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Info about Milan Merckelbagh


Milan Merckelbagh is an experienced motorcycle racer in motorsport, with years of experience he has already driven several competitions. it all started  before Milan's 4th birthday, he got on the Yamaha PW and rode it around the Indenhof campsite without any effort. Other bikes soon followed, such as KTM 50, Kawasaki 65 and Yamaha 85.

After motocross came the supermoto bike, where milan got introduced to the tarmac. after learning a lot from Marcel van Drunen he became champion in the youth class twice.

Now at 15 years old the KTM RC390 Cup started and introduced Milan to the roadracing side of the motorsport he very much loved. Again Milan had to learn the new riding style and after a year of practice Milan battled for the championship and also raced in the KTM world finals in Jerez where he came in 3rd. 

After the KTM CUP Milan joined the IDM championship in the Supersport 300 class on an Yamaha R3 with Benro Racing. The bike was not very strong in the field and decision was made to ride in the Supersport 600 class for the rest of the season and Milan stayed in this class for 5 years loyal to the Yamaha R6 bike aswell. In 2024 Milan got the opportunity to test on a BMW M1000RR and fell in love with bike resulting in the transfer to the Superbike class in the following season. Today he rides both IDC (International Dutch Championship), IDM (Internationale Deutsche MotorräderMeisterschaft) and also made his debut in the 24 hours of Le Mans in the  EWC (Endurance World Championship) .