Red Bull Knock Out

Red Bull Knock Out
LocationScheveningen, Netherlands
52°06′57″N 4°16′49″E / 52.1157300°N 4.2801600°E / 52.1157300; 4.2801600
Corporate sponsorRed Bull
First race2006
Circuit information
SurfaceSand
Length4.5 km (2.8 mi)

The Red Bull Knock Out was a motorcycle beach race held at Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands that has been run 6 times. It was organised by Red Bull, the Royal Dutch Motorcyclists Association (KNMV), KTM and the Municipality of The Hague.[1] Know as the "toughest beach race in the world"[2] it regularly attracted over 150,000 spectators.[3]

History

The inaugural event took place in 2006 and consisted of a heat and a final. Timotei Potisek won the heat and led the final until the last lap when he crashed and handed the win to Marc de Reuver. 150,000 spectators attended.[4]

In 2007 500 riders entered. All competitors raced in the first heat that lasted an hour. The top 200 went on to the 'Knock Out Elimination' witch lasted 45 minutes and the top 50 went on to the 30 minute final which was won by Timotei Potisek.[5]

650 riders took part in 2008. A heat was run with the top 325 finishers progressing to the main race.[6] Top riders David Knight, Marc de Reuver and Timotei Potisek all suffered breakdowns whilst in the lead. The race was won by Belgium Steve Ramon.[7]

After a break of 7 years the race was revived in 2015. With an entry list expanded to 1,500,[2] a knockout system of qualifying took place on Saturday 28 November with a semi-final and the final on Sunday.[1]

The event took place over a single day in 2016, 19 November. Two heats took place in the morning to reduce the 1000 entrants to 750 for the final which took place in the afternoon. For the last 45 minutes of the final the 'x-loop' is added to the course. This 200 m (660 ft) 'minefield' section has holes, craters, logs and massive dunes to cross.[8] Reigning MX2 champion Jeffrey Herlings won the 20 lap final.[9]

In 2017 the municipality and Red Bull signed a cooperation agreement to run the race biennially in 2018, 2020 and 2022.[10]

The 2018 event was the finale of the World Enduro Super Series (WESS) took place on a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) track with 57 jumps per lap.[11] 80,000 cubic meters of sand were moved to build the course.[12] Run on 10 November it had heats in the morning to reduce the 1,000 riders to 750 to contest the main race in the afternoon.[13] Nathan Watson won the race and Billy Bolt was crowned WESS champion.[14]

Results

Caption text
Year Winner 2nd 3rd Source
2006 Marc de Reuver - Yamaha Steve Ramon - Suzuki Timotei Potisek - Honda [15]
2007 Timotei Potisek Jean-Claude Mousse William Saris [16]
2008 Steve Ramon - Suzuki Arnaud Demeester - Yamaha Johan Boonen - KTM [7]
2015 Axel van de Sande Nathan Watson Camille Chapeliere [17]
2016 Jeffrey Herlings - KTM Nathan Watson - KTM Glenn Coldenhoff - KTM [9]
2018 Nathan Watson - KTM Glenn Coldenhoff - KTM Yentel Martens : Husqvarna [14]

References

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  2. ^ a b "De Red Bull Knock Out in Scheveningen". First City Hotel. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Sandy start at the Red Bull Knock Out 2008". motorsport.uol.br. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Red Bull Knock Out". dr-dirt.de (in German). 24 April 2007. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Red Bull Knockout in Scheveningen (NL)". Offroadforen (in German). 19 December 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Enduro - Red Bull Knock Out - Holanda" [Enduro - Red Bull Knock Out - Netherlands]. MotoX (in Portuguese). 20 November 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  7. ^ a b Werner, Mike (17 November 2008). "Red Bull Knockout: And The Winner Is..." news.motorbiker.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  8. ^ Valk, Iwan van der (19 October 2016). "Track en raceformat Red Bull Knock Out 2017 vernieuwd" [Red Bull Knock Out 2017 track and race format updated]. Nieuwsmotor.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Red Bull Knock Out 2016: Herlings vence en la playa" [Red Bull Knock Out 2016: Herlings wins on the beach]. Moto1Pro (in Spanish). 11 July 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Red Bull Knock Out dit jaar niet naar Scheveningen" [Red Bull Knock Out not coming to Scheveningen this year]. myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl (in Dutch). 13 April 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Der über das Meer fährt – unorthodoxer Weg zum Red Bull Knock Out" [The one who travels across the sea – an unorthodox path to the Red Bull Knock Out]. Nippon-Classic.de (in German). 5 November 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Nathan Watson wint Red Bull Knock Out, Nederlander Coldenhoff eindigt op tweede plaats" [Nathan Watson wins Red Bull Knock Out, Dutchman Coldenhoff finishes in second place]. www.ad.nl (in Dutch). 10 November 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Red Bull Knock Out in Scheveningen". Scheveningen Strand (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  14. ^ a b "Billy Bolt logra el título WESS en el Red Bull Knock Out" [Billy Bolt wins the WESS title at the Red Bull Knock Out]. Moto1Pro (in Spanish). 10 November 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  15. ^ "Marc de Reuver wins Red Bull Knock Out!". Racer X. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  16. ^ "RedBull Knockout 2007". Motor-Forum (in Dutch). 28 January 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  17. ^ "Axel van de Sande is de grote verrassing van de Red Bull Knock Out in Scheveningen (29-11)" [Axel van de Sande is the big surprise of the Red Bull Knock Out in Scheveningen (29-11)]. maclierop.nl (in Dutch). 29 November 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
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