2012 FIM Monster Energy Motocross of Nations, Lommel, Belgium

For the first time, Germany walked away with the Chamberlain Trophy following the team's triumph at the Motocross of Nations held in the deep sand of the Lommel Circuit in Belgium. In the 66-year history of the Motocross of Nations, Germany has never came away victorious. Until now.

Motocross of Nations Results 2012

The 66th annual Motocross of Nations competition is all wrapped up with Team Germany coming out on top for the first time in the history of the event. Thanks to the consistent efforts of Ken Roczen, Max Nagl and Marcus Schiffer, Germany takes the overall win without scoring a single race victory. Four points behind the Germans, Team Belgium finished the day in second followed by Team USA in third. With the loss, Team USA’s MXoN win streak comes to a close. The sandy track at Lommel favored riders like Italy’s Tony Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings of the Netherlands who are more accustomed to riding in such difficult conditions.

In Race 1, MX1/MX2, Cairoli earned the top spot 21 seconds ahead of Team France’s Gautier Paulin. Nagl took third followed by Belgium’s Clement Desalle and Roczen in fourth and fifth respectively. Team USA struggled in Race 1 with both Ryan Dungey and Blake Baggett going down during the proceedings. Dungey went on to finish in seventh and Baggett took 14th.

Cairoli and Herlings dominate MX GP Belgium

Red Bull KTM Factory riders were in a class of their own on Sunday at the MX Grand Prix of Benelux on the deep sand of Lierop and while Tony Cairoli was the undisputed leader in both of the MX1 motos, the main spotlight remained focused on the team’s Dutch teenager, MX2 rider Jeffrey Herlings.


Jeffrey Herlings delivered what can only be described as exhibition races on Sunday in front of his ecstatic home fans who turned out in numbers to see a display of riding that many will remember for years to come. The 17-year-old said before the race that he wanted to win by a minute, already a mind-boggling margin by any rider’s standards. But remarkably he not only did it, he did it twice and his ride in each moto was equally thrilling. In short, he was untouchable. 



Herlings made a stunning comeback from a crash in Saturday’s qualifying to secure an impressive win for pole position. He shot out of the gates on his KTM 250 SX-F and from that point on the numbers best tell the story in the opening moto. He was seven seconds ahead after the first lap, 13 after the second, then 25, 28, 33 and still he wasn’t satisfied as he continually lapped riders. When he finally shot over the finish he was 2:07 minutes ahead of second placed teammate Jeremy van Horebeek and sitting behind him after having lapped every other rider in the field!