{"id":1160,"date":"2026-06-09T12:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:48:36","slug":"tim-louis-the-man-behind-the-lrt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/en\/2026\/06\/09\/tim-louis-the-man-behind-the-lrt\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Louis: the man behind the LRT"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tim<\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

A family affair<\/h2>\n

Tim Louis didn’t stumble into motocross by chance. It was his father, Fabrice Louis<\/strong>, who introduced him to the sport – and Fabrice is no ordinary figure in the paddock. Starting out as a mechanic for Johnny Aubert<\/strong> over several seasons, he then became engine builder for the Casola PSM team<\/strong>, before joining BOS Suspension<\/strong> as a suspension preparer. \u00ab\u00a0He’s someone who is technically very demanding,\u00a0\u00bb Tim acknowledges. \u00ab\u00a0His experience will clearly be an asset for the team.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

LRT’s early years: from 2016 to the forced break<\/h2>\n

The Louis Racing Team<\/strong> is not a creation of 2026. The project started in 2016<\/strong>, quietly, with an amateur team entered in the French Elite MX2 Championship<\/strong>. Resources were limited, ambitions appropriately modest.<\/p>\n

In 2017<\/strong>, Tim temporarily left his own structure: spotted by another team, he raced the Belgian Inter MX2 Championship<\/strong> under different colours. A season that allowed him to gain experience at the highest national level, before returning home.<\/p>\n

His return to LRT in 2018<\/strong> marked a real quality leap: the team signed with Husqvarna Belgium<\/strong> and entered the EMX300 European Championship<\/strong>. Target: top 10. Achieved.<\/p>\n

\"Tim
Tim Louis – EMX 2T 2018, with Husqvarna Belgium support<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2019<\/strong> was the year of the double challenge. With the support of Kawasaki Belgium and Kawasaki France<\/strong>, Tim attacked on two fronts: a top 20 at the Enduropale du Touquet<\/strong> – 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<\/strong>. Both boxes ticked.<\/p>\n

\"Tim
2019 season – Belgian MX1 Vice-Champion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then came 2020<\/strong>. An injury put Tim on the sidelines. The team went on pause. Not an end – more of a parenthesis.<\/p>\n

Federal coach: sharing while still performing<\/h2>\n

A sporting reorientation led Tim Louis toward Enduro<\/strong>, 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<\/strong> – the Walloon Motorcycle Federation of Belgium, the Walloon wing of the national Belgian federation.<\/p>\n

In practice, his role covers a broad spectrum: supporting elite, junior and moto riders in the CFS<\/strong> (Championnat de France des Sables), accompanying riders in the EMX250 European Championship<\/strong>, and coaching enduro riders. He works with young French-speaking Belgian riders, giving them the tools to develop both structurally and technically.<\/p>\n

\"Tim
Tim Louis in his role as FMWB federal coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Four experiences in the Congo: motorcycles as a human vehicle<\/h2>\n

Between 2020 and 2023<\/strong>, Tim Louis did something unexpected: he travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

\"Tim
Tim Louis in the DRC – an extraordinary human adventure, repeated four years running<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2026: LRT restarts – for others<\/h2>\n

Six years after the forced break, the Louis Racing Team is back<\/strong>. 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.<\/p>\n

The goal is clear: build a professional structure dedicated to developing young riders<\/strong> in EMX250<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\n

Want to join the LRT adventure – as a rider, partner or sponsor? Contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rider, coach, manager – Tim Louis relaunches the Louis Racing Team in 2026 with a new ambition: developing the next generation of European motocross talent. A look back at an extraordinary journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-en","tag-coulisses-en"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belgiquemoto.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}