IIn 2012, Flanders will host the Motocross of Nations. In September of that year, the world's most famous motocross race will take place at the Stedelijk Motorcrosscentrum in Lommel. However, this means that the Belgian MX1/MX2 GP, which has been held in Lommel in recent years, may have to move to another location.
Because the number of World Cup-level circuits is few and far between in Flanders, there is a chance that they will move to Wallonia. Then of course the Citadel of Namur will surface again, but given the high costs that this location entails, that chance seems very small. The chance that the Belgian The 2012 GP taking place in the Shanks sand quarry of Mont-Saint-Guibert is big again. In the past three years, the Shanks quarry has been the setting for the Final of the Belgian Championship, organized by the Racing Moto Club Pierreux. Fred Moisse, the secretary of RMC Pierreux, announced in the regional press that the club will sit down with Eric Geboers and Stefan Everts, who are now organizing the Belgian World Cup round in Lommel. The Walloon Brabanders have high hopes that the World Cup circus will descend on their circuit in the summer of 2012.
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