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.

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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