2020 season

 I hope you all had a great Christmas and that you are staying safe from the virus! 

I myself had a great Christmas in Sweden with my family and will soon head back to work in Italy! Sometimes it’s nice to get back home and regroup a bit, but now I can’t wait to go back to Italy!

I just wanted to rewind a bit and go back to look what we accomplished in 2020 season. It’s been ups and downs but this year the ups were higher than the downs!

The season started of bad, With an injury just before the season opener in valkenswaard Holland. And I missed the first round. This hurt me mentally because I knew I was ready to battle and that I was fast! But sometimes this sport is like this.

During my recovery the virus hit the world hard and all racing was canceled and the world was on lockdown at some points. This was terrible for a lot of people also me but this break meant that I could fully recover before getting back on the bike without no rush, which was good! I also had long time to prepare for the season to start up again and so I did.

In this time I graduated school and I was feeling really good on the bike, and I could focus 100% on motocross. Shortly after I graduated I moved down to Holland with my team Riley racing Yamaha and was taken care by Olaf Haazen and his family and together we worked hard during the break and I can’t thank him and his family enough for that time and for the whole season!

Then the break was over and finally we could go racing! And the season started of again in Latvia, where I road really consistent and got my first ever top 3 race results and my first ever top 5 overall finishes, actually during the 3 races there I got 3x top 5 overall finishes!

I returned to Holland happy but determined to go on the podium and i world really hard for this together with my trainer Rickard Sandberg and the next race was Italy Mantova.

Mantova will from now on always be a special place for me as during the 3 races I scored my first ever overall podium! It felt so good, this is something I’ve dreamed about for a long time and finally the work is starting to pay of!
But I also had 2 difficult races at the same track as I did not feel like myself riding but I left Mantova with my dad in a top 5 overall position in the championship standing!

Next rounds was Spain and Belgium. And before Spain I spent some time with my old trainer Steven Frossard and that really helped me as his hard pack skills effected my riding and I felt quite good! And the results of that race in Spain was decent and good for me because i only did about 2 trainings of hard pack in all of the year. But I was still determined to get back on the box.

So Lommel Belgium was next and I felt so good I knew I was fast in this track!
But I had some problems crashes and bike problems kept me from top positions but I gave it my best and ended of the season with the last moto of the last race finishing in 3rd. It felt good but also bad because I knew if I didn’t have those problems I would have been again on the box and also I would have been top 5 in the championship standings. But now I finished of in 6th and that’s actually not so bad either because I missed some races due to problems and injury in the beginning of the season.

Overall I’m so happy about this season because I know now that I am a contender for top positions for next year and with my new team signing with ghidinelli Yamaha racing the goal is nothing less!

I want to thank everyone for your efforts this season I know it’s been tough on everyone but I could be more grateful! 

 

Both Yamaha moto Europe and Scandinavia, fanatic support and help , next year will be our 6year together it says it all 👑

The biggest Thanks again Olof , for everything you did for me and the Riley team cannot thank you enough 🙏!

Dbc , cannot thank you enough for your effort that you put in to me!

Alpinestars, fantastic mxgears!

Oakley, the best goggles!

Rg3 Mats for your superb suspension!

Mafi , you are for always give me help and support that we need!

Fairing, Fantastic sport nutrition !

Airmousse, tiremousse in world class!

OneGripper , sadelgrip in world class!

Made stickers, big big thanks for support!

Power by JJ , for making power to me!

BiokleenBikewash ,clean bikes !

Gasolspecialisten , super thanks 🙏 

Sandins Elservice, massive thanks!

Racing time watches for keeping me on time!

And world of thanks for everything that I put you throw ,almost every day ,super coach #richi4 🙏

 

Now I want to wish you all a happy new year and I hope you keep me in mind because next year!, already feels really good!