2016 Motocross des Nations

The 2016 Motocross des Nations is a motocross race to be held on 24 September and 25 September 2016 in Maggiora, Italy.

Preview The Motocross des Nations travels to Italy this year for the first time since 2009 and will visit the Maggiora track for the first time since 1986.

France are the defending champions having won their third title, on home soil in 2015. The French Motorcycle Federation were the first to announce their team for this years event with Romain Febvre, Dylan Ferrandis and Gautier Paulin being chosen to represent their country. A few weeks later, Ferrandis broke his arm at the MXGP of Switzerland. His position in the squad will be taken by reserve Benoît Paturel.

Australia were the next to be announced, with Motorcycling Australia putting up a team of domestic championship based riders.

Team USA put forward a squad that lacked some of their fastest riders. Ryan Dungey ruled himself out because of injury problems and Eli Tomac decided not to compete. As a result of injury, Jeremy Martin also ruled himself out. This left a squad of Cooper Webb, Alex Martin and Jason Anderson.

Entry list Start numbers are allocated based on the team finish from the previous year's edition. France are the reigning champions so they start with numbers 1, 2 and 3. CountryNrRiderClassMotorcycle 1 France 1 Romain Febvre MXGP Yamaha 450 2 Benoît Paturel MX2 Yamaha 250 3 Gautier Paulin Open Honda 450 2 United States 4 Cooper Webb MXGP Yamaha 450 5 Alex Martin MX2 Yamaha 250 6 Jason Anderson Open Husqvarna 450 3 Belgium 7 Kevin Strijbos MXGP Suzuki 450 8 Jeremy van Horebeek MX2 Yamaha 250 9 Brent van Doninck Open Yamaha 450 4 Estonia 10 Priit Rätsep MXGP Honda 450 11 Harri Kullas MX2 KTM 250 12 Tanel Leok Open Husqvarna 450 5 Switzerland 13 Valentin Guillod MXGP Yamaha 450 14 Jeremy Seewer MX2 Suzuki 250 15 Arnaud Tonus Open Kawasaki 250 6 Netherlands 16 Glenn Coldenhoff MXGP KTM 450 17 Brian Bogers MX2 KTM 250 18 Jeffrey Herlings Open KTM 450 7 Australia 19 Todd Waters MXGP Suzuki 450 20 Mitchell Evans MX2 Yamaha 250 21 Dean Ferris Open Yamaha 250 8 New Zealand 22 Cody Cooper MXGP Honda 450 23 Josiah Natzke MX2 KTM 250 24 Hamish Harwood Open KTM 450 9 Germany 25 Max Nagl MXGP Husqvarna 450 26 Henry Jacobi MX2 KTM 250 27 Dennis Ullrich Open KTM 450 10 Austria 28 Lukas Neurauter MXGP KTM 450 29 Michael Sandner MX2 KTM 250 30 Pascal Rauchenecker Open Husqvarna 250 11 Spain 31 José Butrón MXGP KTM 450 32 Jorge Prado MX2 KTM 250 33 Jorge Zaragoza Open Honda 12 Russia 34 Semen Rogozin MXGP Husqvarna 450 35 Vsevolod Brylyakov MX2 Kawasaki 250 36 Evgeny Bobryshev Open Honda 450 13 Sweden 37 Anton Gole MXGP Husqvarna 450 38 Alvin Östlund MX2 Yamaha 250 39 Fredrik Noren Open Honda 450 14 Italy 40 Tony Cairoli MXGP KTM 450 41 Samuele Bernardini MX2 TM 250 42 Michele Cervellin Open Honda 250 15 Denmark 43 Nikolaj Larsen MXGP KTM 450 44 Thomas Kjer Olsen MX2 Husqvarna 250 45 Glen Meier Open KTM 250 16 Portugal 46 Rui Gonçalves MXGP Husqvarna 450 47 Hugo Basaula MX2 Kawasaki 250 48 Paulo Alberto Open Honda 450 17 Ireland 49 Graeme Irwin MXGP Honda 450 50 Martin Barr MX2 Honda 250 51 Stuart Edmonds Open TM 450 18 Great Britain 52 Tommy Searle MXGP Kawasaki 450 53 Max Anstie MX2 Husqvarna 250 54 Shaun Simpson Open KTM 450 19 Latvia 55 Davis Ivanovs MXGP Yamaha 450 56 Karlis Sabulis MX2 Yamaha 250 57 Toms Macuks Open Kawasaki 450 20 Japan 58 Akira Narita MXGP Honda 450 59 Chihiro Notsuka MX2 Honda 250 60 Kei Yamamoto Open Honda 450 21 Slovenia 61 Tim Gajser MXGP Honda 450 62 Jan Pancar MX2 Yamaha 250 63 Jernej Irt Open Yamaha 450 22 Czech Republic 64 Jaromir Romancik MXGP Suzuki 450 65 Filip Neugebauer MX2 Kawasaki 250 66 Petr Smitka Open KTM 450 23 Poland 70 Lukasz Lonka MXGP KTM 450 71 Szymon Staszkiewicz MX2 KTM 250 72 Tomasz Wysocki Open KTM 450 24 Lithuania 73 Vytautas Bucas MXGP Yamaha 450 74 Dovydas Karka MX2 KTM 250 75 Arminas Jasikonis Open Suzuki 450 25 Slovakia 76 Tomáš Šimko MXGP Honda 450 77 Richard Šikyňa MX2 KTM 250 78 Tomáš Kohút Open KTM 250 26 Brazil 79 Fabio Dos Santos MXGP Yamaha 450 80 Ramyller Alves MX2 Yamaha 250 81 Jean Ramos Open Yamaha 450 27 Finland 82 Valterri Malin MXGP KTM 450 83 Miro Sihvonen MX2 KTM 250 84 Kim Savaste Open Kawasaki 250 28 Croatia 88 Hrvoje Karas MXGP Yamaha 450 89 Luka Crnkovic MX2 Yamaha 250 90 Matej Jaros Open Kawasaki 450 29 Ukraine 91 Roman Morozov MXGP Kawasaki 450 92 Volodymyr Tarasov MX2 KTM 250 93 Yuriy Naumchyk Open Yamaha 450 30 Greece 94 Dimitrios Kontoletas MXGP Yamaha 450 95 Emmanouil Kritikos MX2 Yamaha 250 96 Panagiotis Kouzis Open Honda 450 31 Puerto Rico 97 Jason Astudillo MXGP Kawasaki 450 98 Gino Aponte MX2 Kawasaki 450 99 Noah McConahy Open Husqvarna 450 32 Luxembourg 100 Eric Tabouraing MXGP Kawasaki 450 101 Yves Frank MX2 Honda 250 102 Björn Frank Open Honda 450 33 Israel 106 Ziv Karmi MXGP 107 Dan Maya MX2 108 Oren Hasson Open 34 South Africa 109 Kerim Fitz-Gerald MXGP KTM 450 110 Nicholas Adams MX2 Honda 250 111 Michael Docherty Open Kawasaki 450 35 Canada 112 Kaven Benoit MXGP KTM 450 113 Shawn Maffenbeier MX2 KTM 250 114 Tyler Medaglia Open KTM 450 36 Hungary 115 Erik Hugyecz MXGP KTM 450 116 Bence Szvoboda MX2 KTM 250 117 Mark Szoke Open Suzuki 450 37 Iceland 118 Ingvi Bjorn Birgisson MXGP KTM 450 119 Eythor Reynisson MX2 Kawasaki 250 120 Andri Gudmundsson Open KTM 450 38 Thailand* 121 Chaiyan Romphan MXGP Yamaha 450 122 Traiphop Boontaeng MX2 KTM 250 123 Kritsada Potaton Open Kawasaki 450 39 San Marino 124 Thomas Marini MXGP Husqvarna 450 125 Andrea Gorini MX2 Suzuki 250 126 Bryan Toccaceli Open Yamaha 250CountryNrRiderClassMotorcycle Thailand withdrew from the event.

Practice Practice is run on a class by class basis.

MXGP PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleTimeDifference 1 1 Febvre Yamaha 1:53.573 2 25 Nagl Husqvarna 1:54.858 +1.285 3 7 Strijbos Suzuki 1:55.252 +1.679 4 40 Cairoli KTM 1:55.345 +1.772 5 4 Webb Yamaha 1:55.906 +2.333 6 16 Coldenhoff KTM 1:56.008 +2.435 7 13 Guillod Yamaha 1:56.064 +2.491 8 52 Searle Kawasaki 1:56.638 +3.065 9 19 Waters Suzuki 1:57.654 +4.081 10 31 Butrón KTM 1:57.723 +4.150 11 10 Rätsep Honda 1:59.161 +5.588 12 43 Larsen KTM 1:59.211 +5.638 13 46 Gonçalves Husqvarna 1:59.255 +5.682 14 37 Gole Husqvarna 1:59.274 +5.701 15 112 Benoit KTM 1:59.687 +6.114 16 22 Cooper Honda 2:00.037 +6.464 17 28 Neurauter KTM 2:00.414 +6.841 18 115 Hugyecz KTM 2:00.814 +7.241 19 61 Irt Yamaha 2:01.480 +7.907 20 55 Ivanovs Yamaha 2:01.791 +8.218 21 82 Malin KTM 2:02.243 +8.670 22 70 Lonka KTM 2:02.566 +8.993 23 79 dos Santos Yamaha 2:03.371 +9.798 24 58 Narita Honda 2:03.428 +9.855 25 73 Bucas Yamaha 2:03.519 +9.946 26 124 Marini Husqvarna 2:03.795 +10.222 27 64 Romancik Suzuki 2:04.834 +11.261 28 91 Morozov Yamaha 2:05.955 +12.382 29 34 Rogozin Husqvarna 2:06.058 +12.485 30 109 Fitzgerald KTM 2:06.274 +12.701 31 76 Simko Honda 2:07.271 +13.698 32 88 Karas Yamaha 2:07.850 +14.277 33 97 Astudillo Kawasaki 2:10.544 +16.971 34 94 Kontoletas Yamaha 2:16.481 +22.908 35 49 Irwin* Honda 2:20.154 +26.581 36 100 Tabouraing Kawasaki 2:26.581 +33.008 37 106 Karmi KTM 2:30.017 +36.444 38 118 Birgisson* Kawasaki 2:38.008 +44.435PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleTimeDifference

MX2 PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleTimeDifference 1 8 van Horebeek Yamaha 1:54.284 2 5 Martin Yamaha 1:54.299 +0.015 3 14 Seewer Suzuki 1:55.821 +1.537 4 17 Bogers KTM 1:56.106 +1.821 5 2 Paturel Yamaha 1:56.147 +1.863 6 41 Bernardini TM 1:56.336 +2.052 7 11 Leok KTM 1:56.588 +2.304 8 32 Prado KTM 1:56.608 +2.324 9 53 Anstie Husqvarna 1:57.028 +2.744 10 44 Kjer Olsen Husqvarna 1:57.036 +2.752 11 35 Brylyakov Kawasaki 1:57.235 +2.951 12 26 Jacobi KTM 1:57.779 +3.495 13 38 Östlund Yamaha 1:58.100 +3.816 14 116 Szvoboda KTM 1:58.337 +4.053 15 20 Evans Yamaha 1:58.809 +4.525 16 113 Maffenbeier KTM 1:59.239 +4.955 17 65 Neugebauer Kawasaki 1:59.394 +5.110 18 50 Barr Honda 1:59.411 +5.127 19 56 Sabulis Yamaha 1:59.561 +5.227 20 83 Sihvonen KTM 1:59.595 +5.311 21 23 Natzke KTM 1:59.940 +5.656 22 77 Sikyna KTM 2:00.086 +5.802 23 110 Adams Honda 2:00.249 +5.965 24 92 Tarasov KTM 2:00.721 +6.437 25 62 Pancar Yamaha 2:01.526 +7.242 26 29 Sandner KTM 2:01.714 +7.430 27 47 Basaula Kawasaki 2:01.745 +7.461 28 59 Notsuka Honda 2:01.877 +7.593 29 74 Karka KTM 2:02.728 +8.444 30 71 Staszkiewicz KTM 2:03.594 +9.310 31 80 Alves Yamaha 2:04.313 +10.029 32 119 Reynisson Kawasaki 2:04.744 +10.460 33 89 Crnkovic Yamaha 2:04.894 +10.610 34 95 Kritikos Yamaha 2:07.901 +13.617 35 98 Aponte Yamaha 2:09.051 +14.767 36 125 Gorini Suzuki 2:09.555 +15.271 37 107 Maya Kawasaki 2:23.827 +29.543 38 101 Frank Honda 2:25.950 +31.666PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleTimeDifference

During Practice, Team Ireland rider Graeme Irwin and Team Iceland rider Ingvi Bjorn Birgisson were injured. They would take no further part in the event.

Open PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleTimeDifference 1 6 Anderson Husqvarna 1:52.252 2 3 Paulin Honda 1:52.814 +0.562 3 18 Herlings KTM 1:53.207 +0.955 4 54 Simpson KTM 1:54.120 +1.868 5 15 Tonus Kawasaki 1:54.407 +2.155 6 42 Cervellin Honda 1:54.597 +2.345 7 36 Bobryshev Honda 1:54.698 +2.446 8 26 Ferris Husqvarna 1:54.709 +2.457 9 9 Van Doninck Yamaha 1:55.665 +3.413 10 39 Noren Honda 1:56.023 +3.771 11 75 Jasikonis Suzuki 1:56.290 +4.038 12 27 Ullrich KTM 1:56.503 +4.251 13 33 Zaragoza Honda 1:56.594 +4.342 14 12 Kullas KTM 1:56.724 +4.472 15 114 Medaglia Husqvarna 1:57.262 +5.010 16 66 Smitka KTM 1:57.692 +5.440 17 99 McConahy Kawasaki 1:57.755 +5.503 18 60 Yamamoto Honda 1:58.002 +5.750 19 48 Alberto Honda 1:58.664 +6.412 20 63 Irt Yamaha 1:58.884 +6.632 21 45 Meier KTM 1:59.027 +6.775 22 30 Rauchenecker Husqvarna 1:59.110 +6.858 23 111 Docherty Kawasaki 1:59.176 +6.924 24 51 Edmonds TM 1:59.433 +7.181 25 126 Toccaceli Yamaha 2:00.356 +8.104 26 72 Wysocki KTM 2:00.509 +8.257 27 78 Kohut KTM 2:00.594 +8.342 28 57 Macuks Kawasaki 2:00.894 +8.642 29 24 Harwood KTM 2:01.247 +8.995 30 81 Ramos Yamaha 2:01.464 +9.212 31 117 Szoke Suzuki 2:03.154 +10.902 32 90 Jaros Kawasaki 2:03.322 +11.070 33 84 Savaste* Kawasaki 2:05.460 +13.208 34 120 Gudmundsson Honda 2:07.350 +15.098 35 96 Kouzis Honda 2:07.514 +15.262 36 102 Frank Honda 2:10.513 +18.261 37 93 Naumchyk Yamaha 2:17.704 +25.452 38 108 Hasson Honda 2:21.092 +28.840PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleTimeDifference

Team Finland's Kim Savaste picked up an injury during practice. He will take no further part in the event.

Qualifying Races The Qualifying races are also run on a class by class basis and are used to decide which nations qualify directly to the main final. Each nation will be awarded points that correlate with their riders finishing position in the race, with the top 19 teams going to the Motocross of Nations main races. The remaining nations will go to the two smaller finals where they will have the chance to become the 20th team in the main finals. Only the best two scores count for each nation, with their third being dropped. Team Ireland and Team Iceland only have two riders remaining, meaning both of their scores will count. The points allocated for qualifying are not carried over to the finals.

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