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Two-time Grand Prix winner and 2019 Motocross of Nations champion Calvin Vlaanderen joins Blood & Thunder — and this one's personal. Calvin sits down with former Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha teammate and co-host Arminas Jasikonis, reuniting the duo who shared an awning back in 2022.
This season Calvin is rebuilding on a brand-new Red Bull Ducati Factory Desmo450 — and he's honest about the dark days, the endless testing, and clawing his way back up. It's a conversation that landed just weeks after his season-best 4th overall at his first-ever home GP in South Africa.
He also relives the almost-perfect Sardinia 2022 weekend where he knew the win was coming, the reality of factory vs privateer pressure, and the story behind racing under the Dutch flag as a proud South African — federation flag row and all.
Welcome to Blood & Thunder - where motocross gets real.
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CHAPTERS
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00:00 — Intro
00:49 — Reunited
02:57 — Factory vs privateer: pressure, fun & mindset
06:55 — Teammates, respect & talking bike setup
11:42 — The privateer package that took on the factories
14:12 — Sardinia 2022: the win Calvin saw coming
19:23 — "Back it up": the aftermath & earning a factory ride
21:46 — South African-born, racing under the Dutch flag
30:27 — First home GP & the future of South African motocross
36:14 — Joining Ducati: the rebuild, testing & the dark days
47:21 — Quickfire
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ABOUT BLOOD & THUNDER
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Blood & Thunder is a World Dirt Collective podcast. Every episode, hosts Ed Heather and former factory MXGP racer Arminas Jasikonis sit down with the biggest names in motocross to go beyond the headlines — the careers, the rivalries and the stories fans don't normally get to hear. Raw, funny, opinionated and completely authentic.
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🇳🇱 Calvin Vlaanderen over zijn Ducati-jaar, de Sardinië-zege en rijden onder de Nederlandse vlag — plus zijn eerste thuis-GP in Zuid-Afrika.