2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup
The 2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup was the second running of the FIM Sand Races World Cup with a calendar expanded to 6 events. 2023 winner Todd Kellett was able to successfully defend his title in the 2024 season by winning every round.[1] 48 riders competed.[2]
Race calendar and results
The 4th round was initially scheduled to be the Weston Beach Race on 12–13 October.[3] This was later changed to the Ronde des Sables de Loon Plage on 26-27 October.[4] The Ronde des Sables Hossegor-Capbreton, originally scheduled for 7–8 December, was changed to 30 November–1 December.[5]
| Round | Date | Location | Motocycle winner | Quad winner | Womens winner | Veterans winner | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2–4 February | Enduropale du Touquet | Todd Kellett Yamaha |
Pablo Violet Yamaha |
Amandine Verstappen Yamaha |
Mickael De Souza KTM |
[6][7] |
| 2 | 23–25 February | Enduro del Verano | Todd Kellett Yamaha |
Pablo Violet Yamaha |
Amandine Verstappen Yamaha |
Javier Pizzolito Honda |
[8] |
| 3 | 26-27 October | Ronde des Sables de Loon Plage | Todd Kellett[a] Yamaha |
Keveen Rochereau[b] Honda |
Amandine Verstappen Yamaha |
Mickael De Souza Honda |
[9][10] |
| 4 | 1-3 November | Bibione Sand Storm | Todd Kellett Yamaha |
Keveen Rochereau Honda |
Amandine Verstappen Yamaha |
Gregory Deleu Fantic |
[11] |
| 5 | 22–24 November | Monte Gordo Sand Experience | Todd Kellett Yamaha |
Keveen Rochereau Honda |
Amandine Verstappen Yamaha |
Dominique Mieuzet Honda |
[12] |
| 6 | 30 November–1 December | Ronde des Sables Hossegor-Capbreton | Todd Kellett Yamaha |
Keveen Rochereau[c] Honda |
Amandine Verstappen Yamaha |
Mickael De Souza Honda |
[15] |
- ^ Belgian Cyril Genot won the race with Kellet second. However, Genot was not registered for the World Cup.
- ^ Frenchman Keveen Rochereau won the race but was not registered for the World Cup. The highest registered rider was Rochereau in third.
- ^ Non-World Cup registered Antoine Cheurlin won the race. Rochereau was the highest placed registered rider in third.[13][14]
Categories and classes
| Category | Capacity & age | Class | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Junior | Veteran | Women | ||
| Motorcycles | Up to 510 cc, 18+ years (38+ years Veteran class)[16] | ||||
| Motorcycle Junior 1 | 100-125 cc two-strokes, 13-17 years | ||||
| Motorcycle Junior 2 | Up to 250 cc four strokes, 15-17 years | ||||
| Vintage Motorcycle V1 'EVO' | Pre-1997 single shock motorcycles[a] up to 510 cc, 18+ years | ||||
| Vintage Motorcycle V2 'Classic' | Pre-1997 twin shock motorcycles[a] up to 510 cc, 18+ years | ||||
| Quad | Unlimited capacity, 18+ years (38+ years Veteran class)[16] | ||||
| Quad Junior | Up to 550 cc, 15-17 years | ||||
| Vintage Quad | Pre-2004 quads up to 800 cc, 18+ years | ||||
| SSV | Side by Side Vehicles up to 1050cc, 16+ years | ||||
| Source: [17] | |||||
Championship standings
- Points for final positions are awarded as follows:[18]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Motos
| Pos. | Rider | Make | LTO |
EDV |
RLP |
BSS |
MGS |
RHC |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Kellett | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | Jeremy Hauquier | Yamaha | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 91 |
| 3 | Maxime Sot | Gas Gas | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 68 |
| 4 | Valentin Madoulaud | Yamaha | 6 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 60 |
| 5 | Lars van Berkel | Honda | 2 | 4 | 2 | ret | 53 | ||
| 6 | Yentel Martens | Husqvarna | ret | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 52 | |
| 7 | Camille Chapeliere | Gas Gas | ret | 2 | 7 | ret | 7 | 7 | 47 |
| 8 | Joey Nuques | Yamaha | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | ret | 2 | 46 |
| 9 | Tias Callens | Yamaha | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 40 | ||
| 10 | Junior Bal | Husqvarna | 8 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 29 | ||
| 11 | Jean Collignon | Kawasaki | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 29 |
| 12 | Enzo Levrault | Gas Gas | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | ret | 12 | 28 |
| 13 | Timotée Hillairet-Collet | Gas Gas | 7 | 8 | 12 | ret | ret | 11 | 26 |
| 14 | Amandine Verstappen | Yamaha | 16 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 21 |
| 15 | Nathan Vidal | Husqvarna | ret | 17 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 14 | |
| 16 | Romain Laurent | Husqvarna | ret | 13 | 8 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 17 | Adrien Van Beveren | Honda | 5 | 11 | |||||
| 18 | Gregory Deleu | Yamaha | 22 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 9 | |
| 19 | Dominique Mieuzet | Gas Gas | 27 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 9 | |
| 20 | Daniel Wagenpfeil | Husqvarna | 20 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 21 | Mickael De Souza | KTM | 11 | 18 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 22 | Maximilien Poul | Gas Gas | 19 | 21 | 11 | ret | 21 | 8 | |
| 23 | Nicolas Bizet | Honda | 9 | 7 | |||||
| 24 | Romain Dumontier | Husqvarna | 10 | 6 | |||||
| 25 | Javier Pizzolito | Honda | 10 | 6 | |||||
| 26 | Guillaume Renaux | Yamaha | 12 | ret | 20 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 27 | Andre Vossius | Yamaha | 28 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 6 |
| 28 | Antonio Maio | Yamaha | 11 | 5 | |||||
| 29 | Thomas Buson | Kawasaki | 14 | 15 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 30 | Mathilde Denis | Honda | 21 | 16 | ret | ret | ret | 22 | 3 |
| 31 | Bernard Perard | Kawasaki | 24 | 25 | ret | 17 | ret | 3 | |
| 32 | Rémi Durand | Husqvarna | 20 | 19 | 20 | 3 | |||
| 33 | Shange Logan | Honda | 14 | 2 | |||||
| 34 | Arnaud Besnier | Yamaha | 15 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 35 | Sebastien Antony | Gas Gas | ret | 27 | 19 | ret | ret | 2 | |
| 36 | Maxime Bouyer | Gas Gas | ret | 22 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 37 | Max Bianucci | Husqvarna | 23 | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 38 | Danilo Goes | Kawasaki | 17 | 1 | |||||
| 39 | Ricardo Freire | Honda | 17 | 1 | |||||
| 40 | Stephane Dufay | Honda | 18 | 1 | |||||
| 41 | Christophe Brucker | KTM | 18 | 1 | |||||
| 42 | Camille Viaud | Yamaha | 19 | 1 | |||||
| 43 | Pierrick Paget | Triumph | 21 | 1 | |||||
| 44 | Damien Champolivier | Honda | 25 | 1 | |||||
| 45 | Mickaël Juchors | Husqvarna | 25 | 1 | |||||
| 46 | Thomas Penel | Yamaha | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 47 | Roman Jakubovskij | Gas Gas | 29 | 1 | |||||
| 48 | Vidmantas Perminas | Gas Gas | 30 | 1 | |||||
| Cyril Magni | Yamaha | ret | 0 | ||||||
| Jérémy Bonneau | Husqvarna | ret | 0 | ||||||
| Lukas Perminas | Husqvarna | ret | 0 | ||||||
| Kiara Fontanesi | Gas Gas | ret | 0 | ||||||
| Sources: [19] | |||||||||
| Pos. | Rider | Make | LTO |
EDV |
RLP |
BSS |
MGS |
RHC |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amandine Verstappen | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | Mathilde Denis | Honda | 2 | 2 | ret | ret | ret | 3 | 56 |
| 3 | Camille Viaud | Yamaha | 2 | 20 | |||||
| Kiara Fontanesi | Gas Gas | ret | 0 | ||||||
| Sources: [20] | |||||||||
| Pos. | Rider | Make | LTO |
EDV |
RLP |
BSS |
MGS |
RHC |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Deleu | Yamaha | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 98 | |
| 2 | Dominique Mieuzet | Gas Gas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 84 | |
| 3 | Andre Vossius | Yamaha | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 81 |
| 4 | Mickael De Souza | KTM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | |||
| 5 | Arnaud Besnier | Yamaha | 2 | 2 | 40 | ||||
| 6 | Bernard Perard | Kawasaki | 5 | 4 | ret | 4 | ret | 37 | |
| 7 | Javier Pizzolito | Honda | 1 | 25 | |||||
| 8 | Danilo Goes | Kawasaki | 3 | 16 | |||||
| 9 | Christophe Brucker | KTM | 3 | 16 | |||||
| 10 | Stephane Dufay | Honda | 4 | 13 | |||||
| 11 | Pierrick Paget | Triumph | 5 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | Vidmantas Perminas | Gas Gas | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Cyril Magni | Yamaha | ret | 0 | ||||||
| Guillaume Renaux | Yamaha | ret | 0 | ||||||
| Sources: [21] | |||||||||
Quads
| Pos. | Rider | Make | LTO |
EDV |
RLP |
BSS |
MGS |
RHC |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Violet | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 116 |
| 2 | Keveen Rochereau | Honda | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 111 | |
| 3 | Axel Dutrie | Yamaha | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 70 |
| 4 | Olivier Vandendijck | Honda | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 66 | |
| 5 | Manfred Zienecker | Honda | 2 | 2 | 2 | 60 | |||
| 6 | Michel Trannin | Yamaha | 3 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Antony Baillarguet | Yamaha | Ret | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Nuno Gonçalves | Yamaha | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 36 | |
| 9 | Maxime Lopes da Fonseca | Yamaha | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 35 | |
| 10 | Thierry Vigier | Yamaha | 12 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| 11 | Benoît Sebert | Yamaha | 14 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 30 |
| 12 | Emmanuel Sarran | Honda | Ret | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | ||
| 13 | Paul Waterlot | Yamaha | 9 | Ret | 14 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |
| 14 | Hugo Giambruni | Yamaha | 18 | 2 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Glenn De Swarte | Honda | 16 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 21 | ||
| 16 | Fabien Michel | Yamaha | 10 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Nathanaelle Abgrall | Yamaha | 13 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
| 18 | Paulo Fernandes | Yamaha | 15 | 10 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 10 | |
| 19 | Frederic Lefebvre | Yamaha | 7 | 9 | |||||
| 20 | Guillaume Waloszek | Yamaha | Ret | 12 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 9 | |
| 21 | Frank Violet | Yamaha | 17 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 22 | Sebastien Degrave | Yamaha | 19 | 14 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 5 | |
| 23 | Adrien Merceron | Yamaha | 15 | 1 | |||||
| 24 | Ivan Solbas Cecilia | 17 | 1 | ||||||
| Graham Guy | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| Sources: [22] | |||||||||
References
- ^ FIM. "King Kellett retains his FIM Sand Races World Cup title with Monte Gordo Sand Race double – Race Report". dirthub.co.uk.
- ^ "FIM Sand Races World Cup | FIM". www.fim-moto.com. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "Calendario 2024 Copa Del Mundo Fim Sand Races" [The 2024 Fim Sand Races World Cup Calendar Is Announced]. MX Zone Argentina (in Spanish). 21 December 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup calendar updated". Auto-Cycle Union Ltd (ACU). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
- ^ "Ronde des sables d'Hossegor (Moto-Club des Plages)" [Hossegor Sand Race (Beach Motorcycle Club)]. Kap2Cap (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ^ "Kellett starts 2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup defence on top at Enduropale du Touquet Pas-de-Calais". Auto-Cycle Union Ltd (ACU). 5 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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- ^ "FIM Sand Races World Cup pace-setters double up at Enduro del Verano". Motocrossplanet (in Dutch). 26 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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- ^ "Violet clinches Quad crown in 2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup". www.fim-moto.com. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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- ^ a b "2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup Sporting Regulations" (PDF). ffmoto.org. 19 February 2024. p. 14. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ^ a b "2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup Sporting Regulations" (PDF). ffmoto.org. 19 February 2024. p. Appendix III. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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