Moto Cross Racing: 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.

Race 2, MX2/Open, saw sand master Herlings earn the top spot almost a minute ahead of his closest competition, Tanel Leok of Estonia. Belgium’s Ken de Dycker followed in third and Roczen scored fourth. Baggett put forth his best effort on the day, finishing in sixth and Justin Barcia ended in 14th. Barcia came off the start in competition for the lead with de Dycker, but then the two collided and Barica crashed, breaking his front spokes in the process. He was able to remount and recover to fifth but then faced more trouble on the final lap when his front wheel locked up. He had to get the bike fixed before he could finish, losing ample position before finally making it to the checkers.

In Race 3, MX1/Open, Cairoli earned his second personal victory of the day with Herlings following in second and Barcia in third. Both Dungey and Barcia got off to a good start, running in second and third behind the Italian but then Dungey crashed and fell back in position. Barcia held steady in second for a period, but couldn’t hold off Herling’s late race charge. Dungey was able to recover from his misfortune, but couldn’t advance in position past ninth.

MXoN Race 1 MX1/MX2 Results 2012:
1. Tony Cairoli, Italy (KTM) 34:26.888
2. Gautier Paulin, France (Kawasaki) 34:48.070
3. Max Nagl, Germany (KTM) 34:55.821
4. Clement Desalle, Belgium (Suzuki) 35:05.629
5. Ken Roczen, Germany (KTM) 35:07.068
6. Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia (Honda) 35:31.924
7. Ryan Dungey, USA (KTM) 35:38.174
8. Tommy Searle, Great Britain (Kawasaki) 36:04.928
9. Marc de Reuver, Netherlands (Kawasaki) 36:09.739
10. Jeremy van Horebeek, Belgium (KTM) 36:11.712
11. Joshua Coppins, New Zealand (Yamaha) 36:26.509
12. Rui Goncalves, Portugal (Honda) 36:27.300
13. Martin Barr, Ireland (Suzuki) 36:47.505
14. Blake Baggett, USA (Kawasaki) 34:29.092
15. Glenn Coldenhoff, Netherlands (KTM) 34:40.722

MXoN Race 2 MX2/Open Results 2012:
1. Jeffrey Herlings, Netherlands (KTM) 34:41.619
2. Tanel Leok, Estonia (Suzuki) 35:39.760
3. Ken de Dycker, Belgium (KTM) 35:41.977
4. Ken Roczen, Germany (KTM) 36:30.083
5. Davide Guarneri, Italy (KTM) 37:09.308
6. Blake Baggett, USA (Kawasaki) 35:06.874
7. Marcus Schiffer, Germany (Suzuki) 35:07.424
8. Todd Waters, Australia (Suzuki) 35:10.714
9. Max Anstie, Great Britain (Honda) 35:28.672
10. Xavier Boog, France (Kawasaki) 35:54.149
11. Marvin Musquin, France (KTM) 35:55.705
12. Alexander Tonkov, Russia (Honda) 35:58.304
13. Luis Correia, Portugal (Yamaha) 36:12.187
14. Justin Barcia, USA (Honda) 36:14.449
15. Pritt Ratsep, Estonia (KTM) 36:17.208

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