It was a big week in Enduro, especially in Europe where the 2025 EnduroGP season got underway at the GP of Portugal with Josep Garcia winning Day 1 to prove that his recently repaired is just fine, thank you very much, and Zach Pichon took his first ever GP win on Day 2. Francesca Nocera and Kyron Bacon took the top steps of the podium on both days in GP Women and GP Junior, and we’re waiting to see if Steve Holcombe’s knee is ok after he had to abandon Day 2 while in the lead. 

In North America we saw an unfortunate last-minute race day cancellation of the NEPG’s second round Cajun Classic due to extreme weather and flooding.

On the West coast the AMA National Grand Prix Championship went off in Mesquite Nevada with Dante Oliveira and Mikayla Nielsen taking the wins and solidifying their spots at the top of the standings.

Up here in Canada we’re seeing the 2025 ISDE team starting to take shape with the Women’s Trophy team being named and the members of the Men’s and Junior Trophy teams named, but not yet fully distributed between the two teams. 

Read on for more!

On day two at the opening round of the 2025 Paulo Duarte FIM EnduroGP World Championship, it was TM MOTO Boano Factory Enduro Team’s Zach Pichon who raced to his debut EnduroGP overall victory, while taking an early lead in the championship. GASGAS Factory Racing’s Andrea Verona narrowly missed out on the win in second, with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Josep Garcia completing the podium in third.

• Zach Pichon takes his first EnduroGP win

• Francesca Nocera tops Women’s class on day two

• Kyron Bacon claims Junior class victory in Fafe

Video highlights from Day 1 of the 2025 GP of Portugal, Round 1 of the 2025 EnduroGP season where Josep Garcia (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) took the victory over Zachary Pichon and Steve Holcombe.

Day one at the opening round of the 2025 Paulo Duarte FIM EnduroGP World Championship saw Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Josep Garcia claim the overall victory in Fafe, Portugal. Despite returning from injury, the Spaniard put in an impressive performance to take the top step of the podium over TM MOTO Boano Factory Enduro Team’s Zach Pichon, with Honda Racing RedMoto Enduro Team’s Steve Holcombe in third.

• Reigning champion Garcia victorious in EnduroGP

• Kyron Bacon wins Junior with Kawasaki

• Enduro Women victory for Francesca Nocera

After a rain-soaked AKRAPOVIC Super Test on Friday night, which saw a surprise victory from SuperEnduro star Dominik Olszowy (RIEJU), the Portuguese weather improved for the first full day of racing on Saturday in Fafe. Characterised by impressive landscapes marked with huge boulders, the GP of Portugal is always a fan-favourite.

Ben Kelley (FMF KTM Factory Racing ) moves to the top of the overall GNCC standings, 6 points of XC2 rider Grant Davis (FMF KTM Factory Landers) and 15 points ahead of Davis’ XC2 teammate Gus Riordan. Beyond Davis and Riordan in the Top 3, XC2 riders hold down 4 spots in the Top 10 overall with Cody Barnes (Phoenix Racing Honda) in 6th and Josh Toth (Rocky Mountain Red Bear Kawasaki) in 9th.

One of the biggest developing stories of the 2025 GNCC season so far is defending series champion Johnny Girroir (FMF KTM Factory Racing) sitting in 10th overall after Camp Coker, 43 points out of 1st. Girroir struggled mightily in the mud of Rounds 1 and 3 (Big Buck and Talladega) scoring 0 points at Big Buck and only 10 points at Talladega. Although he did take home the win at Wild Boar in dry conditions, he again scored 0 points at Camp Coker after crashing out on lap 4. Notably, he was running uncharacteristically far back in the XC1 class at the time after finishing Lap 1 in P7, Lap 2 in P6 and Lap 3 in P8. Girroir clearly has the speed this year, based on US Sprint results and his Wild Boar win, but he is going to need consistent wins and help in terms of other riders faltering to have any hope of defending his championship.

Korie Steede (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing) continued her strong start to the 2025 GNCC season with her first win at Camp Coker Bullet. Steede hasn’t finished off of the podium yet this year and now sits in P2 overall, 6 points behind defending GNCC WXC champ Rachael Archer (Rocky Mountain Red Bear Kawasaki) and 21 points ahead of Tayla Jones (Phoenix Racing Honda). Steede has looked faster with each round of the series as she builds towards ISDE Italy in August. The WXC class is looking to be an exciting one to watch this year with the Top 3 running

We were sad to hear about Brandy Richards crashing out of the race from the lead on Lap 3 with a 38.652 second lead over Archer. Best wishes to Brandy and her loved ones, and we wish her a very successful and speedy recovery.

On Sunday, March 9, the Progressive Grand National Cross Country (GNCC Racing) Series presented by Specialized, an AMA National Championship, continued its third round of racing at Talladega, but with much different weather conditions than the previous day. Mother Nature would let loose on Sunday morning as the rain and storm cells moved through the area creating slick, muddy conditions for racers to face throughout the day.

On Sunday, March 9, the Progressive Grand National Cross Country (GNCC Racing) Series presented by Specialized, an AMA National Championship, continued its third round of racing at Talladega, but with much different weather conditions than the previous day. Mother Nature would let loose on Sunday morning as the rain and storm cells moved through the area creating slick, muddy conditions for racers to face throughout the day.

Raw video highlights from GNCC Wild Boar. In the Pro men classes we saw a great battle between Johnny Girroir (FMF KTM Factory Racing Landers) and Kalib Russell (AmPro Yamaha) with Girroir taking the win despite a crash in the closing minutes of the race. Girroir's teammate Ben Kelley took 3rd place in XC1 and the overall. FMF KTM Factory Racing Landers' Grant Davis took the XC2 Pro win over teammate Gus Riordan and Liam Draper (AmPro Yamaha). This trio also finished 4th, 5th and 6th in the overall.

In the WXC race Brandy Richards (FMF KTM Factory Racing Landers) went from 9th off the start to 1st by the end of lap 1, and then held off a late charge from 2nd-place Tayla Jones (Phoenix Honda Racing) with Korie Steede (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing) rounding out the podium in 3rd.

XC1 Pro and XC2 Pro video highlights from the 2025 GNCC Wild Boar in Palatka, Florida, where Johnny Girroir (FMF KTM Factory Racing) and Kalib Russell (AmPro Yamaha) battled to the late stages of the final lap before Girroir took the win. FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Ben Kelley took 3rd overall/3rd XC1.

FMF KTM Factory Racing Landers duo Grant Davis and Gus Riordan took 4th and 5th overall and 1st/2nd in XC2 Pro, with Cody Barnes (Phoenix Honda Racing) taking the final step of the XC2 Pro podium.

Sunday morning of the VP Racing Big Buck GNCC, round one of the Progressive Insurance Grand National Cross Country (GNCC Racing) Series presented by Specialized, an AMA National Championship, was met with a brief thunderstorm and rain. The decision was made to combine the 8 am and 10 am amateur races, to preserve the track as best they could. The sun appeared bright in the sky as the rain headed out of the area, and racing was underway at 10 am on Sunday, February 16.

Round 1 of the Redline Oil AMA National Enduro Series, the FMF Sumter National, went off in the sandy pine woods of South Carolina this past weekend. Stew Baylor Jr. (Rock Mountain Red Bear Kawasaki) and Rachel Gutish took the Pro Men and Pro Women victories, with Jason Tino (Flatrock Motorclub GasGas Factory Racing) taking home the Pro2 win.

Round 5 of the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship took place in Budapest, Hungary, this past weekend and once again we were treated to seeing Billy Bolt (Husqvarna Factory Racing) continue a Championship winning streak that goes all the way back to the third round of the 2019/2020 season – 24 straight races if you’re keeping count.

This was also the most chaotic round of SuperEnduro that we’ve seen in quite a while, with big crashes all over the course through all 3 motos including, unfortunately, a season-ending injury for Alfredo Gomez.

In the end it was Bolt, Jonny Walker (Triumph Factory Racing) and Ash Brightmore (X-Grip Racing) taking the podium spots and the top three spots in the overall. Let’s dig into how it all went down in Budapest.

Round 4 of the 2025 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship in Łódž, Poland, marked the halfway point of this year’s season, and coming into it there was absolutely no question at all that Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt is still the big dog when enduro goes inside. Bolt had won the first three rounds with only a P2 moto finish and a P2 SuperPole finish marring his almost perfect start to the campaign.

While we have previously noted that Bolt does make mistakes under pressure this season, we also have to point out that those mistakes don’t matter when no-one can take advantage of them. And (spoiler alert) we saw this again in Round 4. Read on to see how it all went down in Poland.

mpionship kicked off in the California desert this past weekend at King of the Motos. There were some big changes coming into the new season, and a last-minute story that called into question Trystan Hart’s ability to race after a gruesome injury to his clutch-side index finger that had required surgery just two weeks before the race. In the end, The Robot did some exception Robot Things and came away with the win and the red overall leader’s plate as he starts his campaign for a fifth-straight USHE overall title.

Canada’s National Cross-Country Championship, FMSQ (Fédération des Motocyclistes de Sentiers du Québec), released its preliminary 2025 racing calendar today featuring eight rounds across Québec, Ontario and New Brunswick.

The 2025 AMA US Hard Enduro Championship kicks off this weekend in the California desert at King of the Motos, which is a unique round in the series as the only navigation-based race. Last year’s King of the Motos provided fireworks as we saw Cody Webb take the win over defending series champ Trystan Hart (FMF KTM Factory Racing), snapping The Robot’s incredible multi-season series winning streak in the process. Let’s take a look at last year’s race and identify some key storylines for this year.

The 2025 Enduro and Off-road season is starting to kick into high gear, especially here in North America as we saw both the US Sprint and National Grand Prix Championship series get underway. We also saw another absolutely dominant performance from Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt as he took maximum points to win the FIM SuperEnduro Championship’s 3rd round and take an insurmountable lead in the series. The US Hard Enduro Series is getting ready to launch this Friday at King of the Motos and, for Canadian readers, the application period is now open for Team Canada ISDE 2025 in Bergamo, Italy, this August. Let’s dig into it all!

The 2024 International Six Days of Enduro (ISDE) took place in the Galicia region of NW Spain and Team Canada put together some outstanding performances including Shelby Turner (Enduro Engineering / GasGas / FXR Moto) placing 5th overall in Women’s World Trophy and 3rd place finishes for the Vet and Women’s Club teams. Let’s dig into the Team Canada story and start to look ahead to the 99th edition of the ISDE coming up this August in Bergamo, Italy.

Round 3 of the 2025 SuperEnduro Series went off in Romania, this weekend and it was Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt finishing with his second straight perfect night to take maximum points and extend his Championship lead to what seems like an insurmountable 58 points over Triumph Factory Racing’s Jonny Walker. Read on to learn more…

Round 2 of the 2025 SuperEnduro Series went off in Riesa, Germany, this weekend and it was Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt running the table for a perfect night and maximum points over Dominick Olszowy (Rieju Factory Racing) and Jonny Walker (Triumph Factory Racing). While Bolt dominated the win column, Round 2 still showcased great racing, drama, and perhaps some signs that the front end of the field might be closing the gap to Bolt. Read on to find out more…