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Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube will step up to the premier MXGP category in the 2016 world championship, retaining Valentin Guillod for a third-straight season.

Guillod, winner of three GPs this year on the YZ250F, is obliged to head into the premier class due to arriving at the 23-year MX2 age ceiling and will transfer with his existing team.

“It is great to continue with Standing Construct Yamaha and also with Yves [Demaria, mentor and trainer] because at the end of 2012 he took the risk to train someone who wasn’t good and it turned out well,” Guillod said.

“At the end of 2013 nobody wanted to sign me and only Tim came and proposed a deal. We started this season from zero with the bike and now we are fighting for the title, so it is really cool to be part of this team.”

Yamaha Standing Construct Yamalube will expand to a three-rider structure – with Julien Lieber already signed to stay – to maintain their direction and focus as one of the front-runners in MX2, while also working with Guillod in MXGP.