TEAM USA WINS THE 75TH MONSTER ENERGY FIM MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS

It has been a long time coming to this day, but Team USA can finally, once again, call themselves the champions of the Motocross of Nations. It has been since 2011 that the United States team has stepped atop the middle of the podium in front of the world crowd, but today they earned their 23rd victory at the international event. Following them up onto the podium in second was Team France, and closely behind them rounding out the podium was Team Australia. It was a pretty close fight all day between the three teams, each earning an overall moto victory throughout the three motos and all counted scores (the worst moto score from each team is thrown out) were inside the top 10. Here’s how each of the motos played out: (for extended coverage of the 2022 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, click here.)

Eli Tomac went on to win the first moto of the day ahead of Jago Geerts and Maxime Renaux (photo by Brandon Krause)

Race 1: MXGP + MX2

The first race of the day saw the MXGP and MX2 classes going head to head to see which country would be able to strike first and set the tone for the rest of the day. It was Eli Tomac getting out front early and leading wire to wire, but not without feeling the pressure from Belgium’s Jago Geerts just behind in striking distance the whole way through. The two Yamaha riders pushed each other so hard that they would eventually build up a gap of almost a minute over Maxime Renaux in third. Team USA member Justin Cooper would funnel in just inside the top ten with a ninth for moto one, which would end up being the US’ worst moto score of the day. Australia’s Mitch Evans secured a fifth to start his day and Hunter Lawrence came across the line about 14 seconds ahead of Cooper for eighth.

Jago Geerts would trail behind Eli Tomac at about this same gap for the entirety of race one (photo by Brandon Krause)

1	Eli Tomac
2	Jago Geerts
3	Maxime Renaux
4	Jeremy Seewer
5	Mitchell Evans
6	Jorge Prado
7	Antonio Cairoli
8	Hunter Lawrence
9	Justin Cooper
10	Kay De Wolf
11	Maximilian Nagl
12	Liam Everts
13	Glenn Coldenhoff
14	Marvin Musquin
15	Andrea Adamo
16	Dean Wilson
17	Simon Laengenfelder
18	Kevin Horgmo
19	Alvin Östlund
20	Karlis Sabulis
21	Camden McLellan
22	Cornelius Toendel
23	Karlis Alberts Reisulis
24	Emil Weckman
25	Guillem Farres
26	Albin Gerhardsson
27	Hardy Munoz
28	Miro Sihvonen
29	Joshua Varize
30	Ryder McNabb
31	Dylan Wright
32	Matias Pavez
33	Raimundo Trasolini
34	Benny Bloss
35	Tanel Leok
36	Valentin Guillod
37	Max Anstie
38	Tristan Purdon
39	Anthony Rodriguez
DNS	Jorgen Talviku

Justin Cooper and Hunter Lawrence would battle much of race one with Lawrence ultimately coming out with the upper hand (photo by Brandon Krause)

Italy’s Mattia Guadagnini got the jump in moto two over Jett Lawrence and Chase Sexton, but both Jett and Chase would over take Mattia by the end of the moto (photo by Brandon Krause)

Race 2: MX2 + OPEN

Out next saw the MX2 class rejoin the starting grid for their second moto in a row while the other half of the gates were filled by fresh set of racers from the Open class. this time it was Team Italy’s Mattia Guadagnini taking over the lead off the start where he would lead for the first half of the race before being overtaken by Australia’s Jett Lawrence. It wouldn’t take long for Lawrence to build a gap over second and by the end of the he had about 14 seconds over second, winning his first ever race aboard a 450. USA’s Chase Sexton got out to a great start in his first moto of the day as well but fell into having some issues part way through the moto and losing a couple of positions. He would be able to remount a charge by the end to secure second in the moto behind Lawrence. Guadagnini would round out the moto’s top three for Team Italy. Justin Cooper had an incredible start to this moto as well and was able to run up front the whole time, securing a fourth place in the moto and the MX2 class victory for the Motocross of Nations event. Hunter Lawrence finished 10th in race number two to finish second in the MX2 category.

Jett Lawrence made an incredible debut aboard the 450, winning at his first crack at it and by quite a large margin at that (photo by Brandon Krause)

1	Jett Lawrence
2	Chase Sexton
3	Mattia Guadagnini
4	Justin Cooper
5	Ruben Fernandez
6	Dylan Ferrandis
7	Calvin Vlaanderen
8	Harri Kullas
9	Marvin Musquin
10	Hunter Lawrence
11	Simon Laengenfelder
12	Hardy Munoz
13	Jeremy Van Horebeek
14	Liam Everts
15	Andrea Adamo
16	Tom Koch
17	Tommy Searle
18	Kay De Wolf
19	Albin Gerhardsson
20	Joshua Varize
21	Emil Weckman
22	Toms Macuks
23	Karlis Alberts Reisulis
24	Fredrik Noren
25	Haakon Osterhagen
26	Benjamin Garib
27	Guillem Farres
28	Valentin Guillod
29	Tyler Medaglia
30	Max Anstie
31	Kevin Brumann
32	Sean Lipanovich
33	Jere Haavisto
34	Kevin Horgmo
35	Cameron Anthony Durow
36	Lorenzo Locurcio
37	Camden McLellan
DNS	Jorgen Talviku
DNS	Ryder McNabb
DNS	Raimundo Trasolini

Chase Sexton fought through some vision issues in race two to work his back back up into the second position by the end of the moto (photo by Brandon Krause)

Maxime Renaux would win race three on the day, solidifying his victory in the MXGP division and aiding in Team France’s second overall for the event (photo by Brandon Krause)

Race 3: MXGP + Open

As the end drew near and the possibility of the Americans winning their first FIM Motocross of Nations in over a decade grew greater and greater, all eyes were on the start to see how the riders would fair through the first couple of turns. Team France got the jump on everybody, with Dylan Ferrandis and Maxime Renaux rounding the first corner side by side. Just behind them was Chase Sexton, who would funnel into third and bounce between there and second for the remainder of the moto. Half-way through the pack sat Eli Tomac, getting tangled in some first lap carnage just before the second turn, but luckily he avoided going down and kept charging forward. Ferrandis led the first few laps before his teammate Renaux made a move into the lead, where he would would take it all the way to the checkereds. Behind Renaux, Sexton and Jett Lawrence rekindled their battle from the previous moto with Jett once again securing the spot ahead of Chase, leaving them to finish second and third, respectively. Tomac’s charge through the pack made it only up to the sixth position, but that’s all that was needed to ensure Team USA’s victory at the 2022 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations.

Maxime Renaux and Chase Sexton fought early on in race three, before Renaux would pull away for the moto win (photo by Brandon Krause)

1	Maxime Renaux
2	Jett Lawrence
3	Chase Sexton
4	Dylan Ferrandis
5	Jeremy Seewer
6	Eli Tomac
7	Jorge Prado
8	Ruben Fernandez
9	Antonio Cairoli
10	Dylan Wright
11	Jago Geerts
12	Jeremy Van Horebeek
13	Karlis Sabulis
14	Calvin Vlaanderen
15	Tommy Searle
16	Maximilian Nagl
17	Harri Kullas
18	Tom Koch
19	Mattia Guadagnini
20	Dean Wilson
21	Fredrik Noren
22	Kevin Brumann
23	Toms Macuks
24	Cornelius Toendel
25	Jere Haavisto
26	Miro Sihvonen
27	Haakon Osterhagen
28	Mitchell Evans
29	Tyler Medaglia
30	Tristan Purdon
31	Cameron Anthony Durow
32	Sean Lipanovich
33	Matias Pavez
34	Alvin Östlund
35	Benny Bloss
36	Glenn Coldenhoff
37	Benjamin Garib
38	Tanel Leok
DNS	Anthony Rodriguez
DNS	Lorenzo Locurcio

Eli Tomac found himself in the middle of the pack off the start of race three, giving himself a last minute challenge before securing the Motocross of Nations win (photo by Brandon Krause)

Combined Overall

Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
1	USA	16
		1	Race 1	101	TOMAC, Eli
		2	Race 2	103	SEXTON, Chase
		3	Race 3	103	SEXTON, Chase
		4	Race 2	102	COOPER, Justin
		6	Race 3	101	TOMAC, Eli
		9	Race 1	102	COOPER, Justin
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
2	France	23
		1	Race 3	13	RENAUX, Maxime
		3	Race 1	13	RENAUX, Maxime
		4	Race 3	15	FERRANDIS, Dylan
		6	Race 2	15	FERRANDIS, Dylan
		9	Race 2	14	MUSQUIN, Marvin
		14	Race 1	14	MUSQUIN, Marvin
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
3	Australia	26
		1	Race 2	115	LAWRENCE, Jett
		2	Race 3	115	LAWRENCE, Jett
		5	Race 1	113	EVANS, Mitchell
		8	Race 1	114	LAWRENCE, Hunter
		10	Race 2	114	LAWRENCE, Hunter
		28	Race 3	113	EVANS, Mitchell
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
4	Italy	49
		3	Race 2	3	GUADAGNINI, Mattia
		7	Race 1	1	CAIROLI, Antonio
		9	Race 3	1	CAIROLI, Antonio
		15	Race 2	2	ADAMO, Andrea
		15	Race 1	2	ADAMO, Andrea
		19	Race 3	3	GUADAGNINI, Mattia
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
5	Belgium	50
		2	Race 1	16	GEERTS, Jago
		11	Race 3	16	GEERTS, Jago
		12	Race 3	18	VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy
		12	Race 1	17	EVERTS, Liam
		13	Race 2	18	VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy
		14	Race 2	17	EVERTS, Liam
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
6	Spain	51
		5	Race 2	48	FERNANDEZ, Ruben
		6	Race 1	46	PRADO, Jorge
		7	Race 3	46	PRADO, Jorge
		8	Race 3	48	FERNANDEZ, Ruben
		25	Race 1	47	FARRES, Guillem
		27	Race 2	47	FARRES, Guillem
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
7	The Netherlands	62
		7	Race 2	6	VLAANDEREN, Calvin
		10	Race 1	5	DE WOLF, Kay
		13	Race 1	4	COLDENHOFF, Glenn
		14	Race 3	6	VLAANDEREN, Calvin
		18	Race 2	5	DE WOLF, Kay
		36	Race 3	4	COLDENHOFF, Glenn
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
8	Germany	71
		11	Race 2	32	LAENGENFELDER, Simon
		11	Race 1	31	NAGL, Maximilian
		16	Race 2	33	KOCH, Tom
		16	Race 3	31	NAGL, Maximilian
		17	Race 1	32	LAENGENFELDER, Simon
		18	Race 3	33	KOCH, Tom
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
9	Switzerland	90
		4	Race 1	22	SEEWER, Jeremy
		5	Race 3	22	SEEWER, Jeremy
		22	Race 3	24	BRUMANN, Kevin
		28	Race 2	23	GUILLOD, Valentin
		31	Race 2	24	BRUMANN, Kevin
		36	Race 1	23	GUILLOD, Valentin
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
10	Great Britain	98
		15	Race 3	9	SEARLE, Tommy
		16	Race 1	7	WILSON, Dean
		17	Race 2	9	SEARLE, Tommy
		20	Race 3	7	WILSON, Dean
		30	Race 2	8	ANSTIE, Max
		37	Race 1	8	ANSTIE, Max
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
11	Latvia	101
		13	Race 3	43	SABULIS, Karlis
		20	Race 1	43	SABULIS, Karlis
		22	Race 2	45	MACUKS, Toms
		23	Race 3	45	MACUKS, Toms
		23	Race 2	44	REISULIS, Karlis Alberts
		23	Race 1	44	REISULIS, Karlis Alberts
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
12	Sweden	109
		19	Race 2	56	GERHARDSSON, Albin
		19	Race 1	55	ÖSTLUND, Alvin
		21	Race 3	57	NOREN, Fredrik
		24	Race 2	57	NOREN, Fredrik
		26	Race 1	56	GERHARDSSON, Albin
		34	Race 3	55	ÖSTLUND, Alvin
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
13	Norway	116
		18	Race 1	95	HORGMO, Kevin
		22	Race 1	94	TOENDEL, Cornelius
		24	Race 3	94	TOENDEL, Cornelius
		25	Race 2	96	OSTERHAGEN, Haakon
		27	Race 3	96	OSTERHAGEN, Haakon
		34	Race 2	95	HORGMO, Kevin
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
14	Finland	124
		21	Race 2	35	WECKMAN, Emil
		24	Race 1	35	WECKMAN, Emil
		25	Race 3	36	HAAVISTO, Jere
		26	Race 3	34	SIHVONEN, Miro
		28	Race 1	34	SIHVONEN, Miro
		33	Race 2	36	HAAVISTO, Jere
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
15	Canada	129
		10	Race 3	40	WRIGHT, Dylan
		29	Race 3	42	MEDAGLIA, Tyler
		29	Race 2	42	MEDAGLIA, Tyler
		30	Race 1	41	MCNABB, Ryder
		31	Race 1	40	WRIGHT, Dylan
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
16	Chile	130
		12	Race 2	111	MUNOZ, Hardy
		26	Race 2	112	GARIB, Benjamin
		27	Race 1	111	MUNOZ, Hardy
		32	Race 1	110	PAVEZ, Matías
		33	Race 3	110	PAVEZ, Matías
		37	Race 3	112	GARIB, Benjamin
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
17	Guam	147
		20	Race 2	108	VARIZE, Joshua
		29	Race 1	108	VARIZE, Joshua
		32	Race 3	109	LIPANOVICH, Sean
		32	Race 2	109	LIPANOVICH, Sean
		34	Race 1	107	BLOSS, Benjamin
		35	Race 3	107	BLOSS, Benjamin
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
18	Rep. of South Africa	154
		21	Race 1	59	MC LELLAN, Camden
		30	Race 3	58	PURDON, Tristan
		31	Race 3	60	DUROW, Cameron Anthony
		35	Race 2	60	DUROW, Cameron Anthony
		37	Race 2	59	MC LELLAN, Camden
		38	Race 1	58	PURDON, Tristan
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
19	Estonia	98
		8	Race 2	21	KULLAS, Harri
		17	Race 3	21	KULLAS, Harri
		35	Race 1	19	LEOK, Tanel
		38	Race 3	19	LEOK, Tanel
Pos	Country	Points	Race	Nr	Name
20	Venezuela	108
		33	Race 1	68	TRASOLINI, Raimundo
		36	Race 2	69	LOCURCIO, Lorenzo
		39	Race 1	67	RODRIGUEZ, Anthony