Jago Geerts

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Jago Geerts
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Geerts in 2022
Nationality Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian
Born21 April 2000 (2000-04-21) (age 24)
Geel, Belgium
Motocross career
Years active2017-Present
Teams•Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team (2017-Present) [1]
Championships 0
Wins•MX2: 24

Jago Geerts (born 21 April 2000) is a Belgian professional motocross rider who has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2017. [2] He finished second in the MX2 World Championship from 2020 to 2023.

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Motocross Career

2014

In 2014, Geerts won the 85cc European Championship and placed fifth in the 85cc Junior World Championship.

2016

2016 Saw Geerts win both the 125cc European Motocross Championship and the 125cc Junior Motocross World Championship.

2017

In 2017, Geerts placed eighth in the 250cc European Motocross Championship. He made his debut in the MX2 World Championship at the GP of Belgium.

2022

Geerts fell short of the 2022 MX2 World Championship by 4 points. He was the winner of 6 Grand Prix’s and missed out on the podium only twice all season.

2023

Heading into the 2023 Season Jago was a strong favourite for the MX2 Championship, having finished 2nd three years in a row. He won three of the first six rounds until being sidelined by injury. He returned at round nine & won three of the next five rounds until bad luck struck again and injury ended his championship hopes. He ended the season second in points with 8 Grand Prix wins, furthermore ending his successful MX2 career with 24 GP wins.

MXGP Results

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2018 MX2972110189210114661694OUTOUTOUT1079.356%8th
2019 MX28932926321510951041124--6.3333%3rd
2020 MX21361124297122391112--3.7267%2nd
2021 MX2121131612684456221711--5.1144%2nd
2022 MX23123111123224111332--2.5589%2nd
2023 MX2115312OUTOUT93111DNFOUT4311-2.4780%2nd
2024 MXGPDNSOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTDNS11DNSOUTOUTOUTOUT11.00-33rd

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References

  1. "Motocross - Jago Geerts". the-sports.org. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. "Jago Geerts Profile". mxgp.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.