Seb pourcel
fra, 26 years, Kawasaki racing team Seb Pourcel will be hoping for a return to the days of 2008 when he led 20,000 delirious French fans on the hillside of St Jean D’Angely in a version of La Marseillaise in celebration of his victory. Crashes and injuries (shoulder, knee and head) have not been kind and surely a last outing on the factory Kawasaki beckons if he cannot rediscover the speed that dazzled the world at the ‘08 Nations.
evgeny bobryShev
rus, 23 years, honda World Motocross The Russian was the surprise of 2010 where his unforgiving approach to a maiden MX1 season created several top five finishes and painted the affable ‘Bobby’ as everyone’s favourite underdog. His balls-on-the-line style backfired in Brazil where he practically wrote-off his season but the British Champion had already done enough to become a factory Honda rider for 2011 and is bound to spring more surprises.