Mickaël Pichon (born February 13, 1976 in Le Mans) is a French motorcross racer. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Le Mans (ləmɑ̃ in French) is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Motocross is a form of Motorcycle sport or All-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed Off road circuits
Pichon took part in the Supercross circuit in the USA from 1995 until 1999. Supercross is a cycle racing sport involving Racing specialized high performance off-road Motorcycles on an artificially made dirt tracks consisting of steep jumps The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He became World Champion twice in this competition, while racing for Kawasaki. ( is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato Tokyo. He then came back to Europe and signed a contract with Suzuki. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles a full range of Motorcycles All-Terrain He competed in the 250cc motocross world championship, which is now called MX1. This is a list of winners of the FIM Motocross World Championships He also won this World Championship twice, in 2001 and in 2002. In total, Pichon won 36 Grand Prix races.
Later on, Pichon went to Honda in 2004 and KTM in 2006. () is a Multinational corporation, engine Manufacturer and engineering corporation headquartered in Japan. KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian Motorcycle manufacturer While racing for KTM, Pichon became ill. Tests showed that he had mononucleosis. Infectious mononucleosis, also known as Pfeiffer's disease, mono (in The United States of America) and more commonly known as glandular In June 2006, Pichon decided to put an end to his international career and only take part in smaller races.