Behind the LRT, there’s a story of family, competition and a passion passed on to the next generation. A portrait of a hands-on man who decided to put the team back on track – for good.
A family affair
Tim Louis didn’t stumble into motocross by chance. It was his father, Fabrice Louis, who introduced him to the sport – and Fabrice is no ordinary figure in the paddock. Starting out as a mechanic for Johnny Aubert over several seasons, he then became engine builder for the Casola PSM team, before joining BOS Suspension as a suspension preparer. “He’s someone who is technically very demanding,” Tim acknowledges. “His experience will clearly be an asset for the team.”
LRT’s early years: from 2016 to the forced break
The Louis Racing Team is not a creation of 2026. The project started in 2016, quietly, with an amateur team entered in the French Elite MX2 Championship. Resources were limited, ambitions appropriately modest.
In 2017, Tim temporarily left his own structure: spotted by another team, he raced the Belgian Inter MX2 Championship under different colours. A season that allowed him to gain experience at the highest national level, before returning home.
His return to LRT in 2018 marked a real quality leap: the team signed with Husqvarna Belgium and entered the EMX300 European Championship. Target: top 10. Achieved.
2019 was the year of the double challenge. With the support of Kawasaki Belgium and Kawasaki France, Tim attacked on two fronts: a top 20 at the Enduropale du Touquet – 3,000 riders, 45 km of beaches and dunes, a race won by endurance as much as by speed – and the Belgian MX1 Vice-Champion title. Both boxes ticked.
Then came 2020. An injury put Tim on the sidelines. The team went on pause. Not an end – more of a parenthesis.
Federal coach: sharing while still performing
A sporting reorientation led Tim Louis toward Enduro, where he discovered a different and demanding side of off-road competition. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a natural passion for teaching, Tim took the logical step: he began running training camps and coaching the next generation of riders. He became an independent trainer, but above all a federal coach for the FMWB – the Walloon Motorcycle Federation of Belgium, the Walloon wing of the national Belgian federation.
In practice, his role covers a broad spectrum: supporting elite, junior and moto riders in the CFS (Championnat de France des Sables), accompanying riders in the EMX250 European Championship, and coaching enduro riders. He works with young French-speaking Belgian riders, giving them the tools to develop both structurally and technically.
Four experiences in the Congo: motorcycles as a human vehicle
Between 2020 and 2023, Tim Louis did something unexpected: he travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo for nearly three weeks, four consecutive years, to share his passion for motorcycles. There is indeed a competition involved, but it’s not a classic adventure trip. It’s a human endeavour – putting the motorcycle at the service of a meeting, an exchange, a transmission in a context where two wheels have a very different daily reality from European circuits. An experience he describes as one of the most meaningful of his life.
2026: LRT restarts – for others
Six years after the forced break, the Louis Racing Team is back. But the project has changed in nature. Tim isn’t relaunching LRT to race himself – he’s relaunching it so that others can do so under the best possible conditions.
The goal is clear: build a professional structure dedicated to developing young riders in EMX250, the European championship that serves as the gateway to MX2 and then MXGP. Having competed there himself, Tim then guided riders as a federal coach – he understands the demands, the codes, and the pitfalls. All knowledge he now puts at the service of a structured team, with the technical backing of his father Fabrice.
The project starts from scratch organisationally – budget, partners, riders, logistics. But the direction is set, and those who know Tim Louis know he doesn’t do things by halves.
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