# 2024 French Elite Motocross Championship

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 | Cancelled | 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-Marival | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 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

| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR | Honda | 1 | Valentin Guillod | 2–4, 6 |
| Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR | Honda | 24 | Kevin Horgmo | 2–4, 6 |
| Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR | Honda | 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 |
| Team GSM HBI Dafy Michelin Yamaha | Yamaha | 72 | Lucas Imbert | 4–7 |
| Team GSM HBI Dafy Michelin Yamaha | Yamaha | 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 |
| Team Berryli4ni | Kawasaki | 817 | Jason Clermont | 4 |
| MM85/CBO/Kawasaki Agen | Kawasaki | 85 | Cédric Soubeyras | 5 |
| Team VHR Racing | Gas Gas | 100 | Scotty Verhaeghe | 2–4 |
| Team VHR Racing | Gas Gas | 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 |
| KMP Honda Racing powered by Krettek | Honda | 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 |
| Team WID Motorsport | KTM | 320 | Dorian Werlé | 4, 7 |
| Team WID Motorsport | KTM | 720 | Ilann Werlé | 4, 7 |
| Team WID Motorsport | KTM | 838 | Raphaël Dauphinot | 7 |
| Andrey Cycle Shop/KTM Switzerland | KTM | 301 | Noah Vampa | 6 |
| Team BHM Racing | Kawasaki | 323 | Nicolas Cottenet | 2 |
| Team BHM Racing | Kawasaki | 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 | 7 |
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### 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 | BAS | CAS | CAS | ROM | ROM | BIT | BIT | VIL | VIL | ERN | 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 | | | | | 0 |
| Riders 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 | BAS | CAS | CAS | ROM | ROM | BIT | BIT | VIL | VIL | ERN | ERN | Points |