This year has taken the cake in terms of quality racing, the bar has been raised not only within the FIM Motocross World Championship but also at many other series around the globe as well, which is why the 69th edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations that will take place this weekend in France, is going to be something special.
This weekend 37 nations will send an army of three riders to Ernée, an iconic venue in France that will be also celebrating a decade since the ground breaking 2005 Motocross of Nations which captured the hearts of every motocross enthusiast around the world when Team USA’s greatest of all time Ricky Carmichael put in a mind blowing performance to re-claim the coveted chamberlain cup for the most successful MXoN team on paper, Team USA.
Ernée is one of the most spectator friendly tracks in the world. Almost the entire track is visible from where the fans will be watching, which means not a second of action will be missed or spoiled as Team France attempt to defend the crown on home soil in what is expected to be one of the most cutting edge editions of the Nations ever.
Speaking of Team France, it almost goes without saying that they are the hot favourites for the win this year. The team is arguably the strongest line up they’ve ever selected.
They have the reigning FIM Motocross World Champion Romain Febvre in the Open class while the 2015 vice world champion and defending MXoN dominator Gautier Paulin will be leading the way in MXGP. Putting the cherry on the cake for the already stacked line up is the former MX2 world champion and the American national championship runner-up in 2015, Marvin Musquin.
Meanwhile Team USA is still out for revenge after they lost the cup back at the 2012 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Lommel, Belgium.
This year Justin Barcia, a familiar face, will be leading the two youngsters Jeremy Martin and Cooper Webb. Martin made his MXoN debut last year but unfortunately broke his foot in a spectacular crash through the waves, so he will be out for redemption while Webb made his 450cc debut last weekend in Glen Helen at the final round of the FIM Motocross World Championship and it would be fair to say that he impressed a lot of people and turned a lot of heads. He definitely has the pace, therefore Team USA will, as always, will be one of the strongest teams in contention.
Injuries have taken a toll on Team Belgium once again with Clement Desalle out for yet another year, so too is Kevin Strijbos. Nevertheless, we know Jeremy Van Horebeek can win races when his ducks are in line and the same can be said for his MX2 counterpart Julien Lieber.
Ken De Dycker has been selected to join them at the last minute and we know he can pull something out of the bag when needed although he will be lining up very rusty this year considering he has spent most of the season on the couch.
Another team to watch will be Great Britain as the Brits are sending a super strong line up with Shaun Simpson and Max Anstie at the top of their game at the moment although they had a slight scare when Simpson crashed out of the final round of the FIM Motocross World Championship on turn one. Simpson, who will be representing Great Britain along with fellow Scot and KTM rider Dean Wilson, later posted a picture on a Social Media of a gnarly hematoma on his back, but he did confirm that he should be okay to race.
As for the Germans, Ken Roczen won’t be racing since he just had surgery on his back, so they will enter the battle with Max Nagl, Dennis Ullrich and young Henry Jacobi. Meanwhile, Australia will join the show-down with Todd Waters and Dean Ferris. As for their MX2 rider, it was Jay Wilson but he crashed off the team in practice a few days ago and the replacement is yet to be announced.
Also adding to the buzz that the nations seems to manifest is Team Switzerland, who up until the MXGP of The Netherlands looked to have one of the strongest line ups on the gate with Valentin Guillod, Arnaud Tonus and Jeremy Seewer. Unfortunately Tonus has been withdrawn due to a problem with fatigue and replaced with Andy Baumgartner.
There is always some sort of controversy leading into the nations and this year it belongs to the Italians with the federation opting to take a different approach to their team selection process. Rather than sending their fastest riders, Team Italy have decided to send a development squad which is made up of Ivo Monticelli, Michele Cervellin and Samuele Bernardini to give the youngsters some experience ahead of the 2016 Nations at Maggiora.
That about wraps up the list of teams expected to make a big splash at the 69th edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, the race of the year, the one you do not want to miss!
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Timetable
Saturday: Free Practice MXGP 10:00; Free practice MX2 11:00; Free Practice Open 12:00; Qualifying Heat MXGP 14:30; Qualifying Heat MX2 15:30; Qualifying Heat Open 16:30; MXGP Awards 19:45.
Sunday: Warm-up B-Final 8:40; Warm-up MXoN Group 1 9:10; Warm-up MXoN Group 2 9:40; B-Final 11:00; MXoN Race 1 (MXGP+MX2) 13:10; MXoN Race 2 (MX2+Open) 14:40; MXoN Race 3 (Open+MXGP) 16:08.
2015 MXoN rider / team entry list
COUNTRY |
Nr |
RIDER |
CLASS |
FMN |
MOTORCYCLE |
TEAM MANAGER |
|
1 |
FRANCE |
1 |
PAULIN Gautier |
MX GP |
FFM |
HONDA |
FINOT Pascal |
2 |
MUSQUIN Marvin |
MX2 |
FFM |
KTM |
|||
3 |
FEBVRE Romain |
OPEN |
FFM |
YAMAHA |
|||
2 |
BELGIUM |
4 |
DE DYCKER Ken |
MX GP |
FMB |
KTM |
SMETS Joel |
5 |
LIEBER Julien |
MX2 |
FMB |
YAMAHA |
|||
6 |
VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy |
OPEN |
FMB |
YAMAHA |
|||
3 |
UNITED STATES |
7 |
BARCIA Justin |
MX GP |
AMA |
YAMAHA |
DECOSTER Roger |
8 |
MARTIN Jeremy |
MX2 |
AMA |
YAMAHA |
|||
9 |
WEBB Cooper |
OPEN |
AMA |
YAMAHA |
|||
4 |
GREAT BRITAIN |
10 |
SIMPSON Shaun |
MX GP |
ACU |
KTM |
PRINCE Neil |
11 |
ANSTIE Max |
MX2 |
ACU |
KAWASAKI |
|||
12 |
WILSON Dean |
OPEN |
AMA |
KTM |
|||
5 |
GERMANY |
13 |
NAGL Max |
MX GP |
DMSB |
HUSQVARNA |
NAGL Hubert |
|
14 |
JACOBI Henry |
MX2 |
DMSB |
KTM |
||
15 |
ULLRICH Dennis |
OPEN |
DMSB |
SUZUKI |
|||
6 |
ITALY |
16 |
MONTICELLI Ivo |
MX GP |
FMI |
KTM |
TRAVERSINI Thomas |
17 |
CERVELLIN Michele |
MX2 |
FMI |
HONDA |
|||
18 |
BERNARDINI Samuele |
OPEN |
FMI |
TM |
|||
7 |
SWITZERLAND |
19 |
GUILLOD Valentin |
MX GP |
FMS |
YAMAHA |
CLÉMENT Diego |
20 |
SEEWER Jeremy |
MX2 |
FMS |
SUZUKI |
|||
21 |
BAUMGARTNER Andy |
OPEN |
FMS |
KTM |
|||
8 |
RUSSIA |
22 |
BOBRYSHEV Evgeny |
MX GP |
MFR |
HONDA |
TONKOV Vitaly |
23 |
BARANOV Ivan |
MX2 |
MFR |
KTM |
|||
24 |
NAZAROV Maksim |
OPEN |
MFR |
KTM |
|||
9 |
ESTONIA |
25 |
RÄTSEP Priit |
MX GP |
EMF |
HONDA |
ROOSIORG Lauri |
26 |
KULLAS Harri |
MX2 |
EMF |
HUSQVARNA |
|||
27 |
LEOK Tanel |
OPEN |
EMF |
KAWASAKI |
|||
10 |
NETHERLANDS |
28 |
BOGERS Brian |
MX GP |
KNMV |
KTM |
HARTMAN Marcel |
29 |
KOUW ENBERG Nic k |
MX2 |
KNMV |
HONDA |
|||
30 |
COLDENHOFF Glenn |
OPEN |
KNMV |
SUZUKI |
|||
11 |
SWEDEN |
31 |
BENGTSSON Filip |
MX GP |
SVEMO |
HONDA |
ENGDAHL Jonte |
32 |
ÖSTLUND Alvin |
MX2 |
SVEMO |
YAMAHA |
|||
33 |
JÖNSSON Jesper |
OPEN |
SVEMO |
HUSQVARNA |
|||
12 |
LATVIA |
34 |
IVANOVS Dāvis |
MX GP |
LaMSF |
KAWASAKI |
SEGLINŠ Mareks |
35 |
JONASS Pauls |
MX2 |
LaMSF |
KTM |
|||
36 |
KARRO Matīss |
OPEN |
LaMSF |
HONDA |
|||
13 |
PORTUGAL |
37 |
GONÇALVES Rui |
MX GP |
FMP |
HUSQVARNA |
RILEY Ross |
38 |
PEIXE Sandro |
MX2 |
FMP |
HONDA |
|||
39 |
BASAULA Hugo |
OPEN |
FMP |
KAWASAKI |
|||
14 |
AUSTRALIA |
40 |
WATERS Todd |
MX GP |
MA |
HUSQVARNA |
BENN Gary |
|
41 |
CLOUT Luke |
MX2 |
MA |
|||
42 |
FERRIS Dean |
OPEN |
MA |
HUSQVARNA |
|||
15 |
DENMARK |
43 |
LARSEN Nikolaj |
MX GP |
DMU |
HUSQVARNA |
CAPRANI Mikkel |
|
44 |
KJER OLSEN Thomas |
MX2 |
DMU |
KTM |
||
45 |
KJER OLSEN Stefan |
OPEN |
DMU |
KAWASAKI |
|||
16 |
FINLA ND |
46 |
MALIN Valtteri |
MX GP |
SML |
KTM |
VEHVILÄINEN Jussi |
|
47 |
HAAVISTO Jere |
MX2 |
SML |
HONDA |
||
48 |
SIHVONEN Miro |
OPEN |
SML |
KTM |
|||
17 |
PUERTO RICO |
52 |
REYES Juan E. |
MX GP |
FMPR |
KAWASAKI |
CATALA Gabriel |
53 |
LEIB Michael |
MX2 |
AMA |
KAWASAKI |
|||
54 |
ASTUDILLO Jason F. |
OPEN |
AMA |
KAWASAKI |
|||
18 |
IRELAND |
55 |
BARR Martin |
MX GP |
MCUI |
KTM |
SPENCE Laurence |
|
56 |
IRWIN Graeme |
MX2 |
MCUI |
SUZUKI |
||
57 |
EDMONDS Stuart |
OPEN |
MCUI |
HONDA |
|||
19 |
SLOVENIA |
58 |
GERCAR Klemen |
MX GP |
AMZS |
HUSQVARNA |
JAKOLIC Herman |
|
59 |
IRT Peter |
MX2 |
AMZS |
HUSQVARNA |
||
60 |
GAJSER Tim |
OPEN |
AMZS |
HONDA |
|||
20 |
SPAIN |
61 |
BUTRON Jose Antonio |
MX GP |
RFME |
KTM |
ALONSO Josep |
|
62 |
ZARAGOZA Jorge |
MX2 |
RFME |
HONDA |
||
63 |
VALENTIN Ander |
OPEN |
RFME |
YAMAHA |
|||
21 |
JAPAN |
64 |
YAMAMOTO Kei |
MX GP |
MFJ |
HONDA |
SERIZAWA Naoki |
65 |
TOMITA Toshiki |
MX2 |
MFJ |
HONDA |
|||
66 |
KOJIMA Yohei |
OPEN |
MFJ |
SUZUKI |
|||
22 |
NEW ZEALAND |
67 |
TOWNLEY Benjamin |
MX GP |
MNZ |
HONDA |
LILLY Howard |
68 |
LAMONT Kayne |
MX2 |
MNZ |
YAMAHA |
|||
69 |
COOPER Cody |
OPEN |
MNZ |
HONDA |
|||
23 |
LITHUANIA |
70 |
RUKŠTELA Nerijus |
MX GP |
LMSF |
KTM |
BENEDIKTAVICIUS Robertas |
71 |
BUČAS Vytautas |
MX2 |
LMSF |
YAMAHA |
|||
72 |
JASIKONIS Arminas |
OPEN |
DMSB |
KAWASAKI |
|||
24 |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
73 |
ROMANCIK Jaromir |
MX GP |
A CCR |
SUZUKI |
CEPELAK Jiri |
74 |
NEUGEBAUER Filip |
MX2 |
DMSB |
KAWASAKI |
|||
75 |
MICHEK Martin |
OPEN |
A CCR |
KTM |
|||
25 |
BRAZIL |
79 |
VILARDI Thales |
MX GP |
CBM |
YAMAHA |
HERMANO Manuel Carlos |
80 |
SANTOS Fabio Aparecido |
MX2 |
CBM |
YAMAHA |
|||
81 |
RAMOS Jean Carlo |
OPEN |
CBM |
YAMAHA |
|||
26 |
POLAND |
82 |
LONKA Lukasz |
MX GP |
PZM |
HONDA |
WOJCIK Marcin |
83 |
CHETNICKI Gabriel |
MX2 |
PZM |
KTM |
|||
84 |
WYSOCKI Tomasz |
OPEN |
PZM |
KTM |
|||
27 |
SLOVAKIA |
85 |
KOHÚT Martin |
MX GP |
SMF |
KTM |
PREDANOCY Dušan |
86 |
ŠIKYŇA Richard |
MX2 |
SMF |
KTM |
|||
87 |
ŠIMKO Tomáš |
OPEN |
SMF |
HONDA |
|||
28 |
UKRAINE |
88 |
MOROZOV Roman |
MX GP |
FMU |
KAWASAKI |
TARASOV Volodymyr |
89 |
ASMANOV Dmytro |
MX2 |
FMU |
KAWASAKI |
|||
90 |
TARASOV Volodymir |
OPEN |
FMU |
KTM |
|||
29 |
GREECE |
91 |
KOUZIS Panagiotis |
MX GP |
AMOTOE |
HONDA |
PAPADOPOULOS Konstantinos |
92 |
TOURATZIDIS Ioannis |
MX2 |
AMOTOE |
YAMAHA |
|||
93 |
KONTOLETAS Dimitrios |
OPEN |
AMOTOE |
YAMAHA |
|||
30 |
CROA TIA |
94 |
LELJAK Marko |
MX GP |
HMS |
KTM |
BOŽIC Danijel |
95 |
KELAVA Matija |
MX2 |
HMS |
KTM |
|||
96 |
JAROŠ Matej |
OPEN |
HMS |
KAWASAKI |
|||
31 |
LUXEMBOURG |
97 |
TABOURAING Eric |
MX GP |
MUL |
SUZUKI |
KOHL Marc |
98 |
CASOLI Daniel |
MX2 |
MUL |
HONDA |
|||
99 |
FRANK Björn |
OPEN |
MUL |
HONDA |
|||
32 |
ISRAEL |
100 |
HASSON Gal |
MX GP |
MEMSI |
HUSQVARNA |
HEYMANN Raz |
101 |
DADIA Ariel |
MX2 |
MEMSI |
HUSQVARNA |
|||
102 |
SELLA Gev |
OPEN |
MEMSI |
HUSQVARNA |
|||
33 |
VENEZUELA |
103 |
BADIALI Carlos |
MX GP |
FMV |
YAMAHA |
ROJAS Aristobulo |
104 |
RODRIGUEZ Hector Anthony |
MX2 |
FMV |
YAMAHA |
|||
105 |
LOCURCIO Lorenzo |
OPEN |
FMV |
YAMAHA |
|||
34 |
NORWAY |
106 |
WAHL Henrik |
MX GP |
NMF |
HONDA |
KLINGHSEIM Gunhild |
107 |
KLINGSHEIM Magne |
MX2 |
NMF |
KAWASAKI |
|||
108 |
CHRISTOFFERSEN Lasse |
OPEN |
NMF |
SUZUKI |
|||
35 |
AUSTRIA |
109 |
NEURAUTER Lukas |
MX GP |
OeAMTC/OSK |
KTM |
RESCHENEDER Michael |
110 |
RAUCHENECKER Pascal |
MX2 |
OeAMTC/OSK |
KTM |
|||
111 |
SCHMIDINGER Günter |
OPEN |
OeAMTC/OSK |
HONDA |
|||
36 |
IRAN |
112 |
SABETIFAR Amir Reza |
MX GP |
MAFIRI |
HONDA |
HEMATIAN Mehran |
113 |
BORZOOZADEH Ali |
MX2 |
MAFIRI |
SUZUKI |
|||
114 |
PARVARESH BALADI Alireza |
OPEN |
MAFIRI |
KAWAZAKI |
|||
37 |
MOROCCO |
121 |
SOULIMANI Abdelhalim |
MX GP |
FRMM |
YAMAHA |
LARAICHI Abdallah |
122 |
EL MEJJAD Said |
MX2 |
FRMM |
YAMAHA |
|||
123 |
GABARI Houmame |
OPEN |
FRMM |
KAWASAKI |
Is 2015 MXoN on TV?
You don’t want to miss it, watch it LIVE! L’Equipe 21 will broadcast it LIVE in France while MotorsTV and Eurosport will be providing LIVE coverage across Europe.
Check out the listings below – the list isn’t exhaustive so please check your local listings.
FRANCE
L’EQUIPE 21 – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
EUROPE
EUROSPORT INTERNATIONAL
Wednesday 30 September – 00:30 – 26mn magazine “behind the gate”
EUROSPORT 2 – LIVE
Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
MOTORS TV – LIVE
Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
BELGIUM
Telenet – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
VRT – LIVE
Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
BULGARIA
BNT – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
GERMANY
Sport 1 + Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open – LIVE
Sunday 27 September – 15:30 Race 1 MXGP – MX2 – highlights DELAYED
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP – LIVE
ITALY
ITALIA 2 Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
PORTUGAL
Sport TV5 – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
SLOVENIA
Sport TV – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
USA
CBS Sports Network Sunday 27 September – 05:00 pm EST Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 06:00 pm EST Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 07:00 pm EST Race 3 Open – MXGP
ASIA
FOX SPORTS 3 HD – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
THAILAND
TRUE VISION – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
BRAZIL
BANDSPORTS Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
MIDDLE EAST – AFRICA
BeIn SPORTS – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP
AFRICA
Sport TV Africa 2 – LIVE Sunday 27 September – 13:00 Race 1 MXGP – MX2
Sunday 27 September – 14:30 Race 2 MX2 – Open
Sunday 27 September – 16:00 Race 3 Open – MXGP