2024 Dutch Masters of Motocross explained

The 2024 Dutch Masters of Motocross season was the 7th Dutch Masters of Motocross season.

The series consisted of three rounds across the eastern part of The Netherlands, running from March to the end of April.^[1] Jeffrey Herlings was the reigning champion in the 500cc class, after he recorded a perfect season during the 2023 championship.^[2] Herlings was able to successfully defend his title, winning all but one race during the course of the season. As this gave him his fifth Dutch Masters of Motocross title, he became the most successful rider in the history of the series from its inception in 2016.

Kay de Wolf went into the season as the defending champion in the 250cc class, after picking up his fourth Dutch Masters title in the previous year. Due to his focus on the 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship, de Wolf opted to not defend his title. Rick Elzinga was able to win his second title in the 250cc class by a single point after a tight championship battle with Cas Valk.

Race calendar and results

^[3]

500cc

Round	Date	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner
1	17 March	Harfsen	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings
2	1 April	Oldebroek	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings
3	21 April	Markelo	Romain Febvre	Jeffrey Herlings	Romain Febvre

250cc

Round	Date	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner
1	17 March	Harfsen	Cas Valk	Cas Valk	Cas Valk
2	1 April	Oldebroek	Thibault Benistant	Thibault Benistant	Thibault Benistant
3	21 April	Markelo	Rick Elzinga	Thibault Benistant	Rick Elzinga

Circuit locations

500cc

^[4]

Participants

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP	Kawasaki	3	Romain Febvre	All
MX Team van Hout	KTM	4	Leon van Hout	All
	Yamaha	6	Lars Looman	All
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team	Yamaha	10	Calvin Vlaanderen^[5]	All
	Honda	14	Thallon Caspermans	2
WLM Design - Laurense Motors	KTM	15	Erik de Bruyn	All
De Baets Yamaha MX Team	Yamaha	16	Benoît Paturel	3
	Husqvarna	18	Berjn Eckelboom	1–2
	Honda	23	Menno Aussems	All
Van de Laar Racing	KTM	24	Jordy van Orsouw	1–2
GW Brink Metaal Recycling	Yamaha	26	Pim Sluiter	All
Husqvarna SKS Racing	Husqvarna	28	Jorn Weeren	2
	KTM	30	Rene de Jong	1, 3
	KTM	31	Jorre Hermans	3
JH-MX Service	Gas Gas	34	Micha-Boy de Waal	All
JM Honda Racing	Honda	37	Tim Edberg	2
Camping Cupido	Yamaha	38	Marcel Conijn	All
Team Husqvarna Scandinavia	Husqvarna	51	Albin Gerhardsson	1
Red Bull KTM South Africa	KTM	52	Cameron Durow	1
HM Racing Team	Husqvarna	71	Fynn-Niklas Tornau	1
	Kawasaki	72	Mitchell Meadows	3
Sahkar Racing	KTM	75	Hardi Roosiorg	2
Buitenhuis Racing	Yamaha	77	Kevin Buitenhuis	All
		177	Tyler Stepek	2
		522	Rob Windt	2
	Husqvarna	83	Edo Bosch	2–3
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	84	Jeffrey Herlings^[6]	All
MX88 Motorsport	KTM	88	Freek van der Vlist	All
	Yamaha	101	Jelke Baarda	1, 3
Eastwood Racing Honda	Honda	103	Max Broadbelt	1–2
Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR	Honda	107	Lars van Berkel	1
Cat Moto Bauerschmidt Husqvarna	Husqvarna	108	Stefan Ekerold	1
Van der Velden Motoren	KTM	118	Joël van Mechelen	2–3
Pro-Race Ferro Recycling Team	Husqvarna	121	Mitchel van den Essenburg	1, 3
MotoLand Seclin	KTM	134	Mattéo Puffet	3
JTX Racing Team	KTM	136	Loeka Thonies	2–3
		152	Petar Petrov	All
KTM Silve Racing	KTM	142	Jere Haavisto	1–2
	KTM	145	Jeroen Bussink	All
KTM Sarholz Racing Team	KTM	149	Dennis Ullrich
Van Klinken MX Sports	Gas Gas	170	Joey van Klinken	2
	KTM	192	Youri van't Ende	All
je68 KTM	KTM	198	Jesper Hansson	1
Sigmans Yamaha	Yamaha	217	Teun Cooymans	All
Enduro Koch Racing	Husqvarna	224	Jakub Terešák	1–2
Brouwer Motors	KTM	241	Michel Hoenson	2–3
	KTM	244	Max Bülow	1
Lexa MX Racing Team	Husqvarna	249	John Adamson	1–2
Nobis MX Team	KTM	303	Krijn van Vroenhoven	3
Team SHR Motorsports	Yamaha	313	Petr Polák	2
		491	Paul Haberland	2
		822	Mike Bolink	1–2
Gabriel SS24 KTM	KTM	326	Josh Gilbert	3
	Yamaha	336	Mika Ritsema	1, 3
	KTM	375	Reggy de Koster	All
Nilssons MC Gas Gas	Gas Gas	397	Axel Nilsson	1
Twenty Racing Suspension Gas Gas	KTM	444	Jeremy Knuiman	1–2
Fantic Nederland/MVDecals MX Team	Fantic	521	Boris Blanken	All
	Husqvarna	575	Calvin te Vaarwerk	All
De Dakencentrale BV	Yamaha	611	Patrick Tuin	1, 3
OPTIFLEX Technisch Beheer	Yamaha	701	Sjaak Taskin	1
Schmicker Racing	KTM	811	Adam Sterry	1
AMX Racing Team	KTM	817	Raf Meuwissen	1–2
	Yamaha	825	Sven Post	All
Kapers Motoren	TM	826	Nick Leerkes	All
Laurense Motors	Kawasaki	841	Robert Fobbe	All
NGR Racing Products	KTM	843	Daniël Wendels	1–2
APM Metaalservice	Yamaha	867	Dimitri van de Sanden	All
VisuAlz Production by SAS Kawasaki	Kawasaki	891	Paul Ullrich	1–2
	KTM	969	Boyd Otten	1

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	HAR		OLD		MAR		Points
1	Jeffrey Herlings	KTM	1	1	1	1	3	1	145
2	Romain Febvre	Kawasaki	2	2	2	2	1	2	135
3	Calvin Vlaanderen	Yamaha	3	3	3	3	2	3	122
4	Micha-Boy de Waal	Gas Gas	9	9	5	5	4	4	92
5	Freek van der Vlist	KTM	6	6	6	7	8	7	86
6	Jere Haavisto	KTM	4	4	4	4			72
7	Petar Petrov	KTM	19	7	7	6	6	Ret	60
8	Marcel Conijn	Yamaha	14	13	10	9	16	8	56
9	Jeremy Knuiman	Gas Gas	5	8	8	11			52
10	John Adamson	Husqvarna	10	12	11	8			43
11	Jakub Terešák	Husqvarna	11	20	9	10			34
12	Nick Leerkes	TM	18	14	13	17	10	Ret	33
13	Josh Gilbert	KTM					5	5	32
14	Jeroen Bussink	KTM	15	19	19	14	15	12	32
15	Joël van Mechelen	KTM			18	13	12	10	31
16	Boris Blanken	Fantic	22	Ret	Ret	DNS	7	6	30
17	Adam Sterry	KTM	8	5					29
18	Rene de Jong	KTM	20	21			9	9	26
19	Robert Fobbe	Kawasaki	12	11	DNQ	DNQ	26	15	26
20	Albin Gerhardsson	Husqvarna	7	10					25
21	Mitchel van den Essenburg	Husqvarna	21	15			11	17	21
22	Youri van't Ende	KTM	25	24	21	16	17	13	20
23	Mattéo Puffet	KTM					13	11	18
24	Loeka Thonies	KTM			20	19	14	14	17
25	Mike Bolink	Yamaha	26	18	14	15			17
26	Petr Polák	Yamaha			16	12			14
27	Michel Hoenson	KTM			23	18	28	16	10
28	Dimitri van de Sanden	Yamaha	28	25	24	20	18	18	10
29	Lars van Berkel	Honda	17	16					9
30	Hardi Roosiorg	KTM			12	Ret			9
31	Raf Meuwissen	KTM	13	Ret	Ret	DNS			8
32	Calvin te Vaarwerk	Husqvarna	35	31	30	26	21	19	7
33	Lars Looman	Yamaha	32	26	22	30	19	24	7
34	Tim Edberg	Honda			15	DNS			6
35	Kevin Buitenhuis	Yamaha	36	34	33	28	23	22	6
36	Teun Cooymans	Yamaha	23	29	26	22	20	23	6
37	Cameron Durow	KTM	16	27					6
38	Stefan Ekerold	Husqvarna	24	17					5
39	Reggy de Koster	KTM	Ret	36	31	27	29	21	5
40	Paul Haberland	Yamaha			17	25			5
41	Jordy van Orsouw	KTM	29	23	25	21			4
42	Erik de Bruyn	KTM	30	32	Ret	23	DNS	25	4
43	Edo Bosch	Husqvarna			36	31	30	28	4
44	Mika Ritsema	Yamaha	39	37			Ret	27	3
45	Leon van Hout	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	32	32	Ret	29	3
46	Paul Ullrich	Kawasaki	37	Ret	34	29			3
47	Krijn van Vroenhoven	KTM					22	20	2
48	Axel Nilsson	Gas Gas	31	22					2
49	Thallon Caspermans	Honda			27	24			2
50	Jorre Hermans	KTM					24	26	2
51	Fynn-Niklas Tornau	Husqvarna	33	28					2
52	Mitchell Meadows	Kawasaki					32	30	2
53	Sven Post	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	31	31	2
54	Jesper Hansson	KTM	27	30					2
55	Jelke Baarda	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ			27	32	2
56	Max Broadbelt	Honda	34	35	Ret	Ret			2
57	Max Bülow	KTM	38	33					2
58	Patrick Tuin	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ			25	Ret	1
59	Pim Sluiter	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	33	Ret	1
60	Jorn Weeren	Husqvarna			29	Ret			1
61	Tyler Stepek	Yamaha			28	Ret			1
62	Joey van Klinken	Gas Gas			35	Ret			1
	Menno Aussems	Honda	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNS	0
	Rob Windt	Yamaha			DNS	DNS			0
	Benoît Paturel	Yamaha					DNS	DNS	0
	Daniël Wendels	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ			0
	Berjn Eckelboom	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ			0
	Boyd Otten	KTM	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Sjaak Taskin	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ					0
Pos	Rider	Bike	HAR		OLD		MAR		Points

250cc

^[4]

Participants

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Duntep MX	Husqvarna	3	Sander Hofstede	All
Schmicker Racing	KTM	12	Dave Kooiker	1
Klok Dakkapellen/Arcabo	Yamaha	15	Svenn Borger	All
Smienk Racing Team	KTM	19	Wessel Smienk	2–3
	KTM	21	Greg van der Weide	1, 3
JP Xtreme Xperience	KTM	29	Sander Agard-Michelsen	All
		354	Ruben Koskamp	All
		487	Elias Auclair	1
		644	Thijs Schroder	3
	Husqvarna	30	Mats Leeuwesteijn	1, 3
SV Motorsport	Yamaha	32	Marcus-Lee Soper	2–3
Fantic Factory Racing MX2	Fantic	33	Kay Karssemakers	2–3
Bruggen Tweewielers	Yamaha	35	Ward Monkel	All
Hofstede MX Team	Husqvarna	38	Karl Timmerman	All
		86	Jesper Gils	All
TDW MotoParts	KTM	42	Twan de Weerd	3
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha	44	Rick Elzinga^[7]	All
		198	Thibault Benistant	2–3
	KTM	46	Jay Raamsteeboers	2
Team VRT Yamaha Racing	Yamaha	47	Kārlis Reišulis	2
		432	Ivano van Erp	2
		772	Jānis Reišulis	2
Brouwer Motors	Husqvarna	49	Wessel van Wijk	1, 3
	KTM	64	Bart Poland	1
KTM Kosak Racing	KTM	75	Bradley Mesters	1–2
Heli Motors	Gas Gas	84	Boyd van der Voorn	2–3
	Gas Gas	88	Eric van Helvoirt	All
	KTM	98	Dylan Kroon	All
	KTM	100	Danny van den Bosse	1
Arcabo Ten Kate Motoren	Honda	101	Mirco ten Kate	All
Twenty Racing Suspension Gas Gas	Gas Gas	111	Damien Knuiman	1–2
Vema Beton	Gas Gas	114	Nicolas Vennekens	1
AIT Racing Team	KTM	123	Federico Tuani	All
		150	Xavier Cazal	1–2
Hannamax Motorsport	KTM	124	Didier van Kasteren	2
	Fantic	127	Mats Danenberg	1
	KTM	131	Damian Zdunek	1
	Yamaha	138	Patrick van Pelt	3
Young Motion powered by Resa	KTM	142	Sampo Rainio	1–2
		338	Filip Olsson	1–2
	Gas Gas	505	Arvid Lüning	1–2
WZ Racing KTM	KTM	151	Oriol Oliver	1–2
		262	Ryan Alexanderson	1–2
		427	Håkon Fredriksen	1
VS Benelux	Yamaha	164	Remy van Alebeek	2
	KTM	167	Levi Schrik	1–2
Gabriel SS24 KTM	KTM	172	Cas Valk	All
Ovaa Motors	Husqvarna	197	Jordan-Lee van Maaren	All
Hannamax Motorsport Team	Yamaha	199	Joshua van der Linden	1, 3
GT Husqvarna MX Team	Husqvarna	201	Robin van Oldeniel	All
	TM	210	Lucas Dolfing	1–2
JM Honda Racing	Honda	214	Håkon Østerhagen	1, 3
		494	Maximilian Werner	All
	KTM	221	Wout Jordans	All
	KTM	222	Jake Sheridan	3
Lexa MX Racing Team	Husqvarna	285	Calum Mitchell	1–2
		421	Bayliss Utting	1
	KTM	310	Richard Paat	1–2
JM Racing Astra Honda	Honda	325	Delvintor Alfarizi	3
Mulderen FlevoTrans B.V. Tollebeek	Husqvarna	400	Roan Tolsma	All
KMP Honda Racing powered by Krettek	Honda	408	Scott Smulders	1–2
AVT Campers	KTM	410	James Barker	All
	KTM	411	Shaun Mahoney	1
Mellendijk Motorparts	KTM	419	Jan Spliethof	All
Hannamax Motorsport	KTM	422	Tyler Eltink	3
Husqvarna South Africa	Husqvarna	442	Barend Du Toit	1
MX-Handel Racing	Husqvarna	444	Sebastian Leok	1
Grizzly Racing	KTM	469	Ryan de Beer	3
AMX Racing Team	Husqvarna	474	Magnus Gregersen	2
Brouwer Motors	KTM	485	Senna van Voorst	All
Schepers Racing	KTM	488	Sven Dijk	All
	KTM	521	Rick Wichertjes	All
RX Moto Husqvarna	Husqvarna	524	Miro Varjonen	1
Brouwer Motors	KTM	537	Damian Wedage	All
DAM Racing	KTM	563	Wesly Dieudonné	1
Motor Centrum Eibergen	KTM	555	Max Schwarte	1–2
Motor2000 KTM Racing Team	KTM	601	Kelton Gwyther	All
K-Tech Aristo Cars Racing	KTM	616	Ollie Colmer	1
Joramo Offroad Shop/Husqvarna Benelux	Husqvarna	634	Maeron Peeters	1–2
Van der Wardt Bouw	KTM	715	Jaap Janssen	All
	Gas Gas	722	Jarno Bleekman	3
	KTM	726	Xander Vossebeld	1–2
Pol Motors	Gas Gas	812	Sem de Lange	1
WPM KTM Team	KTM	814	Maik Verhoef	1

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	HAR		OLD		MAR		Points
1	Rick Elzinga	Yamaha	2	3	3	3	1	2	129
2	Cas Valk	KTM	1	1	4	4	2	3	128
3	Thibault Benistant	Yamaha			1	1	3	1	95
4	Sander Agard-Michelsen	KTM	10	8	8	10	4	6	81
5	Maximilian Werner	Honda	6	7	12	12	5	8	76
6	Oriol Oliver	KTM	4	2	7	5			70
7	Bradley Mesters	KTM	5	5	10	7			57
8	Jānis Reišulis	Yamaha			2	2			44
9	Kay Karssemakers	Fantic			9	Ret	6	5	43
10	Håkon Østerhagen	Honda	14	23			7	4	40
11	Håkon Fredriksen	KTM	3	4					38
12	Damian Wedage	KTM	16	20	18	11	18	7	36
13	Roan Tolsma	Husqvarna	28	17	16	18	8	13	34
14	Damien Knuiman	Gas Gas	15	15	14	8			32
15	Arvid Lüning	Gas Gas	8	12	17	15			32
16	Ivano van Erp	Yamaha			6	6			30
17	Mirco ten Kate	Honda	Ret	13	19	23	9	14	30
18	Dave Kooiker	KTM	7	6					29
19	Sampo Rainio	KTM	13	9	13	Ret			28
20	Robin van Oldeniel	Husqvarna	17	Ret	DNS	DNS	10	9	27
21	Federico Tuani	KTM	30	Ret	25	17	12	10	26
22	Ryan Alexanderson	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	11	9			22
23	Greg van der Weide	KTM	22	24			11	11	22
24	Scott Smulders	Honda	12	10	20	20			20
25	Calum Mitchell	Husqvarna	11	11	26	DSQ			21
26	Filip Olsson	KTM	32	14	31	13			17
27	Joshua van der Linden	Yamaha	23	Ret			15	12	16
28	Kārlis Reišulis	Yamaha			5	Ret			16
29	Tyler Eltink	KTM					13	15	14
30	Sander Hofstede	Husqvarna	34	21	Ret	22	14	17	14
31	Magnus Gregersen	Husqvarna			15	14			13
32	Wesly Dieudonné	KTM	9	Ret					12
33	Boyd van der Voorn	Gas Gas			21	21	19	16	9
34	Dylan Kroon	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	32	28	17	18	9
35	Xavier Cazal	KTM	29	30	22	16			8
36	Max Schwarte	KTM	19	18	27	19			8
37	James Barker	KTM	33	22	DNQ	DNQ	16	Ret	7
38	Sem de Lange	Gas Gas	39	16					6
39	Senna van Voorst	KTM	18	Ret	33	29	DSQ	21	6
40	Sven Dijk	KTM	24	25	Ret	25	Ret	19	5
41	Jordan-Lee van Maaren	Husqvarna	26	26	24	Ret	21	26	5
42	Svenn Borger	Yamaha	37	34	30	26	26	Ret	5
43	Marcus-Lee Soper	Yamaha			28	32	22	23	4
44	Richard Paat	KTM	36	31	23	24			4
45	Jan Spliethof	KTM	38	33	DNQ	DNQ	23	25	4
46	Ruben Koskamp	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	29	31	31	31	4
47	Miro Varjonen	Husqvarna	21	19					3
48	Karl Timmerman	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNS	20	20	2
49	Eric van Helvoirt	Gas Gas	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	29	22	2
50	Ward Monkel	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	25	24	2
51	Jake Sheridan	KTM					24	27	2
52	Levi Schrik	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	34	27			2
53	Ollie Colmer	KTM	31	27					2
54	Rick Wichertjes	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	27	28	2
55	Jesper Gils	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	33	29	2
56	Lucas Dolfing	TM	20	29	DNQ	DNQ			2
57	Twan de Weerd	KTM					32	32	2
58	Danny van den Bosse	KTM	35	32					2
59	Wessel van Wijk	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ			30	33	2
60	Kelton Gwyther	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	34	35	2
61	Thijs Schroder	KTM					35	36	2
62	Jaap Janssen	KTM	25	28	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	2
63	Mats Leeuwesteijn	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ			28	DNS	1
64	Patrick van Pelt	Yamaha					DNQ	30	1
65	Maeron Peeters	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	30			1
66	Delvintor Alfarizi	Honda					Ret	34	1
67	Elias Auclair	KTM	27	Ret					1
	Ryan de Beer	KTM					Ret	DNS	0
	Xander Vossebeld	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret			0
	Wout Jordans	KTM	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
	Wessel Smienk	KTM			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
	Sebastian Leok	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Shaun Mahoney	KTM	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Bayliss Utting	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Maik Verhoef	KTM	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Nicolas Vennekens	Gas Gas	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Bart Poland	KTM	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Barend du Toit	Husqvarna	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Damian Zdunek	KTM	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Mats Danenberg	Fantic	DNQ	DNQ					0
	Remy van Alebeek	Yamaha			DNQ	DNQ			0
	Didier van Kasteren	KTM			DNQ	DNQ			0
	Jay Raamsteeboers	KTM			DNQ	DNQ			0
	Jarno Bleekman	Gas Gas					DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos	Rider	Bike	HAR		OLD		MAR		Points

Notes and References

1. News: 2024 Dutch Masters of Motocross calendar announced. Edward Stratmann. mxvice.com. 13 October 2023. 9 March 2024.
2. Web site: DUTCH MASTERS KAMPIOENEN 2023 BEKEND: HERLINGS, DE WOLF, REISULIS EN HEITINK. May 30, 2023. nieuwsmotor.nl. March 9, 2024.
3. News: 2024 Dutch Masters of Motocross calendar announced. Press Release. dutchnewstoday.com. 13 October 2023. 12 March 2024.
4. News: Deelnemerslijsten en tijdschema Dutch Masters Harfsen. motocrossplanet.com. 14 March 2024. 16 March 2024.
5. News: Calvin Vlaanderen IN for the 2024 Dutch Masters of Motocross. Santiago Crevoisier. mx1onboard.com. 23 January 2024. 12 March 2024.
6. News: Jeffrey Herlings signs up for the Dutch Masters series in 2024. Press Release. gatedrop.com. 15 December 2023. 12 March 2024.
7. News: Rick Elzinga zegt toe voor de Dutch Masters of Motocross 2024. Arno Van de Brink. dutchmastersofmotocross.nl. 5 January 2024. 12 March 2024.