Clément Desalle
Clément Desalle is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2006 to 2020. Desalle raced in the MXGP class his entire motocross career, finishing both second & third thrice.
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. Desalle announced his retirement in 2020 after 15 seasons.
GP wins
- Loket 9 August 2009
- Canelinha 13 September 2009
- Agueda 9 May 2010
- Kegums 27 June 2010
- Fermo 12 September 2010
- Sevlievo 10 April 2011
- Glen Helen 15 May 2011
- Agueda 12 June 2011
- Loket 7 August 2011
- Agueda 10 June 2012
- Uddevalla 1 July 2012
- Losail 2 March 2013
- Loket 4 August 2013
- Bastogne 18 August 2013
- Matterley Basin 25 August 2013
- Arco di Trento 13 April 2014
- Talavera de la Reina 11 May 2014
- St. Jean d'Angely 1 June 2014
- Teutschenthal 22 June 2014
- Assen 28 August 2016
- Ernée 28 May 2017
- Orlyonok 11 June 2017
- Orlyonok 1 May 2018
Season results
2003: 9th 125cc French cadet class2004: 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
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