Roan van de Moosdijk wants to extend his lead in the standings. Valentin Guillod returns to Gaildorf from the USA. The newly crowned European champion Jere Haavisto is aiming for the top three.

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The second half of the ADAC MX Masters season starts next weekend (8/9 August) with several highlights at MSC Gaildorf. This year, the club is celebrating its 100th anniversary with the four racing classes ADAC MX Masters, ADAC MX Youngster Cup, ADAC MX Junior Cup 125 and ADAC MX Junior Cup 85 on the storied track.

Roan van de Moosdijk (NL/KTM Kosak Racing Team) will be the leader of the ADAC MX Masters class. In the ADAC MX Youngster Cup, Nicolai Skovbjerg (DK/SixtySeven Racing Team) holds the lead. After a break from events, the ADAC MX Junior Cup 125 continues, with Lucas Leok (EST/KTM MX Futures) in front. Patriks Cirulis (LAT/Schmicker Silve Racing) travels to the ADAC MX Junior Cup 85 with the red plate of the leader. In addition to the racing action, Gaildorf offers visitors a colourful supporting programme for the whole family from morning to night.

After a summer break of around two months, the ADAC MX Masters enters the decisive final phase of the season. Roan van de Moosdijk wants to defend and further extend his newly won championship lead at the weekend. Although his previous main rival Max Nagl (D/Dörr Motorsport Triumph Racing) is missing due to injury, Maximilian Spies (D/Becker Racing), Tom Koch (D/KTM Sarholz Racing Team) and the newly crowned European Champion of the Open class Jere Haavisto (FIN/Schmicker Silve Racing) will make life as difficult as possible for him.

All three have already won races this season and Koch and Spies have already won the event classification in Gaildorf in the past. Valentin Guillod (CH/SHR Motorsports by Hartje) has also shone there and is using a break in the American championship for a guest start in Europe. Jörgen-Matthias Talviku (EST/SHR Motorsports by Hartje) will roll to the starting gate just as motivated after being promoted to official works rider as Noah Ludwig (D/KTM Sarholz Racing Team), who is on the upswing and striving for his first event podium of the season.

With Tomas Kohut (CZ/Motoprox MRA Racing Team), Kevin Brumann (CH/MX-Handel Husqvarna Racing) and other guest starters, many international top riders will be at the starting gate. German riders such as Peter König (D/KTM GST Berlin Racing), who finished third in the EMX Open last weekend, the leader of the DMX Open Max Thunecke (D/Johannes-Bikes Suzuki), Cato Nickel (D/KMP-Honda-Racing powered by DVAG), Paul Haberland (D/MX-Academy Honda Racing), Mark Scheu (D/Johannes-Bikes Suzuki) and Toni Hoffmann (D/BVZ Racing) also want to shine with top positions.

In addition to the professionals of the ADAC MX Masters, the ADAC MX Youngster Cup, ADAC MX Junior Cup 125 and ADAC MX Junior Cup 85 will also compete in Gaildorf with young talents from over 25 nations. The ADAC MX Masters and ADAC MX Youngster Cup classes will each contest three ranked races at the weekend, with two races each in the two ADAC MX Junior Cup classes. The first races for championship points will take place on Saturday, immediately after the Last Chance race.

In addition to the races, there is a full supporting programme for the spectators on site in Gaildorf with a large fan mile, a freely accessible paddock and a large marquee with live music on three evenings. Young visitors have the opportunity to try out small quads and PW50 motorcycles on the Yamaha quad course.

On Sunday from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Roan van de Moosdijk, Tom Koch, Jere Haavisto, Noah Ludwig and Valentin Guillod will be available to the fans at the autograph session at the ADAC MX Masters truck. To mark the club's anniversary, the festival tent will start on Thursday evening with a varied musical programme, when the Gaildorf town band will call for a beer tasting.

On Friday from 8 p.m., the VolXX LIGA will play in the marquee. On Saturday, the cover rock band SHARK will bring the marquee to a boil with the legendary MX party and on Sunday, DJ One of us will provide the musical finale to the event. Tickets for the event can be purchased online in advance at the Ticket shop of the MSC Gaildorf can be bought.

All races from Gaildorf will be broadcast in a free live stream. Between the runs, numerous interviews provide entertainment and up-to-date information. The livestream will be available on adac.de/mx-masters . On Saturday, the show starts at 3:00 p.m., on Sunday the broadcast with part 1 starts at 9:50 a.m., part 2 starts at 12:40 p.m.

The digital programme booklet as well as schedules and starter lists are available at Gaildorf available.