2021 Motocross des Nations

The 2021 Motocross des Nations is a motocross race to be held on 25 and 26 September 2021 in Mantova, Italy. The race usually takes place after the MXGP season, however because the 2021 GP schedule runs from April through November, the MXoN will take place in the middle of the MXGP series.[1]

Entry list edit

Start numbers will be allocated based on the team finishes from the 2019 competition. This will allocate number plates 1, 2 & 3 to the Netherlands (1st), 4, 5 & 6 to Belgium (2nd) and 7, 8 & 9 to the United Kingdom (3rd). The remainder of the top ten finishers were as follows: Estonia, France, United States, Germany, Latvia, Spain and Denmark.

The official entry list was published on 14 September.[2]

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that ultimately led to the cancellation of the 2020 event, meant that some of the sport's most important nations were unable to send a team. United States will miss their first MXdN since 2004, whilst Australia will be absent for the first time since 2002. Other nations absent who competed in 2019 included New Zealand, Japan, Puerto Rico, Cyprus and Luxembourg.

In addition to this, many of the sports top riders have decided to opt out of racing for their country due to the event's scheduling putting it in the middle of the 2021 world championship season. Tim Gajser (Slovenia), Romain Febvre & Maxime Renaux (France), Jorge Prado (Spain), Jeremy Seewer (Switzerland), Pauls Jonass (Latvia) and Jago Geerts (Belgium) all decided against competing, whilst Jeremy Van Horebeek (Belgium) withdrew from the event after initially being selected. He will be replaced by Cyril Genot.[3]

Despite these challenges, the entry list features only one less nation than in 2019. A number of nations will return to the event after being absent in previous additions. Venezuela and Canada return for the first time since 2018. Former podium finishers Finland, as well as Slovakia, return for the first time since 2017, whilst Morocco will return to the event for only their third appearance - their last coming in 2015. Bulgaria are scheduled to compete for the first time ever in the event, the first debutant since Kuwait in 2011.

Russian athletes competed as a neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[4]

Country Nr Rider Class Motorcycle
1   Netherlands 1 Glenn Coldenhoff MXGP Yamaha
2 Roan van de Moosdijk MX2 Kawasaki
3 Jeffrey Herlings Open KTM
2   Belgium 4 Cyril Genot MXGP KTM
5 Liam Everts MX2 KTM
6 Brent Van Doninck Open Yamaha
3   United Kingdom 7 Ben Watson MXGP Yamaha
8 Conrad Mewse MX2 KTM
9 Shaun Simpson Open KTM
4   Estonia[5] 10 Gert Krestinov MXGP Honda
11 Jörgen-Matthias Talviku MX2 Husqvarna
12 Harri Kullas Open Yamaha
5   France[6] 13 Benoît Paturel MXGP Honda
14 Tom Vialle MX2 KTM
15 Mathys Boisramé Open Kawasaki
6   Germany 19 Max Nagl MXGP Husqvarna
20 Simon Längenfelder MX2 Gas Gas
21 Henry Jacobi Open Honda
7   Latvia 22 Kārlis Sabulis MXGP Husqvarna
23 Mairis Pumpurs MX2 Yamaha
24 Toms Macuks Open Gas Gas
8   Spain 25 José Butrón MXGP KTM
26 Yago Martínez MX2 KTM
27 Ander Valentín Open Husqvarna
9   Denmark 28 Thomas Kjær Olsen MXGP Husqvarna
29 Mikkel Haarup MX2 Kawasaki
30 Bastian Bøgh Damm Open KTM
10   Switzerland 31 Arnaud Tonus MXGP Yamaha
32 Mike Gwerder MX2 KTM
33 Valentin Guillod Open Yamaha
11   Norway 34 Håkon Fredriksen MXGP Yamaha
35 Kevin Horgmo MX2 Gas Gas
36 Sander Agard-Michelsen Open Yamaha
12   Slovenia 37 Luka Kutnar MXGP KTM
38 Jan Pancar MX2 KTM
39 Peter Irt Open Yamaha
13   Sweden 40 Alvin Östlund MXGP Yamaha
41 Isak Gifting MX2 Gas Gas
42 Ken Bengtson Open Husqvarna
14   Italy 46 Tony Cairoli MXGP KTM
47 Mattia Guadagnini MX2 KTM
48 Alessandro Lupino Open KTM
15   Austria 49 Michael Sandner MXGP KTM
50 Rene Hofer MX2 KTM
51 Marcel Stauffer Open KTM
16   Ireland 52 Jason Meara MXGP Kawasaki
53 Jake Sheridan MX2 KTM
54 Stuart Edmonds Open Husqvarna
17   South Africa 58 David Goosen MXGP Husqvarna
59 Camden McLellan MX2 Husqvarna
60 Tristan Purdon Open KTM
18   Poland 61 Tomasz Wysocki MXGP KTM
62 Gabriel Chętnicki MX2 Suzuki
63 Jakub Barczewski Open KTM
19   Portugal 64 Hugo Basaula MXGP Kawasaki
65 Luis Outeiro MX2 TM
66 Marco Silva Open KTM
20   Ukraine 67 Dmytro Asmanov MXGP KTM
68 Maksym Kyenko MX2 Yamaha
69 Semen Nerush Open KTM
21   Brazil 70 Gabriel Gutierres MXGP Yamaha
71 Enzo Lopes MX2 Honda
72 Frederico Spagnol Open KTM
22   MFR 73 Vsevolod Brylyakov MXGP Honda
74 Timur Petrashin MX2 KTM
75 Evgeny Bobryshev Open Husqvarna
23   Czech Republic 76 Dušan Drdaj MXGP KTM
77 Jan Wagenknecht MX2 KTM
78 Petr Polák Open Yamaha
24   Iceland 79 Eyþór Reynisson MXGP Yamaha
80 Eiður Orri Pállmarsson MX2 Yamaha
81 Máni Freyr Pétursson Open KTM
25   Lithuania 82 Dovydas Karka MXGP Yamaha
83 Erlandas Mackonis MX2 KTM
84 Arminas Jasikonis Open Husqvarna
26   Croatia 88 Luka Crnkovic MXGP Honda
89 Marko Tumbri MX2 KTM
90 Matej Jaros Open Kawasaki
27   Greece 91 Dimitrios Bakas MXGP Yamaha
92 Antonis Sagmalis MX2 Yamaha
93 Panagiotis Papilas Open Honda
28   Finland 103 Miro Sihvonen MXGP Honda
104 Emil Weckman MX2 Honda
105 Jere Haavisto Open Kawasaki
29   Venezuela 106 Carlos Badiali MXGP KTM
107 Lorenzo Locurcio MX2 KTM
108 Raimundo Trasolini Open KTM
30   Canada 109 Dylan Wright MXGP Honda
110 Jacob Piccolo MX2 KTM
111 Tyler Medaglia Open Gas Gas
31   Morocco 112 Amine Aït Bella MXGP KTM
113 Saad Soulimani MX2 KTM
114 Abdelhalim Soulimani Open Husqvarna
32   Slovakia 115 Pavol Repčák MXGP KTM
116 Tomás Kohút MX2 KTM
117 Šimon Jošt Open KTM
33   Bulgaria 118 Michael Ivanov MXGP Husqvarna
119 Nikolay Malinov MX2 KTM
120 Petar Petrov Open Honda

Practice edit

Practice is run on a class by class basis.

Open edit

Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference
1 3   Herlings KTM 1:48.109
2 75   Bobryshev Husqvarna 1:51.327 +3.218
3 48   Lupino KTM 1:51.446 +3.337
4 84   Jasikonis Husqvarna 1:51.562 +3.453
5 15   Boisramé Kawasaki 1:51.649 +3.540
6 33   Guillod Yamaha 1:51.752 +3.643
7 12   Kullas Yamaha 1:52.293 +4.184
8 9   Simpson KTM 1:52.668 +4.559
9 30   Bøgh Damm KTM 1:52.739 +4.630
10 6   Van Doninck Yamaha 1:52.755 +4.646
11 117   Jošt KTM 1:53.310 +5.201
12 21   Jacobi Honda 1:53.650 +5.541
13 27   Valentín Husqvarna 1:53.666 +5.557
14 42   Bengtson Husqvarna 1:54.115 +6.006
15 120   Petrov Honda 1:54.146 +6.037
16 51   Stauffer KTM 1:54.467 +6.358
17 78   Polák Yamaha 1:54.570 +6.461
18 105   Haavisto Kawasaki 1:54.803 +6.694
19 24   Macuks Gas Gas 1:55.216 +7.107
20 111   Medaglia Gas Gas 1:55.431 +7.322
21 54   Edmonds Husqvarna 1:55.638 +7.529
22 66   Basaúla Kawasaki 1:55.968 +7.859
23 60   Purdon KTM 1:56.580 +8.471
24 108   Trasolini KTM 1:57.097 +8.988
25 39   Irt Husqvarna 1:57.764 +9.655
26 90   Jaros Kawasaki 1:59.710 +11.601
27 63   Barczewski KTM 1:59.882 +11.773
28 69   Nerush KTM 2:01.686 +13.577
29 81   Pétursson KTM 2:03.078 +14.969
30 93   Papilas Honda 2:03.499 +15.390
31 114   Soulimani Husqvarna 2:04.152 +16.043

Qualifying Races edit

Qualifying is run on a class by class basis. Top 19 countries after qualifying go directly to the main Motocross des Nations races. The remaining countries go to a smaller final. Best 2 scores count.

MXGP edit

Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Laps Gap
1 46   Cairoli KTM 12
2 7   Watson Yamaha 12 +2.327
3 1   Coldenhoff Yamaha 12 +6.736
4 13   Paturel Honda 12 +9.469
5 19   Nagl Husqvarna 12 +13.129
6 109   Wright Honda 12 +19.612
7 28   Kjær Olsen Husqvarna 12 +25.170
8 22   Sabulis Husqvarna 12 +32.715
9 10   Krestinov Honda 12 +36.135
10 31   Tonus Yamaha 12 +37.813
11 25   Butrón KTM 12 +43.385
12 73   Brylyakov Honda 12 +44.947
13 4   Genot KTM 12 +46.900
14 61   Wysocki KTM 12 +58.106
15 49   Sandner KTM 12 +1:05.330
16 76   Drdaj KTM 12 +1:07.880
17 118   Ivanov Husqvarna 12 +1:14.732
18 103   Sihvonen Honda 12 +1:16.267
19 52   Meara Kawasaki 12 +1:17.456
20 58   Goosen Husqvarna 12 +1:20.545
21 79   Reynisson Yamaha 12 +1:36.099
22 67   Asmanov KTM 12 +1:41.807
23 82   Karka Yamaha 12 +1:46.371
24 88   Crnkovic Honda 12 +1:53.128
25 115   Repčák KTM 12 +2:02.983
26 37   Kutnar KTM 11 +1 Lap
27 106   Badiali KTM 11 +1 Lap
28 91   Bakas Yamaha 11 +1 Lap
29 64   Silva KTM 0 Did not finish
40   Östlund Yamaha Did not start
112   Aït Bella KTM Did not start

MX2 edit

Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Laps Gap
1 14   Vialle KTM 12
2 50   Hofer KTM 12 +3.939
3 8   Mewse KTM 12 +5.213
4 47   Guadagnini KTM 12 +23.849
5 41   Gifting Gas Gas 12 +25.253
6 59   McLellan Husqvarna 12 +25.916
7 20   Längenfelder Gas Gas 12 +30.741
8 29   Haarup Kawasaki 12 +31.539
9 2   van de Moosdijk Kawasaki 12 +33.129
10 110   Piccolo KTM 12 +44.321
11 5   Everts KTM 12 +55.532
12 11   Talviku Husqvarna 12 +1:02.350
13 65   Outeiro TM 12 +1:04.153
14 38   Pancar KTM 12 +1:05.252
15 32   Gwerder KTM 12 +1:07.705
16 23   Pumpurs Yamaha 12 +1:15.117
17 116   Kohút KTM 12 +1:20.426
18 77   Wagenknecht KTM 12 +1:31.608
19 74   Petrashin KTM 12 +1:34.838
20 107   Locurcio KTM 12 +1:35.982
21 104   Weckman Honda 12 +1:39.137
22 26   Martínez KTM 12 +1:50.571
23 53   Sheridan KTM 12 +1:52.673
24 62   Chetnicki Suzuki 12 +2:01.781
25 119   Malinov KTM 12 +2:07.010
26 83   Mackonis KTM 12 +2:13.702
27 113   Soulimani KTM 11 +1 Lap
28 92   Sagmalis Yamaha 11 +1 Lap
29 89   Tumbri KTM 11 +1 Lap
30 80   Pálmarsson Yamaha 11 +1 Lap
31 68   Kyenko Yamaha 11 +1 Lap

Open edit

Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Laps Gap
1 3   Herlings KTM 12
2 21   Jacobi Honda 12 +6.522
3 84   Jasikonis Husqvarna 12 +7.953
4 15   Boisramé Kawasaki 12 +12.664
5 24   Macuks Gas Gas 12 +14.556
6 75   Bobryshev Husqvarna 12 +24.507
7 30   Bøgh Damm KTM 12 +28.139
8 48   Lupino KTM 12 +36.626
9 27   Valentín Husqvarna 12 +42.526
10 33   Guillod Yamaha 12 +42.883
11 12   Kullas Yamaha 12 +44.683
12 120   Petrov Honda 12 +49.871
13 42   Bengtson Husqvarna 12 +50.708
14 6   Van Doninck Yamaha 12 +54.088
15 78   Polák Yamaha 12 +1:07.158
16 54   Edmonds Husqvarna 12 +1:13.128
17 111   Medaglia Gas Gas 12 +1:14.913
18 66   Basaúla Kawasaki 12 +1:19.078
19 117   Jošt KTM 12 +1:21.443
20 9   Simpson KTM 12 +1:29.197
21 105   Haavisto Kawasaki 12 +1:33.434
22 60   Purdon KTM 12 +1:58.017
23 39   Irt Husqvarna 12 +2:05.707
24 90   Jaros Kawasaki 11 +1 Lap
25 108   Trasolini KTM 11 +1 Lap
26 63   Barczewski KTM 11 +1 Lap
27 81   Pétursson KTM 11 +1 Lap
28 93   Papilas Honda 11 +1 Lap
29 114   Soulimani Husqvarna 11 +1 Lap
30 51   Stauffer KTM 11 +1 Lap
31 69   Nerush KTM 8 Did not finish

Qualification Standings edit

  • Qualified Nations
Place Nation Points
1   Netherlands 4
2   France 5
3   Italy 5
4   Great Britain 5
5   Germany 7
6   Latvia 13
7   Denmark 14
8   Canada 16
9   Austria 17
10   MFR 18
11   Sweden 18
12   Estonia 20
13   Switzerland 20
14   Spain 20
15   Belgium 24
16   South Africa 26
17   Lithuania 26
18   Bulgaria 29
19   Czech Republic 31
  • Nations Admitted to the B-Final
Place Nation Points
20   Portugal 31
21   Ireland 35
22   Slovakia 36
23   Slovenia 37
24   Poland 38
25   Finland 39
26   Venezuela 45
27   Croatia 48
28   Iceland 48
29   Ukraine 53
30   Greece 56
31   Morocco 56

B-Final edit

The B-Final is for the nations who finished 20th-31st in qualifying. The top nation from the B-Final qualify for the Motocross des Nations races. Best 2 scores for each nation counts.

Motocross des Nations races edit

The main Motocross des Nations races consist of 3 races which combine two classes together in each. Lowest score wins with each nation allowed to drop their worst score after the final race.

Final standings edit

Place Nation Points Total Change
1   Italy 2 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 17 37 + 15
2   Netherlands 1 + 1 + 3 + 15 + 18 38 - 1
3   United Kingdom 3 + 4 + 6 + 12 + 14 39 =
4   MFR 5 + 7 + 7 + 10 + 15 44 + 21
5   France 2 + 9 + 9 + 11 + 19 50 =
6   Belgium 4 + 6 + 13 + 17 + 34 74 - 4
7   Estonia 11 + 13 + 15 + 16 + 23 78 - 3
8   Switzerland 2 + 4 + 18 + 26 + 30 80 + 3
9   Austria 3 + 8 + 21 + 25 + 25 82 + 8
10   Denmark 1 + 13 + 17 + 26 + 74 84 =
11   Germany 5 + 16 + 19 + 24 + 37 101 - 4
12   Finland 12 + 20 + 21 + 24 + 31 108 *
13   Lithuania 9 + 14 + 27 + 28 + 32 110 + 15
14   Canada 11 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 29 112 *
15   Latvia 8 + 10 + 28 + 29 + 39 114 - 7
16   Spain 12 + 20 + 22 + 30 + 35 120 - 7
17   Czech Republic 18 + 22 + 23 + 26 + 33 122 + 10
18   Bulgaria 31 + 33 + 35 + 35 + 36 170 *
19   Sweden 8 + 10 + 14 + 16 48 + 5
20   South Africa 28 + 31 + 34 + 40 134 =
21   Poland =
22   Ireland - 4
23   Venezuela *
24   Slovenia - 11
25   Slovakia *
26   Croatia + 4
27   Portugal - 5
28   Ukraine - 5
29   Iceland - 2
30   Greece + 1
31   Morocco *

References edit

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