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.
