Steve Ramon

Steve Ramon

Nationality	Belgian
Born	29 December 1979 (1979-12-29) (age 36) Bruges, Belgium
Motocross career
Years active	1996 - 2011
Teams	Suzuki
Championships	2003 MX2 FIM Motocross World Champion , 2007 MX1 FIM Motocross World Champion
GP debut	1996, GP da Bélgica, 125cc

Steve Ramon (born 29 December 1979 in Bruges) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer.

Ramon was the 2003 MX2-GP World Champion. He repeated as MX1-GP world champion in 2007 although he did not win a single GP in that year.^[1] Ramon raced for the Teka Suzuki team managed by former world champion Eric Geboers and his brother Sylvain Geboers, until an injury ended his GP career in 2011. He also won the Belgian national championship in 1999 (in the 125cc category), 2004 and 2006 (both in the MX1-GP category). In 2014 Ramon ended third at the Le Touquet Enduro beach race in France.

References

↑ Steve Ramon career profile

External links

Steve Ramon official site (Dutch) (English)
Team Suzuki web site

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steve Ramon.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Stefan Everts	World Champion - MX1 2007	Succeeded by David Philippaerts

MX1 world champions¹

1957 - B. Nilsson
1958 - R. Baeten
1959 - S. Lundin

1960 - B. Nilsson
1961 - S. Lundin
1962 – R. Tibblin
1963 – R. Tibblin
1964 – J. Smith
1965 – J. Smith
1966 – P. Friedrichs
1967 – P. Friedrichs
1968 – P. Friedrichs
1969 – B. Aberg

1970 – B. Aberg
1971 – R. De Coster
1972 – R. De Coster
1973 – R. De Coster
1974 – H. Mikkola
1975 – R. De Coster
1976 – R. De Coster
1977 – H. Mikkola
1978 – H. Mikkola
1979 – G. Noyce

1980 – A. Malherbe
1981 – A. Malherbe
1982 – B. Lackey
1983 – H. Carlqvist
1984 – A. Malherbe
1985 – D. Thorpe
1986 – D. Thorpe
1987 – G. Jobé
1988 – E. Geboers
1989 – D. Thorpe

1990 – E. Geboers
1991 – G. Jobé
1992 – G. Jobé
1993 – J. Martens
1994 – M. Hansson
1995 – J. Smets
1996 – S. King
1997 – J. Smets
1998 – J. Smets
1999 – A. Bartolini

2000 – J. Smets
2001 – S. Everts
2002 – S. Everts
2003 – S. Everts
2004 – S. Everts
2005 – S. Everts
2006 – S. Everts
2007 – S. Ramon
2008 – D. Philippaerts
2009 – A. Cairoli

2010 – A. Cairoli
2011 – A. Cairoli
2012 – A. Cairoli
2013 – A. Cairoli
2014 – A. Cairoli
2015 – R. Febvre
2016 – T. Gajser

¹From 1957 to 2002 the MX-1 world championship was named the 500cc motocross world championship.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.