Monster Energy Triumph Factory Racing’s Guillem Farres has enjoyed a bittersweet weekend at the second round of the 2025 MX2 World Championship to ultimately place 10th overall. His race one 16th was improved upon considerably in race two, when the Spaniard ran third before two crashes relegated him to sixth.

Farres’ teammate, Camden McLellan, had a strong start to the day with a 10th place finish in Race One, but while running third in Race Two, he went off track and his Triumph machine became stuck in the mud. Camden ultimately placed 15th overall on the day.

Farres arrived at the first of his two home Grands Prix this season with high hopes of delivering strong results for himself, the team, and his native fans who braved the rain that soaked the Cozar circuit. As the fourth-fastest rider in time practice on Saturday, he certainly underlined his speed, then placed 10th in the qualifying race to begin the weekend on a positive note.

However, disaster struck early in race one when a rider in front of Farres fell, and the Spanish star could not avoid the stricken machine. As a result, the 21-year-old crashed and was fortunate to avoid injury or damage to his TF 250-X. From there, in seriously tough conditions, Guillem worked his way back to 16th by the finish.
Race two started much more positively, with sunshine breaking through. Moving into third place by lap three, Farres looked strong before a small crash on lap six dropped him to fourth. Another fall, just as the rain returned, pushed him back to sixth, where he remained until the finish. His results placed him 10th overall on the day, and he now moves up to ninth in the series standings.

Camden McLellan was looking forward to maintaining his strong start to the 2025 season in Spain and placed 10th in race one. Just like Farres, he started up front in race two and comfortably held third for a few laps until he went off track and hit a pile of mud that was scraped from the track. Unable to remove his bike, his race was frustratingly over. Camden leaves Spain 11th in the championship after two rounds.

The MX2 World Championship continues next weekend over the weekend of March 22-23 at Saint Jean d’Angely in France.

Guillem Farres

“My home GP was definitely a tough one! Conditions were pretty bad all weekend and in time practice I had the fourth fastest time. So that was pretty good and then in the qualifying race I was 10th after a couple of crashes. In race one, someone fell in front of me, and I couldn’t avoid their bike, so I crashed as well. It was pretty big and I was lucky to be OK. I got back to 16th, which wasn’t great, but I was glad to be healthy after that crash. I then had a great start in the second moto and moved up to third before having a small tip over. I dropped to fourth then another crash dropped me to sixth. Not the best result this weekend but not the worst either, so we’ll keep working and go again next weekend in France.”

Camden McLellan

“That’s the second round done and it’s been a really wet one. With the team we made some great improvements to the bike ahead of this race and they worked really well on track. The second race was a little disappointing. After a great start, I was running third and then I went off track and got stuck in a huge pile of mud, so that was my race over. But despite the results the bike is working awesome and I’m excited to be racing again next weekend.”

Vincent Bereni – Monster Energy Triumph Racing Team Manager

“Round two was not the best because of the conditions. They were really bad for everyone and it was definitely a difficult day for all involved. Racing in weather like this is always a gamble and things didn’t quite go our way today. As a team we’ll hit the reset button and be ready for France next weekend.”

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Racing History

• First established in 1902, Triumph Motorcycles has a glorious racing history, competing in and winning races in almost every class and field of motorcycle sporting achievement. From winning the second ever Isle of Man TT in 1908, through to 1960s road and track domination in Europe and America, right up to contemporary racing achievements with the Triumph triple powered 2014 and 2015 SuperSport titles and World SuperSport racing, Isle of Man SuperSport TT wins in 2014 and 2019, courtesy of Gary Johnson and Peter Hickman, plus an average speed of over 130mph 2023 by Peter Hickman on his Triumph STR765, and a thrilling last-lap victory at the legendary Daytona 200 by Brandon Paasch on the Street Triple 765 in 2022.
  
  
• Triumph’s racing legend continues as the exclusive engine supplier to the FIM Moto2™ World Championship since the start of the 2019 season. Triumph Motorcycles provides all the teams with race-tuned 765cc triples, each of which is based on the class-leading Street Triple RS powerplant. Redefining the class, Triumph broke record after record in the inaugural year, including the first ever +300km/h Moto2™ top speed. Reflecting these great successes, the wonderful feedback, and partnerships that Triumph have had with the riders and their teams, and the incredible response from Triumph fans across the world, Triumph and Dorna decided to extend the relationship in 2021 and again in 2023, signing a new contract for another five years of racing: 2025 – 2029.
  
  
• In 2021 Triumph announced its forthcoming entry into the Motocross and Enduro worlds with the single-minded ambition and commitment to develop a championship winning team.
  
  
• In 2022, the appointment of Team Principal Bobby Hewitt and Team Manager Stephen ‘Scuba’ Westfall was announced. The team will be located at a dedicated new state-of-the-art private race facility in the USA.
  
  
• In 2023, Triumph announced its intention to compete in the 2024 MXGP/MX2 and SuperMotocross World Championships and confirmed the appointment of two top class riders to lead its race development testing. Clément Desalle joined as test rider for the Triumph Racing MXGP/MX2 Team, run by Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni, and Ivan Tedesco joined as full-time test rider for the Triumph Racing US SuperMotocross World Championship Team, led by Bobby Hewitt.
  
  
• In September 2023, Triumph’s new 250cc motocross bike was revealed in public for the first time, at the SuperMotocross World Championship Final at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in California.
  
  
• In October 2023, Monster Energy was unveiled as the title sponsor of the MX2 team, named ‘Monster Energy Triumph Racing’ and the race bike was unveiled at the Motocross of Nations. In November the riders Mikkel Haarup and Camden McLellan were announced.
  
  
• In January 2024, the Triumph Racing SuperMotocross team line-up was announced with Jalek Swoll and Evan Ferry racing the 250SX East Supercross series, while Joey Savatgy joins them for the Pro Motocross series later in the year.
  
  
• In February 2024, Triumph Racing competed at its first ever Supercross event in Detroit in the 250SX East category with its new Triumph TF 250-X, while the Monster Energy Triumph Racing competed in Spain as a pre-season warm-up for the MX2 World Championship, followed by a further pre-season race in France.
  
  
• On March 10 2024 Triumph lined up for its first ever FIM Motocross World Championship event with the Monster Energy Triumph Racing Team in Patagonia, Argentina. Mikkel Haarup made history by taking a podium third for Triumph’s inaugural outing with the TF 250-X, scoring 5-2 results across the two motos including a holeshot award for an incredible start in the second race. His teammate Camden McLellan went 11-6 for an impressive ninth overall.
  
  
• Jalek Swoll took Triumph’s first Heat Race win with the TF 250-X in Philadelphia at Round Eight of the 2024 AMA Supercross 250SX East Championship on April 27. The Triumph racer went on to demonstrate the bike’s strong capabilities, battling for the podium the majority of the Main Event, although he ultimately crashed out while making the pass for second position in the closing stages of the moto.
  
  
• 25th May 2024 the Triumph Racing team lined-up for the AMA Pro Nationals for the very first time with riders Joey Savatgy and Jalek Swoll.
  
  
• 16th September 2024 Triumph announces Jonny Walker as its first signing to its Enduro programme. Walker will race in the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship, as well as select EnduroGP and Hard Enduro events.
  
  
• 13th October 2024 Triumph Racing won the National Sportbike Championship with PTR Triumph Racing’s Richard Cooper and the Triumph Daytona 660. Luke Stapleford took runner-up in the British Supersport Championship for Macadam Triumph Racing aboard the Triumph Street Triple 765-based machine.
  
  
• The Monster Energy Triumph Racing Team of Mikkel Haarup and Camden McLellan concluded the 2024 season with fifth and ninth overall in the MX2 World Championship standings. Both riders concluded the season with podium finishes and Triumph was proud to have raced at the sharp end of the competition all season.
  
  
• In early October 2024, Jonny Walker delivered a spectacular performance at the Enduro of Champions event in Newcastle by taking a win for the Triumph Factory Racing Enduro team aboard the TF 250. At the end of October 2024 Walker took a win at round four of the Endurocross Championship in America. Walker competed in the first four events, achieved a 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 1st before heading back to Europe.
  
  
• Jalek Swoll took Triumph Racing’s first AMA ProMotocross podium in August 2024 with third overall at round nine of the series at the iconic Unadilla track in New Berlin, New York. Swoll concluded the British manufacturer’s debut season in seventh, Savatgy was 12th.
  
  
• In December 2024 Jonny Walker took Triumph’s first FIM SuperEnduro World Championship podium in Gliwice, Poland with third place, a feat he repeated at the second round in Riesa, Germany on the 4th January.
  
  
• For 2025 Triumph Racing lines up for SuperMotocross with a four-rider team. Jalek Swoll, Austin Forkner, Jordon Smith, Stilez Robertson will race for the British manufacturer, who will compete on both coasts of Supercross and the full Pro Motocross series with the TF 250-X. In the FIM MX2 World Championship Camden McLellan will compete for a second year aboard Triumph machinery, while Guillem Farres joins the team. Mikkel Haarup remains as a test rider (due to age restrictions in the MX2 category).
  
  
• On Saturday 11th January 2025 Jordon Smith took Triumph’s very first AMA Supercross podium at the Angel Stadium in Anaheim (250SX West Championship), after only 11 Supercross races for the British manufacturer.