Dimitri Bergé

Dimitri Bergé (born 5 February 1996) is a French speedway rider.

Dimitri Bergé
Born (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996
Marmande, France
NationalityFrench
Career history
Great Britain
2014-2015Glasgow Tigers
2015, 2018Redcar Bears
2016Sheffield Tigers
2017Berwick Bandits
2018-2019Belle Vue Aces
Poland
2022AC Landshut
Sweden
2020-2021Masarna
2022Lejonen
2023Rospiggarna
Denmark
2021Fjelsted
Individual honours
2019World Longtrack Championship
2018European Grasstrack Champion
Team honours
2018, 2019World Longtrack Team champion

Career

International

Bergés' major honours include the 2009 125cc Grasstrack and the World 250cc Longtrack Champion 2012. He was a World Under-21 finalist in 2016 and 2017 and represented France in the 2018 Speedway of Nations.

As well as Speedway he is an accomplished Long Track rider and won a bronze medal in the 2015 Individual Long Track World Championship. He won the first round in Herxheim, Germany and finished runner-up overall[1] in the 2018 Individual Long Track World Championship. He was also a member of the France team who won the Team Long Track World Championship for the first time in front of their ecstatic fans in Morizes on 1 September 2018 scoring 22 of France's 54 points winning total. Dimitri has also represented his native France in the Speedway of Nations.

In 2019, he was part of the French team, along with Mathieu Trésarrieu and David Bellego, that won the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.[2] In 2023, he was part of the French team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[3]

Domestic

He rode for the Redcar Bears having joined them in 2018.[4] He signed for Belle Vue Aces for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

Family

His father Philippe Bergé was also an international speedway rider.[5]

Major results

Individual Long Track World Championship
Year GP Points Pos GP Wins GP Podiums
201312211
2014DNC
20154643rd2
201658152
2017DNC
201851082nd13
201951211st14

Best Grand-Prix results

Team Long Track World Championship

European Grasstrack Championship
  • 2018 France Tayac (Champion) 19pts

Speedway of Nations
Year Riders Round Points Pos
2018Rode with David BellegoRO145th
2019Rode with David Bellego & Gaetan StellaRO164th

References
  1. "Home | FIM".
  2. "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. "Bears bring in two". redcarbears.co.
  5. "Dimitri Bergé profile". Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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