28.06.2026
MXGP 2026, Round 10 of 19, Agueda, Portugal
The Coenen brothers, Lucas and Sacha, starred at Agueda for the Grand Prix of Portugal as 2026 MXGP tipped into the second half of the calendar. The Belgians took their Red Bull KTM machinery to podium results around the rapid layout and large jump sections of the clay-like terrain for round ten of the season.
Highlights and key moments from Agueda:
- World championship leader Lucas Coenen wins a moto and then finishes 2nd to be runner-up overall in Portugal for his fifth consecutive podium finish and seventh trophy of the season
- Sacha Coenen climbs the MX2 rostrum with 3rd on the day and for his fourth set of silverware in succession with the KTM 250 SX-F
- Top ten rankings for Andrea Adamo (7th) in MXGP and Simon Laengenfelder (5th) in MX2
- MXGP will change continent this week and will head to South Africa for the first time since 2008 with the journey to the Terra Topia circuit close to Johannesburg
MXGP moved from central Italy to the far west of the Europe for the annual trip to Agueda and the Grand Prix of Portugal. The dark red soil was fast and bumpy thanks to the bright and hot weather conditions in the country. Red Bull KTM came to the Iberian Peninsula for the second time in 2026 with the red plates in both categories and with podium results in the last four rounds of MXGP and the last five of MX2.
On Saturday Lucas Coenen took a confident victory in the MXGP Qualification Heat (also winning 10 championship points) for his fourth Pole of the year and second from the last three Grands Prix. Andrea Adamo picked up points for P6. Sacha Coenen was P2 in the MX2 outing as world champion Simon Laengenfelder scored an encouraging P3.
Lucas shot into the lead of the first moto on Sunday. He then controlled a gap over his pursuer to win by nearly four seconds. The success was his eleventh of the campaign (from the 19 held to that point). He briefly held the same position in the second moto but had to accept 2nd place which meant the same standing for the day. As a consequence of the motos, Coenen nudges his red plate margin up a point to 57 over Jeffrey Herlings.
Andrea had some decent starts on the KTM 450 SX-F and set a consistent top ten speed. The rookie registered 8th and 7th for 7th overall.
In MX2 Sacha suffered a crash through the waves section early in the first moto that meant he had to ride harder to recover from 18th to 6th. In the second moto he resumed ‘normal service’ and flew to a positive 2nd to ensure a seventh visit to the podium this year and conserve a 32-point gap at the top of the division. Simon went 3-6 in Agueda to miss the top three by just one point. The German is 3rd in the table.
In the latest round of the European EMX125 Championship Ricardo Bauer claimed the overall win on his KTM 125 SX with a 2-1 haul in Portugal. The young Austrian is only 19 points away from countryman and fellow KTM rider Moritz Ernecker in the championship; Ernecker was 14th overall at Agueda.
It’s been 18 years since the FIM World Championship raced on South African soil and now the Terra Topia circuit will entertain MXGP for the first time, taking the series to the north of the capital for the third Grand Prix in three weeks.
Lucas Coenen, 1st and 2nd for 2nd overall in MXGP: “Consistency was key. I knew I’d won the Quali race and the first moto so the weekend was already good. I have to say that I’m a clean rider but I will also take any opportunities that are there. Overall, not bad. We’ll take the positives today and look on to South Africa next week.”
Andrea Adamo, 8th and 7th for 7th overall in MXGP: “I wanted more from this weekend but on Saturday morning I didn’t have the best feeling on the track. Nothing came easy and I was not riding like normal. It took a lot of energy to ride and hard to be smooth. It can happen! We always keep learning and the results were not too bad. We brought some points home. Our goal is to stay in the top five or a close as possible. Now we move on, South Africa next.”
Sacha Coenen, 6th and 2nd for 3rd overall in MX2: “A mistake in the first moto that messed up my weekend but…I took some good points. I know what happened: I went double-double and came up short. A stupid mistake and we’ll try to avoid another in South Africa.”
Simon Laengenfelder, 3rd and 6th for 5th overall in MX2: “We made some changes this week and tried to go back to my old set-up. It gave me some confidence and 3-3 with the Quali race and the first moto was not too bad. I wanted a bit more intensity and I missed some fire in that second race. I tried to push myself but it was really hard to get going and keep fighting. I was struggling to take risks on track. But, yes, we’ll keep on working.”
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Results MXGP Portugal 2026
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED), Honda, 2-1
2. Lucas Coenen (BEL), Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 1-2
3. Romain Febvre (FRA), Kawasaki, 3-3
7. Andrea Adamo (ITA), Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 8-7
Standings MXGP 2026 after 10 of 19 rounds
1. Lucas Coenen (BEL), Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 506 points
2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED), Honda, 449
3. Romain Febvre (FRA), Kawasaki, 394
6. Andrea Adamo (ITA), Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 313
8. Kay de Wolf (NED) Husqvarna, 273
Results MX2 Portugal 2026
1. Guillem Farres (ESP), Triumph, 1-1
2. Janis Reisulis (LAT), Yamaha, 2-4
3. Sacha Coenen (BEL) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 6-2
4. Liam Everts (BEL), Husqvarna 5-3
5. Simon Laengenfelder (GER), Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 3-6
Standings MX2 2026 after 10 of 19 rounds
1. Sacha Coenen (BEL) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 477 points
2. Guillem Farres (ESP), Triumph, 445
3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER), Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 415
5. Liam Everts (BEL), Husqvarna, 397
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