Dimitri Bergé Explained

Dimitri Bergé
Nationality:French
Birth Date:5 February 1996
Birth Place:Marmande, France
Career1:Great Britain
Years2:2014–2015
Career2:Glasgow
Years3:2015, 2018
Career3:Redcar
Years4:2016
Career4:Sheffield
Years5:2017
Career5:Berwick
Years6:2018–2019
Career6:Belle Vue
Career8:Poland
Years9:2022–2023
Career9:Landshut
Years10:2024
Career10:Krosno
Career11:Sweden
Years12:2020–2021
Career12:Masarna
Years13:2022
Career13:Lejonen
Years14:2023–2024
Career14:Rospiggarna
Career15:Denmark
Years16:2021
Career16:Fjelsted
Indivyear1:2019
Indivhonour1:World Longtrack Champion
Indivyear2:2023
Indivhonour2:French national Champion
Indivyear3:2018
Indivhonour3:European Grasstrack Champion
Teamyear1:2018, 2019
Teamhonour1:World Longtrack Team champion

Dimitri Bergé (born 5 February 1996) is a motorcycle speedway rider from France.

Career

Bergés' major honours include the 2009 125cc Grasstrack and the World 250cc Longtrack Champion 2012. He was a World Under-21 finalist in 2016 and 2017 and represented France in the 2018 Speedway of Nations.

As well as Speedway he is an accomplished Long Track rider and won a bronze medal in the 2015 Individual Long Track World Championship. He won the first round in Herxheim, Germany and finished runner-up overall[1] in the 2018 Individual Long Track World Championship. He was also a member of the France team who won the Team Long Track World Championship for the first time in front of their ecstatic fans in Morizes on 1 September 2018 scoring 22 of France's 54 points winning total. Dimitri has also represented his native France in the Speedway of Nations.

He rode for the Redcar Bears having joined them in 2018.[2] He signed for Belle Vue Aces for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

In 2019, he was part of the French team, along with Mathieu Trésarrieu and David Bellego, that won the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.[3]

In 2023, he was part of the French team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland[4] and he also won his first French Individual Speedway Championship.[5] [6] The following season in 2024, he signed for Krosno in Poland and Rospiggarna in Sweden.[7]

Family

His father Philippe Bergé was also an international speedway rider.[8]

Major results

Individual Long Track World Championship

YearGPPointsPosGP WinsGP Podiums
12211
DNC
4643rd2
58152
DNC
51082nd13
51211st14

Best Grand-Prix results

Team Long Track World Championship

European Grasstrack Championship

Speedway of Nations

YearRidersRoundPointsPos
2018Rode with David BellegoRO145th
2019Rode with David Bellego & Gaetan StellaRO164th

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home | FIM.
  2. Web site: Bears bring in two. redcarbears.co.
  3. Web site: World Longtrack Championship. GrasstrackGB. 17 July 2021.
  4. Web site: WELCOME TO SWC . FIM . 26 July 2023.
  5. Christian Weber. Speedway from around the globe . Speedway Star. 1 November 2023 .
  6. Web site: CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE DE SPEEDWAY. Moto Federation Francoise. 21 December 2023.
  7. Web site: Berge Bags new deal with Swedish side Rospiggarna . FIM . 4 March 2024.
  8. Web site: Dimitri Bergé profile . Sheffield Speedway . 15 December 2022.