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 Benoit 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 France1Romain FebvreMXGPYamaha 450
1 France2Benoit PaturelMX2Yamaha 250
1 France3Gautier PaulinOpenHonda 450
2 United States4Cooper WebbMXGPYamaha 450
2 United States5Alex MartinMX2Yamaha 250
2 United States6Jason AndersonOpenHusqvarna 450
3 Belgium7Kevin StrijbosMXGPSuzuki 450
3 Belgium8Jeremy van HorebeekMX2Yamaha 250
3 Belgium9Brent van DoninckOpenYamaha 450
4 Estonia10Priit RatsepMXGPHonda 450
4 Estonia11Harri KullasMX2KTM 250
4 Estonia12Tanel LeokOpenHusqvarna 450
5 Switzerland13Valentin GuillodMXGPYamaha 450
5 Switzerland14Jeremy SeewerMX2Suzuki 250
5 Switzerland15Arnaud TonusOpenKawasaki 250
6 Netherlands16Glenn ColdenhoffMXGPKTM 450
6 Netherlands17Brian BogersMX2KTM 250
6 Netherlands18Jeffrey HerlingsOpenKTM 450
7 Australia19Todd WatersMXGPSuzuki 450
7 Australia20Mitchell EvansMX2Yamaha 250
7 Australia21Dean FerrisOpenYamaha 250
8 New Zealand22Cody CooperMXGPHonda 450
8 New Zealand23Josiah NatzkeMX2KTM 250
8 New Zealand24Hamish HarwoodOpenKTM 450
9 Germany25Max NaglMXGPHusqvarna 450
9 Germany26Henry JacobiMX2KTM 250
9 Germany27Dennis UllrichOpenKTM 450
10 Austria28Lukas NeurauterMXGPKTM 450
10 Austria29Michael SandnerMX2KTM 250
10 Austria30Pascal RaucheneckerOpenHusqvarna 250
11 Spain31Jose ButronMXGPKTM 450
11 Spain32Jorge PradoMX2KTM 250
11 Spain33Jorge ZaragozaOpenHonda
12 Russia34Semen RogozinMXGPHusqvarna 450
12 Russia35Vsevolod BrylyakovMX2Kawasaki 250
12 Russia36Evgeny BobryshevOpenHonda 450
13 Sweden37Anton GoleMXGPHusqvarna 450
13 Sweden38Alvin ÖstlundMX2Yamaha 250
13 Sweden39Fredrik NorenOpenHonda 450
14 Italy40Tony CairoliMXGPKTM 450
14 Italy41Samuele BernardiniMX2TM 250
14 Italy42Michele CervellinOpenHonda 250
15 Denmark43Nikolaj LarsenMXGPKTM 450
15 Denmark44Thomas Kjer OlsenMX2Husqvarna 250
15 Denmark45Glen MeierOpenKTM 250
16 Portugal46Rui GonçalvesMXGPHusqvarna 450
16 Portugal47Hugo BasaulaMX2Kawasaki 250
16 Portugal48Paulo AlbertoOpenHonda 450
17 Ireland49Graeme IrwinMXGPHonda 450
17 Ireland50Martin BarrMX2Honda 250
17 Ireland51Stuart EdmondsOpenTM 450
18 Great Britain52Tommy SearleMXGPKawasaki 450
18 Great Britain53Max AnstieMX2Husqvarna 250
18 Great Britain54Shaun SimpsonOpenKTM 450
19 Latvia55Davis IvanovsMXGPYamaha 450
19 Latvia56Karlis SabulisMX2Yamaha 250
19 Latvia57Toms MacuksOpenKawasaki 450
20 Japan58Akira NaritaMXGPHonda 450
20 Japan59Chihiro NotsukaMX2Honda 250
20 Japan60Kei YamamotoOpenHonda 450
21 Slovenia61Tim GajserMXGPHonda 450
21 Slovenia62Jan PancarMX2Yamaha 250
21 Slovenia63Jernej IrtOpenYamaha 450
22 Czech Republic64Jaromir RomancikMXGPSuzuki 450
22 Czech Republic65Filip NeugebauerMX2Kawasaki 250
22 Czech Republic66Petr SmitkaOpenKTM 450
23 Poland70Lukasz LonkaMXGPKTM 450
23 Poland71Szymon StaszkiewiczMX2KTM 250
23 Poland72Tomasz WysockiOpenKTM 450
24 Lithuania73Vytautas BucasMXGPYamaha 450
24 Lithuania74Dovydas KarkaMX2KTM 250
24 Lithuania75Arminas JasikonisOpenSuzuki 450
25 Slovakia76Tomáš ŠimkoMXGPHonda 450
25 Slovakia77Richard ŠikyňaMX2KTM 250
25 Slovakia78Tomáš KohútOpenKTM 250
26 Brazil79Fabio Dos SantosMXGPYamaha 450
26 Brazil80Ramyller AlvesMX2Yamaha 250
26 Brazil81Jean RamosOpenYamaha 450
27 Finland82Valterri MalinMXGPKTM 450
27 Finland83Miro SihvonenMX2KTM 250
27 Finland84Kim SavasteOpenKawasaki 250
28 Croatia88Hrvoje KarasMXGPYamaha 450
28 Croatia89Luka CrnkovicMX2Yamaha 250
28 Croatia90Matej JarosOpenKawasaki 450
29 Ukraine91Roman MorozovMXGPKawasaki 450
29 Ukraine92Volodymyr TarasovMX2KTM 250
29 Ukraine93Yuriy NaumchykOpenYamaha 450
30 Greece94Dimitrios KontoletasMXGPYamaha 450
30 Greece95Emmanouil KritikosMX2Yamaha 250
30 Greece96Panagiotis KouzisOpenHonda 450
31 Puerto Rico97Jason AstudilloMXGPKawasaki 450
31 Puerto Rico98Gino AponteMX2Kawasaki 450
31 Puerto Rico99Noah McConahyOpenHusqvarna 450
32 Luxembourg100Eric TabouraingMXGPKawasaki 450
32 Luxembourg101Yves FrankMX2Honda 250
32 Luxembourg102Björn FrankOpenHonda 450
33 Israel106Ziv KarmiMXGP
33 Israel107Dan MayaMX2
33 Israel108Oren HassonOpen
34 South Africa109Kerim Fitz-GeraldMXGPKTM 450
34 South Africa110Nicholas AdamsMX2Honda 250
34 South Africa111Michael DochertyOpenKawasaki 450
35 Canada112Kaven BenoitMXGPKTM 450
35 Canada113Shawn MaffenbeierMX2KTM 250
35 Canada114Tyler MedagliaOpenKTM 450
36 Hungary115Erik HugyeczMXGPKTM 450
36 Hungary116Bence SzvobodaMX2KTM 250
36 Hungary117Mark SzokeOpenSuzuki 450
37 Iceland118Ingvi Bjorn BirgissonMXGPKTM 450
37 Iceland119Eythor ReynissonMX2Kawasaki 250
37 Iceland120Andri GudmundssonOpenKTM 450
38 Thailand*121Chaiyan RomphanMXGPYamaha 450
38 Thailand*122Traiphop BoontaengMX2KTM 250
38 Thailand*123Kritsada PotatonOpenKawasaki 450
39 San Marino124Thomas MariniMXGPHusqvarna 450
39 San Marino125Andrea GoriniMX2Suzuki 250
39 San Marino126Bryan ToccaceliOpenYamaha 250
CountryNrRiderClassMotorcycle

Practice is run on a class by class basis.

MXGP

MX2

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