Clément Desalle
Clément Desalle (born 19 May 1989) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2006 to 2020. Desalle raced in the premier 450cc class for his entire motocross career, finishing second four times, third twice and fourth twice. Motocross career. Born in La Louvière, Belgium, Desalle began competing in the premier MXGP class as soon as he became a professional racer in 2006. In his fourth season of competition, he won his first Grand Prix race in the Czech Republic and placed third in the 2009 FIM Motocross World Championship season  riding for the LS Motors-Honda team. Between 2010 and 2013 would rank either second or third in the motocross world championships while riding for the Teka-Suzuki team run by Sylvain Geboers with former motocross world champion Eric Geboers as the team manager. Desalle was also a member of the victorious Belgian 2013 Motocross des Nations team that included Ken De Dycker and Jeremy Van Horebeek. He joined the Kawasaki factory racing team in 2016. Descale announced his retirement in 2020 after 15 seasons. Season results. 2003: 9th 125cc French cadet class 2004: 9th 125cc French Junior class 2005 : 5th 125cc Junior world championship 9th 125cc European championship 2006: 25th MX1 world championship 8th MX1 German championship 2007: 20th MX1 world championship 5th MX1 German championship 2008: 11th MX1 world championship 2nd MX1 German championship 2009: 3rd MX1 world championship Pro open Belgian champion 2010: 2nd MX1 world championship 2011: 3rd MX1 world championship (missed three rounds due to injury) 2012: 2nd MX1 world championship 2013: 2nd MX1 world championship 2014: 4th MXGP world championship 2015: 10th MXGP world championship 2016: 8th MXGP world championship 2017: 4th MXGP world championship 2018: 3rd MXGP world championship 2019: 14th MXGP world  championship (missed 11 rounds due to injury)