TEAM NETHERLANDS VICTORIOUS IN FRONT OF HOME CROWD

(for extended coverage of the 2019 Motocross of Nations in Assen, click here.)

Race One – MXGP + MX2

After little bits of rain on and off throughout the weekend so far, the skies opened up in full force starting the morning of the final motos here at the 73rd running of the Motocross of Nations. Although qualifying yesterday gave us a good look at who the contenders for this year were, the poor weather being an added factor made anything possible. Slovenian and newly crowned MXGP Champion Tim Gajser started moto one out with a holeshot, but quickly was passed by MXGP class rookie Jorge Prado in just the first few turns. Within that same amount of time, disaster struck the American team with riders Justin Cooper and Jason Anderson both colliding with one another and going down hard, ripping up the side of Jason’s bike, breaking off Justin’s clutch perch and tearing up his hand as well. Prado led for a bit, but after tossing his goggles Tim Gajser found his way back by, as well s Jeffrey Herlings who had to come through the pack from a poor start. Gajser ended up with the first moto victory, followed by Herlings and Prado.

1	Gajser, Tim	SLO
2	Herlings, Jeffrey	NED
3	Prado, Jorge	ESP
4	Seewer, Jeremy	SUI
5	Paulin, Gautier	FRA
6	Van Horebeek, Jeremy	BEL
7	Monticelli, Ivo	ITA
8	Olsen, Thomas Kjer	DEN
9	Fredriksen, Hakon	NOR
10	Vlaanderen, Calvin	NED
11	Koch, Tom	GER
12	Hofer, Rene	AUT
13	Leok, Tanel	EST
14	Östlund, Alvin	SWE
15	Ferris, Dean	AUS
16	Bengtsson, Filip	SWE
17	Anderson, Jason	USA
18	Renaux, Maxime	FRA
19	Guillod, Valentin	SUI
20	Horgmo, Kevin	NOR
21	Ratsep, Priit	EST
22	Larranaga Olano, Iker	ESP
23	Webster, Kyle	AUS
24	Sterry, Adam	GBR
25	Cooper, Justin	USA
26	Ivanovs, Davis	LAT
27	Neurauter, Lukas	AUT
28	Macuks, Toms	LAT
29	Meara, Jason	IRL
30	Geerts, Jago	BEL
31	Pancar, Jan	SLO
32	Olsen, Stefan Kjer	DEN
33	Forato, Alberto	ITA
34	Chase, Wyatt	NZL
35	Docherty, Michael	RSA
36	Watson, Nathan	GBR
37	Laengenfelder, Simon	GER
38	Raynard, Anthony	RSA
39	Walsh, Dylan	NZL

Race Two – MX2 + Open

In race two, it was the Estonian rider of Harri Kullas pulling the holeshot and leading the first parts of the race, before last year’s individual champion Glenn Coldenhoff found his way around the Honda rider. This wasn’t without competition, though, as Latvia’s Pauls Jonass gave it everything he had to stay up front near Coldenhoff. Great Britain’s Shaun Simpson fought his way up into the mix of the top three as well, but couldn’t move up any further. With that crash in race one, American rider Justin Cooper found himself pretty banged up heading into this one and was only able to manage a 29th, while fellow American Zach Osborne finished fifth. Glenn Coldenhoff would take the win here, followed by Pauls Jonass in second and Shaun Simpson in third.

1	Coldenhoff, Glenn	NED
2	Jonass, Pauls	LAT
3	Simpson, Shaun	GBR
4	Kullas, Harri	EST
5	Osborne, Zachary	USA
6	Tixier, Jordi	FRA
7	Geerts, Jago	BEL
8	Olsen, Thomas Kjer	DEN
9	Ullrich, Dennis	GER
10	Vlaanderen, Calvin	NED
11	Duffy, Regan	AUS
12	Sterry, Adam	GBR
13	Campano, Carlos	ESP
14	Webster, Kyle	AUS
15	Horgmo, Kevin	NOR
16	Östlund, Alvin	SWE
17	Strijbos, Kevin	BEL
18	Boegh Damm, Bastian	DEN
19	Laengenfelder, Simon	GER
20	Forato, Alberto	ITA
21	Lupino, Alessandro	ITA
22	Ivanovs, Davis	LAT
23	Gole, Anton	SWE
24	Guillod, Valentin	SUI
25	Ratsep, Priit	EST
26	Hofer, Rene	AUT
27	Barr, Martin	IRL
28	Larranaga Olano, Iker	ESP
29	Cooper, Justin	USA
30	Renaux, Maxime	FRA
31	Wahl, Henrik	NOR
32	Sandner, Michael	AUT
33	Purvis, Maximus	NZL
34	Irt, Peter	SLO
35	Edmunds, Stuart	IRL
36	Scheiwiller, Cyrill	SUI
37	Pancar, Jan	SLO
38	Raynard, Anthony	RSA
39	Walsh, Dylan	NZL
40	Vercueil, Lloyd	RSA

Race Three – MXGP + Open

Once again, it was the Slovenian of Tim Gajser grabbing the holeshot for the third and final moto of the 2019 Motocross of Nations. A fall and a few other setbacks pushed him back down and out of the lead, opening up the door for Glenn Coldenhoff to get back to where he left off in moto two. Gajser never gave up, however, pulling right back up onto the heels of Coldenhoff by the end of the moto, but to no avail. Glenn Coldenhoff took the third race victory and his fourth MXoN moto win in a row, making him the man to beat when it comes to the international competition. Tim Gajser finished a close second the the Dutchman followed by Pauls Jonass again in the top three for third.

1	Coldenhoff, Glenn	NED
2	Gajser, Tim	SLO
3	Jonass, Pauls	LAT
4	Herlings, Jeffrey	NED
5	Seewer, Jeremy	SUI
6	Van Horebeek, Jeremy	BEL
7	Prado, Jorge	ESP
8	Anderson, Jason	USA
9	Watson, Nathan	GBR
10	Simpson, Shaun	GBR
11	Strijbos, Kevin	BEL
12	Kullas, Harri	EST
13	Osborne, Zachary	USA
14	Leok, Tanel	EST
15	Koch, Tom	GER
16	Tixier, Jordi	FRA
17	Fredriksen, Hakon	NOR
18	Ullrich, Dennis	GER
19	Olsen, Stefan Kjer	DEN
20	Macuks, Toms	LAT
21	Irt, Peter	SLO
22	Gole, Anton	SWE
23	Paulin, Gautier	FRA
24	Boegh Damm, Bastian	DEN
25	Sandner, Michael	AUT
26	Wahl, Henrik	NOR
27	Purvis, Maximus	NZL
28	Edmunds, Stuart	IRL
29	Scheiwiller, Cyrill	SUI
30	Ferris, Dean	AUS
31	Meara, Jason	IRL
32	Monticelli, Ivo	ITA
33	Duffy, Regan	AUS
34	Bengtsson, Filip	SWE
35	Campano, Carlos	ESP
36	Neurauter, Lukas	AUT
37	Lupino, Alessandro	ITA
38	Chase, Wyatt	NZL

Overall

After a difficult loss during the 2018 Motocross of Nations, Team Netherlands is finally bringing home the Chamberlain trophy, while all being done on home soil and with a 30-point difference over the second place team. The Dutch riders had control of the day from the very beginning of the races earlier this afternoon, the result behind them is what was really fought over. Belgium took stronghold over second with a combined total of 47-points after the three races. Third place outright came down to the final moments of the third and final moto of the day, as it looked to be the five time reigning champs of France to take the final step on the podium, a mechanical failure for Jordi Tixier was the deciding factor, allowing for the team of Great Britain to take that third place position. Even with some bad luck throughout the day, the Americans were still able to finish up tied in points for fifth place, ultimately sixth with compared moto scores.

1	The Netherlands	18
2	Belgium	47
3	Great Britain	58
4	Estonia	64
5	France	68
6	USA	68
7	Germany	72
8	Latvia	73
9	Spain	73
10	Denmark	77
11	Switzerland	81
12	Norway	87
13	Slovenia	89
14	Sweden	91
15	Australia	93
16	Italy	113
17	Austria	122
18	Ireland	150
19	New Zealand	171
20	Rep. of South Africa	151
21	Poland	10
22	Portugal	16
23	Ukraine	23
24	Brazil	23
25	Russia	25
26	Czech Republic	25
27	Iceland	34
28	Lithuania	35
29	Japan	35
30	Croatia	44
31	Greece	50
32	Puerto Rico	63
33	Cyprus	58
34	Luxembourg	29