Jaydin Smart and Tymon Andrzejewski take dominant victories in the YZ85 and YZ65 races respectively at the 2026 YZ BLU CRU FIM Europe Cup SuperFinale in front of a spectacular crowd at the Motocross of Nations in Ernée, France.
The day began with the YZ85 race, with Roko Ivandič from Croatia taking an impressive holeshot straight out of the gate, ahead of Colombia’s Martín Ospina, and Slovenia’s Leo Gasjer in third. Early weekend favourite, American rider Jaydin Smart struggled out of the gate, dropping down as far as eight place on the opening lap.
With Ivandič and Ospina battling for first and second positions, Smart made his way through the pack, charging past his competitors to get back into third place in the opening laps. With Ospina in his sights, Smart kept the pressure on and took second place from the Colombian on lap six, eventually taking the lead with three laps to go.
Brazilian rider Henri Oliveira Krug finished in fourth place ahead of Leo Gasjer in fifth and Willads Gordon finishing in sixth place for Denmark. Austrian rider Maurice Heidegger crossed the line in seventh place, with Canada’s Chandler Powell, Denmark’s Lucas Taylor and Croatian rider Stefan Lence finishing from eight to tenth respectively.
In the YZ65 class, Tymon Andrzejewski set himself as the early favourite and looked to build on his 2025 2025 YZ65 BLU CRU Europe Cup SuperFinale win in Sweden, as he lined up at the starting gate alongside his competitors.
However, it was Great Britains Tommy Wood who launched himself to the front of the pack with an incredible holeshot. The British rider wouldn’t hold the lead for long though, as Andrzeweski charged past to take the lead halfway through the opening lap, with Wood in second place and the USA’s Ezra Armbruster in third.
Francis, Armbruster and Wood battled and traded places throughout the race before disaster struck for Wood as he lost the front and crashed out of third position, leaving Armbruster in second with Francis in the final podium spot.
Holding onto fourth position, and over 14 seconds behind third place, Wood remounted and set off charging back towards the top three riders. A crash for Hudson Francis on the fourth lap would gift Wood a podium position as he climbed to third, with Ezra Armbruster also crashing out on the face of a jump on the last lap – gifting Wood second place at the finish.
Tymon Andrzejewski crossed the line in first place, the Polish rider cementing his dominance with an over 30 second lead ahead of Wood, with Armbruster holding onto third.
Slovenia’s Matic Maček crossed the line in fourth place after catching and passing Hudson Francis on the last lap, while Hugo Blascos was the highest finishing Spanish rider in sixth place. Close behind was Portugal’s Rodrigo Garcia in seventh and Canadian rider Kayden Mueller in eight. Finnish riders Felix Lind and Martti Kaurinkoski rounded out the top ten in ninth and tenth respectively.
Tomorrow will see the YZ125 riders take to the track at 09:20 CET for the closing day of the weekend, with French rider Arnot Cazet taking first place in qualifying in front of his home crowd, with Storm Maymann from Denmark and Luis Santeusanio from Switzerland taking second and third.
Jaydin Smart – YZ85 P1
“I got off to a pretty bad start, but I just tried my best and kept passing people. I’m really happy to take the win in front of such a big crowd.”
Tymon Andrzejewski – YZ65 P1
“It was a really good race for me, I’m very happy with it and enjoyed being part of the BLU CRU SuperFinale”
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