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MXON: Germany Ends Team USA Streak
America's Motocross of Nations win streak ended at seven as Team Germany walked away with the Chamberlain Trophy.
(Photo: Youthstream)
In front of HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium and Duke of Brabant and 65000 spectators, Team Germany made history today in Lommel after winning the 66th edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations for the first time in the history of the event. The home team gave all their best, but could only finish second and Team USA was third.
There was no doubt that Team Germany was the clear dominant of this year’s MXoN, all the riders obtained solid results and none of them made any mistake and stayed on two wheels in all the heats. Different to previous editions, Team Germany was at the top of the Nations classification after each heat, so that shows the consistency of the German riders.
Team Belgium started the weekend determined to win the MXoN at home, as it was a unique opportunity for them, but in the end they had to settle down with the second position after scoring four points more than team Germany. Team USA made a superb effort to claim back the Chamberlain Trophy, but they all admitted that they had never ridden a track like Lommel, but their consistent results made them complete the top three of the 2012 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations.
Jeffrey Herlings was outstanding in the sand, but he struggled more than expected after crashing at the start of the second heat with his teammate Marc De Reuver. In the end his 1-2 result helped Team the Netherlands to finish fourth in the Nations standings, followed by Team Italy, with the two victories of Antonio Cairoli and the great performance of Davide Guarneri.
Team France was third after the first and second races, but in the end they finished sixth, ahead of Team Estonia and Team Great Britain. Team Portugal and Team Australia completed the top ten.
Russia finished eleventh and obtained one of the best results in the history of the MXoN, thanks to the great performances of Evgeny Bobryshev and Alexander Tonkov. In fact, they could have finished higher up in the standings, if Bobryshev had not crashed in the final race when he was riding fifth.
RACE 1 (MX1 & MX2)
Antonio Cairoli put Italy at the top of the MXoN right after the start of the first race and he succeeded in leading it until the chequered flag with more than twenty-one seconds difference with Paulin, who had a good start and managed to find a good rhythm to move up to second. The French rider was catching the Italian by the end of the heat, but he made a mistake and he lost some time. On the other hand, Max Nagl was very satisfied with his performance after race one and he mentioned that he was not too tired to face the following heat.
Home rider Clement Desalle and German Roczen exchanged the fourth position in the beginning of the race, but it was the Belgian who finished fourth and Roczen fifth. Evgeny Bobryshev was sixth and American Ryan Dungey made several mistakes during the race and he was only able to finish seventh. Tommy Searle did not have a good start, but he managed to finish eighth, ahead of Marc De Reuver, who had to race with some plastic stuck in his rear wheel most of the race, and Jeremy Van Horebeek.
Alessandro Lupino crashed in the first lap and he dislocated his shoulder, but fortunately the shoulder was relocated by itself and he could enter the following heat and helped team Italy to finish on the podium.
Race 1 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34:26.888; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:21.182; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:28.933; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:38.741; 5. Ken Roczen (GER, KTM), +0:40.180; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +1:05.036; 7. Ryan Dungey (USA, KTM), +1:11.286; 8. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +1:38.040; 9. Marc de Reuver (NED, Kawasaki), +1:42.851; 10. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), +1:44.824;
Nations top ten: Germany, Belgium, France, USA, Russia, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Ireland, Estonia, Italy.
There was no doubt that Team Germany was the clear dominant of this year’s MXoN, all the riders obtained solid results and none of them made any mistake and stayed on two wheels in all the heats. Different to previous editions, Team Germany was at the top of the Nations classification after each heat, so that shows the consistency of the German riders.
Team Belgium started the weekend determined to win the MXoN at home, as it was a unique opportunity for them, but in the end they had to settle down with the second position after scoring four points more than team Germany. Team USA made a superb effort to claim back the Chamberlain Trophy, but they all admitted that they had never ridden a track like Lommel, but their consistent results made them complete the top three of the 2012 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations.
Jeffrey Herlings was outstanding in the sand, but he struggled more than expected after crashing at the start of the second heat with his teammate Marc De Reuver. In the end his 1-2 result helped Team the Netherlands to finish fourth in the Nations standings, followed by Team Italy, with the two victories of Antonio Cairoli and the great performance of Davide Guarneri.
Team France was third after the first and second races, but in the end they finished sixth, ahead of Team Estonia and Team Great Britain. Team Portugal and Team Australia completed the top ten.
Russia finished eleventh and obtained one of the best results in the history of the MXoN, thanks to the great performances of Evgeny Bobryshev and Alexander Tonkov. In fact, they could have finished higher up in the standings, if Bobryshev had not crashed in the final race when he was riding fifth.
RACE 1 (MX1 & MX2)
Antonio Cairoli put Italy at the top of the MXoN right after the start of the first race and he succeeded in leading it until the chequered flag with more than twenty-one seconds difference with Paulin, who had a good start and managed to find a good rhythm to move up to second. The French rider was catching the Italian by the end of the heat, but he made a mistake and he lost some time. On the other hand, Max Nagl was very satisfied with his performance after race one and he mentioned that he was not too tired to face the following heat.
Home rider Clement Desalle and German Roczen exchanged the fourth position in the beginning of the race, but it was the Belgian who finished fourth and Roczen fifth. Evgeny Bobryshev was sixth and American Ryan Dungey made several mistakes during the race and he was only able to finish seventh. Tommy Searle did not have a good start, but he managed to finish eighth, ahead of Marc De Reuver, who had to race with some plastic stuck in his rear wheel most of the race, and Jeremy Van Horebeek.
Alessandro Lupino crashed in the first lap and he dislocated his shoulder, but fortunately the shoulder was relocated by itself and he could enter the following heat and helped team Italy to finish on the podium.
Race 1 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34:26.888; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:21.182; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:28.933; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:38.741; 5. Ken Roczen (GER, KTM), +0:40.180; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +1:05.036; 7. Ryan Dungey (USA, KTM), +1:11.286; 8. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +1:38.040; 9. Marc de Reuver (NED, Kawasaki), +1:42.851; 10. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), +1:44.824;
Nations top ten: Germany, Belgium, France, USA, Russia, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Ireland, Estonia, Italy.
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