 40 38 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Pos Rider Bike CDL SJA ROM VES GAT IFF Points 1 Maxime Desprey Yamaha 2 1 9 3 250 538 1 2 4 4 3 3 504 2 Kevin Horgmo Honda 10 5 1 2 834 250 5 1 5 3 2 4 489 3 Adrien Malaval Yamaha 5 8 2 7 636 834 4 5 3 6 5 7 436 4 Thibault Benistant Honda 3 2 6 1 344 344 2 3 2 2 429 5 Jimmy Clochet Honda 7 9 8 9 735 735 8 7 8 8 8 6 402 6 Calvin Fonvieille KTM 9 7 10 10 1032 1230 9 8 7 7 10 9 386 7 Jason Clermont Beta 12 21 11 12 1131 1131 6 11 10 9 6 5 369 8 Brice Maylin Yamaha 6 6 4 6 538 440 3 6 6 5 367 9 Bogdan Krajewski Yamaha 11 11 7 8 440 933 7 4 9 10 335 10 Raffaël Blond Beta 17 15 13 15 1230 1527 13 13 12 13 13 12 331 11 Tanguy Prost KTM 15 14 15 11 1329 1428 12 12 11 11 Ret DNS 284 12 Julien Pelletier Yamaha Ret 16 21 14 1626 1626 13 19 11 10 235 13 Romain Pape Yamaha 3 5 933 636 4 2 227 14 Enzo Casat Kawasaki 23 Ret 18 21 1725 Ret 20 20 18 16 17 14 227 15 David Herbreteau Stark 14 13 20 13 1428 1032 16 12 218 16 Dylan Brard Beta 20 30 24 25 2121 2121 22 23 Ret 24 14 16 213 17 Tom Guyon Triumph 8 10 5 4 7 8 205 18 Tom Vialle Honda 1 3 1 1 190 19 Damien Hermet Yamaha 21 22 17 24 1923 1824 22 21 166 20 Loïc Rombaut Yamaha 16 17 14 16 9 11 163 21 Benjamin Gerber Husqvarna DNQ 31 DNQ DNQ 2418 2220 27 26 25 23 16 17 160 22 Axel Billottet Honda 24 DNS 23 23 1824 1725 19 14 Ret DNS 151 23 Noa Quinzeling Yamaha 19 19 16 17 18 15 142 24 Tom Dukerts KTM 1527 1329 11 10 117 25 Alexis Laurent Yamaha DNQ 35 32 32 2319 2616 23 27 15 Ret 117 26 Shaun Vinel Yamaha 30 28 26 Ret 24 24 21 22 112 27 Romain Febvre Kawasaki 1 1 100 28 Dylan Brillant KTM 30 28 2517 2418 26 25 90 29 Bryan Wlodarski Yamaha 26 24 29 33 25 21 88 30 Maxime Pelaudeix Honda Ret Ret 2022 2022 23 20 83 31 Alex Dietre Yamaha 27 23 17 18 79 32 Cédric Soubeyras Honda 4 4 76 33 Jimmy Grajwoda Stark 29 Ret 22 22 Ret 1923 Ret Ret 73 34 Enzo Di Guisto Honda 34 32 DNQ DNQ 2913 2715 27 27 72 35 Enzo Gregori Garrido Yamaha Ret 25 15 14 69 36 Yann Crnjanski Yamaha 10 9 63 37 Julien Lebeau Yamaha 13 12 57 38 Romain Martin Honda 33 29 33 31 24 Ret 55 39 Julien Bonnaudin Yamaha 12 17 53 40 Joey Nuques Yamaha 14 15 53 41 Lilian Henry Yamaha 14 15 53 42 Alexis Schmitt KTM 15 16 51 43 Maxime Sot Fantic 16 18 48 44 Loan Bourroumana Honda 32 27 31 26 48 45 Nil Bussot Husqvarna 19 17 46 46 Hugo Manzato Husqvarna Ret 20 17 Ret 45 47 Jeremy Coen Kawasaki 18 19 45 48 Guillaume Brun Honda 20 18 44 49 Mathieu Santoni Kawasaki 19 20 43 50 Nicolas Simonnet Husqvarna 18 22 42 51 Dorian Koch KTM 22 18 42 52 Anthony Grosjean Kawasaki 21 19 42 53 Florian Bertin Suzuki 28 34 2220 DNS 40 54 Julian Cabioch Yamaha 2715 2319 34 55 Victor Legeard KTM 2616 2517 33 56 Jean-Charles Schneider KTM 26 25 31 57 Stephen Farey Husqvarna 25 26 31 58 Arnaud Aubin Beta 12 Ret 29 59 Tino Basso Yamaha Ret DNS Ret 13 28 60 Florian Vicente Gas Gas DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 28 26 28 61 Cyril Bassan Yamaha 27 30 25 62 Alexandre Bosc Kawasaki 28 29 25 63 Victor Krompholtz Suzuki 30 28 24 64 Tom Ferreira Yamaha 29 29 24 65 Marvin Darriet KTM 36 Ret Ret 28 18 66 Enzo Gapaix Yamaha 36 Ret DNQ DNQ 28 Ret 18 67 Enzo Boutin Yamaha 25 Ret 16 68 Loukas Poulain Yamaha DNQ DNQ 2814 DNS 14 69 Thibaud Dauzac KTM Ret 27 14 70 Johan Marillier TM 35 33 14 71 Thomas Herpin Honda 34 34 14 72 Antoine Colombet Honda 35 35 12 73 Florian Pirard Gas Gas 31 Ret Ret DNS 10 Charly Teillet Beta Ret Ret 0 Enzo Da-Ré Yamaha DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret DNS 0 Dorian Juin Husqvarna Ret DNS 0 Stephane Jeannin KTM DNS DNS 0 Valentin Maillet Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0 Oscar Ciret Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0 Tom Migault Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0 Julien Liaigre Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0 Nathan Laquière Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0Riders ineligible for championship points Jeffrey Herlings Honda 1 1 0 Pos Rider Bike CDL SJA ROM VES GAT IFF Points

Elite MX2 Participants