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.^[1]

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.^[2] A few weeks later, Ferrandis broke his arm at the MXGP of Switzerland.^[3] His position in the squad will be taken by reserve Benoît Paturel.^[4]

Australia were the next to be announced, with Motorcycling Australia putting up a team of domestic championship based riders.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.

	Country	Nr	Rider	Class	Motorcycle
1	France[2]	1	Romain Febvre	MXGP	Yamaha 450
		2	Benoît Paturel[4]	MX2	Yamaha 250
		3	Gautier Paulin	Open	Honda 450
2	United States[6]	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[5]	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 250
	Country	Nr	Rider	Class	Motorcycle

• Thailand withdrew from the event.

Practice

Practice is run on a class by class basis.

MXGP Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference 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 +44.435 Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference

MX2 Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference 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 +31.666 Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference

• 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

Place	Nr	Rider	Motorcycle	Time	Difference
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	+28.840
Place	Nr	Rider	Motorcycle	Time	Difference

• 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.

MXGP Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference Points 1 1 Febvre Yamaha 24:59.780 1 2 40 Cairoli KTM 25:17.845 +18.065 2 3 7 Strijbos Suzuki 25:21.990 +22.210 3 4 52 Searle Kawasaki 25:33.769 +33.989 4 5 16 Coldenhoff KTM 25:53.562 +53.782 5 6 31 Butrón KTM 25:57.395 +57.615 6 7 19 Waters Suzuki 26:00.900 +1:01.120 7 8 28 Neurauter KTM 26:05.994 +1:06.214 8 9 58 Narita Honda 26:07.511 +1:07.731 9 10 112 Benoit KTM 26:08.130 +1:08.350 10 11 43 Larsen KTM 26:08.561 +1:08.781 11 12 22 Cooper Honda 26:09.358 +1:09.578 12 13 37 Gole Husqvarna 26:09.900 +1:10.120 13 14 10 Rätsep Honda 26:10.269 +1:10.489 14 15 55 Ivanovs Yamaha 26:35.298 +1:35.518 15 16 46 Gonçalves Husqvarna 26:35.468 +1:35.688 16 17 73 Bucas Yamaha 26:48.203 +1:48.423 17 18 4 Webb Yamaha 26:50.822 +1:51.042 18 19 82 Malin KTM 26:52.935 +1:53.155 19 20 61 Irt Yamaha 26:53.444 +1:53.664 20 21 64 Romancik Suzuki 27:26.133 +2:26.353 21 22 124 Marini Husqvarna 25:11.080 +1 Lap 22 23 34 Rogozin Husqvarna 25:12.166 +1 Lap 23 24 79 dos Santos Yamaha 25:14.141 +1 Lap 24 25 91 Morozov Yamaha 25:14.720 +1 Lap 25 26 70 Lonka KTM 25:27.046 +1 Lap 26 27 76 Simko Honda 25:30.807 +1 Lap 27 28 88 Karas Yamaha 25:58.359 +1 Lap 28 29 97 Astudillo Kawasaki 26:34.812 +1 Lap 29 30 94 Kontoletas Yamaha 27:04.981 +1 Lap 30 31 100 Tabouraing Kawasaki 26:07.878 +2 Laps 31 32 106 Karmi KTM 26:33.705 +2 Laps 32 109 Fitzgerald KTM 17:42.172 Retired 33 13 Guillod Yamaha 2:28.149 Retired 34 115 Hugyecz KTM 0:00.000 Retired 35 25 Nagl Husqvarna 0:00.000 Retired 36 49 Irwin Honda Did Not Start - 118 Birgisson Kawasaki Did Not Start - Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference Points

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