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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 18 October 2018 - The annual tradition of MXGP, MX2, and the Monster Energy FIM MXoN champions each being awarded with a winning ring to celebrate and seal their championships has continued again this year.

MXGP Motocross World Champion Jeffrey Herlings and MX2 Motocross World Champion Jorge Prado receive their rings at the MXGP Awards in Imola, Italy while the Monster Energy FIM MXoN winners of Team France, Gautier Paulin, Dylan Ferrandis, and Jordi Tixier, were awarded in RedBud, USA by Youthstream Vice President David Luongo just after lifting the famous Chamberlain trophy for an amazing 5th year in a row!

These unique jewels are custom made from silver to symbolize victory, each engraved with the year, and for the MXGP and MX2 Champions, their names are also inscribed.

The rings are designed and produced by the Italian company PR Model which is headed by Mr. Telemaco Cane, a huge fan of motocross himself.

Main Photo: Jorge Prado, Telemaco Cane, Jeffrey Herlings

Bottom Photos: 1. Monster Energy FIM MXoN Rings; 2. Youthstream Vice President David Luongo & Team France

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The 2018 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations at RedBud was an amazing weekend for many but no one enjoyed it more than the winning team France.

Now 6-time winners of the event with this year being the 5th in a row the French have plenty to celebrate and the riders have since been awarded many honors, trophies, and gifts.

Among the top prizes and gifts received by the winning team was impeccable Tag Heuer watches.

Partner of both the MXGP series and the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations Tag Heuer honored each of the winning riders, Gautier Paulin, Dylan Ferrandis, and Jordi Tixier, along with team manager Pascal Finot, high quality Swiss timepieces to match the high quality of the 6-time winning team. Youthstream Vice President David Luongo rewarded Team France with the watches after the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of nations Press Conference on Sunday 7th October.

MXGP-TV is stoked to have finished out another season of epic racing and shared it live around the world. To celebrate the end of the 2018 season we are announcing and opening sales on the 2019 FULL Season MXGP-TV Early Bird Promo.

The 2019 MXGP season will travel to new venues in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and more as part of another epic 20-race season in addition to the 2019 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations at the famous TT Assen circuit of the Netherlands. The 2019 Early Bird package gives LIVE and OnDemand access, from any device anywhere in the world, to all of the above including Qualifying Races on Saturday, Sunday’s Championship racing, and LIVE support classes such as WMX, the EMX Championships and more!

Will Jeffrey Herlings continue his dominance, will Antonio Cairoli win his 10th World title, or will someone like MXGP rookies ot the 2018 Monster Energy FIM MXoN OPEN overall winner Glenn Coldenhoff rise to the occasion? The only way to see it all unfold live is to tune in to MXGP-TV.com!

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The biggest motocross race of the year, the 2018 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, hosted some amazing racing and close battle but it all started with the three Fox Holeshots!

Starts are one of the most important parts of any race but especially at the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations as each team fights for the advantage as both the 250 and 450 riders are racing at the same time. With riders from all around the world and from different championships racing it gave the possibility of new winners in the Fox Holeshot competition.

Nonetheless it was the 2018 MXGP Champion Jeffrey Herlings who took the Race one FOX Holeshot away from Antonio Cairoli as the Italian fell out of the lead before crossing the line. Race two saw the teammate of Cairoli, Alessandro Lupino score the Fox Holeshot just one week after taking his first FOX Holeshot black plate at the final round of MXGP in Italy. The final race and Fox Holeshot of the weekend went to OPEN Overall winner Glenn Coldenhoff which helped him to gain enough of an advantage on the rest of the field including his Dutch teammate Herlings.

Each of the three Fox Holeshot winners Jeffrey Herlings, Alessandro Lupino, and Glenn Coldenhoff received a bonus of 1,000 Euro from the team at Fox Racing in addition to the early lead!

Watch the 3 movies HERE below

Race 1 MXGP/MX2 FOX Holeshot FILM

Race 2 OPEN/MX2 FOX Holeshot FILM

Race 3 OPEN/MXGP FOX Holeshot FILM

REDBUD (Michigan, USA) 07 October 2018 - The world’s biggest motocross race, the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, has taken on the American circuit of RedBud today where Team France ecstatically hoisted the Chamberlain trophy for their 5th year in a row!

The French team was led to victory by team captain and Monster Energy FIM MXoN veteran Gautier Paulin along with Dylan Ferrandis and Jordi Tixier. Coming in second by only a two-point deficit was the Italian team of Antonio Cairoli, Michele Cervellin, and Alessandro Lupino. Taking the final spot on the podium was team Netherlands led by Jeffrey Herlings along with Calvin Vlaanderen and Glenn Coldenhoff.

The 72nd running of the event was one of the most successful ever as countless motocross fans from around the world joined the Americans on the Michigan hillsides. The atmosphere created at this year’s Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations was as unique as the event itself hosting riders and fans from over thirty countries. The world’s most passionate, energetic, and sometimes crazy motocross fans were one of the best parts of this year’s event providing an emotion packed day of racing.

A true pinnacle of the sport the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations puts the usually independent riders into a team setting against competitors never before face truly testing their adaptability, speed, and consistency over a challenging weekend. While each fan and nation had their favorites for the win it was one of the most competitive and deeply talented Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations fields ever. With pride on the line and patriotism in their hearts 30 teams entered the competition but the field narrowed to an even more competitive 20 this morning.

19 teams directly qualified out of yesterday’s warm up sessions but the 11 teams remaining had one last chance this morning via winning the B-Final. Bringing the crowd to their feet with their B-Final win was Team Puerto Rico’s Travis Pastrana, Kevin Windham, and Ryan Sipes.

Following the B-Final and a short break was an opening ceremony at the podium with motocross legends Ryan Villopoto, Jeff Stanton, Jeremy McGrath, John Dowd, Tim Ferry, Ricky Carmichael, Gary Semics, Ricky Johnson, Steve Stackable, Donnie Hanson, Billy Lies, Jeff Ward, Ron Lenchien, and Chuck Sun in his cowboy hat. The legends shared their most memorable racing moments including participating in the previous editions of the Motocross of Nations before the microphones were handed over for speeches from Youthstream Vice President David Luongo, Monster Energy Vice President of Sports Marketing Mitch Covington, FIM/CMS Director Tony Skillington, President of AMA Rob Dingman, and United States Congressman Fred Upton.

Following the speeches and tradition yelling of “RedBuuuuud” the United States national anthem was sang to open the event! As the crowd and fireworks erupted in the background the riders MXGP and MX2 of MXoN Race 1 went out on track for their sighting lap.

The first team to line up for Race 1 was Saturday’s top qualifier, the Netherlands. MXGP rider Jeffrey Herlings took full advantage of the start by scoring the Fox Holeshot after the better jump off the gate from Italy’s Antonio Cairoli was thrown away when he slid out in the first turn.

Team Spain’s MX2 rider Jorge Prado was right behind Herlings in second but took over the lead before the first lap was complete when the Dutchman slid out. France’s Gautier Paulin took over second ahead of Canada’s Colton Facciotti. Herlings got back up and on track in 5th behind Australia’s Hunter Lawrence while the American’s of Eli Tomac and Aaron Plessinger ran in 10th and 9th.

Herlings was quick to make passes through and at the start of the first official lap was up to 3rd as Lawrence also moved up to 4th. Paulin’s French Teammate Dylan Ferrandis was riding well in 6th but lost the spot to Great Britain’s Tommy Searle at the end of the second lap.

America’s Tomac was moving forward from 10th and by lap 3 he was up to 6th but his teammate Plessinger was dropping as far back as 21st. Meanwhile the 2018 MX2 World Champion Prado led but Herlings came up quickly one past Paulin for second. On lap 8 Herlings took the lead from Prado but his Dutch teammate Vlaanderen was out of the race.

By the finish Tomac worked his way up to 4th just behind MX2 rider Prado while Cairoli came from his first turn crash to 6th but Plessinger only recovered to 18th place. Herlings took the race win by 25 seconds over Paulin, 31 second ahead of Prado and 40 seconds ahead of Tomac. The results of the two riders in race 1 put France in the lead of the nations standings with a combined 9 points, 7 better than Italy in second and 9 better then Belgium in third.

Monster Energy FIM MXoN Race 1 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 36:14.743; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:25.416; 3. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:31.483; 4. Eli Tomac (USA, Kawasaki), +0:40.195; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:51.878; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:57.900; 7. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Yamaha), +1:00.029; 8. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, Honda), +1:03.066; 9. Colton Facciotti (CAN, Honda), +1:51.758; 10. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Yamaha), +1:54.397.

Nations top ten: France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia, The Netherlands, Austria.

Photos: 1- MXGP/MX2 Start; 2. Jeffrey Herlings

The second race was the combined riders of MX2 and Open which saw the Netherlands going to line first again with Glenn Coldenhoff but this time no Clavin Vlaanderen after his injury from race 1 made it impossible to continue.

Down a rider Coldenhoff made the most of the situation for the Dutch team taking the Fox Holeshot and leading the again impressive MX2 rider Jorge Prado. Team Great Britain’s Ben Watson was up in third and leading Team Switzerland’s Jeremy Seewer while the American’s again struggled.

Justin Barcia was in 16th and Plessinger was in 18th on the first lap Barcia worked his way up to 9th by lap 9 as Coldenhoff still led Prado and Watson. Plessinger on the other hand only gained two positions throughout the entire race to finish 16th.

The Aussie MX2 rider Hunter Lawrence was pressuring Seewer as early as lap 2 but finally found his way past the Swiss rider on lap 7. 6 laps later Lawrence passed Watson for 3rd before finally moving into second ahead of Prado on the next to last lap.

Coldenhoff took the race win for the Netherlands ahead of Lawrence, Prado, Watson, and Seewer. Team France’s Ferrandis and Tixier scored 8th and 32nd as Tixier’s bike expire while Barcia made no further moves to take 9th. The 2-3 scores of Prado crowned him the MX2 overall winner while Team Australia took the lead in the nations standings ahead of Belgium and Italy.

Monster Energy FIM MXoN Race 2 top ten: 1. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 34:28.308; 2. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, Honda), +0:16.063; 3. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:20.510; 4. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:21.458; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:23.272; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:28.847; 7. Harri Kullas (EST, Husqvarna), +0:32.905; 8. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Yamaha), +0:37.022; 9. Justin Barcia (USA, Yamaha), +0:59.661; 10. Mitchell Evans (AUS, KTM), +1:09.475.

Nations top ten: Australia, Belgium, Italy, Spain, USA, France, Estonia, Great Britain, Canada, Austria.

Photos: 1. Hunter Lawrence; 2. Jorge Prado

The final race of the day was the one that decided the 2018 winner with the combined classes of MXGP and Open racing one last time. On the start it was Italy’s Alessandro Lupino taking the Fox Holeshot ahead of Germany’s Ken Roczen and the Netherlands Glenn Coldenhoff.

Coldenhoff took second away from the German on the exit of the second corner before taking the lead from Lupino only a few corners later. Paulin moved into third as Herlings came from a poor start to pass both Roczen and Paulin in one lap.

Coming forward with Herlings was Antonio Cairoli but the Italian got held up by Paulin as Herling took 2nd from Lupino. After looking for a way by Paulin for 3 laps Cairoli moved to 4th but then both he and Paulin were passed by Germany’s Max Nagl.

Nagl fell afterwards to 7th however but Cairoli was only 4th for a lap as Paulin took the spot back then went on to pass Lupino. 2 laps before the finish Lupino and Cairoli swapped positions as Coldenhoff went 1-1 with Herlings in second and Paulin 3rd.

The strong races and class overall wins from both Coldenhoff and Herlings however were not enough to make up for the absence of Vlaanderen and the consistency of team France who took their 5th successive Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations win, the 6th in their country’s history.

Monster Energy FIM MXoN Race 3 top ten: 1. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 35:53.888; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:03.970; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +1:03.687; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +1:05.191; 5. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Kawasaki), +1:11.582; 6. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +1:12.469; 7. Eli Tomac (USA, Kawasaki), +1:12.820; 8. Maximilian Nagl (GER, TM), +1:27.271; 9. Ken Roczen (GER, Honda), +1:44.294; 10. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +1:50.621.

Nations top ten: France, Italy, The Netherlands, Australia, Great Britain, USA, Belgium, Spain, Estonia, Germany.

Main Photo: Glenn Coldenhoff

Bottom Photos: 1. Antonio Cairoli; 2. Monster Energy FIM MXoN Crowd

Click here for the complete results.

All the photos from the 2018 Monster Energy FIM MXoN will be available HERE

2018 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, RedBud, USA – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1815

Type of ground: Clay Mix

Temperature: 22° C

Weather conditions: cloudy with showers

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 81,700

The 2018 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations was available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

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Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations

With the Qualifying races and the post race press conferences complete at the 2018 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, RedBud hosted the organizers of the 2019 edition of the event which will take place at the circuit of Assen in the Netherlands.

Together with Youthstream Vice President Mr. David Luongo, the Organizer of the 2019 Monster Energy Motocross of Nations Lee Van Dam spoke to the media about next year’s event in Assen.

Assen this year hosted the penultimate round of the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship giving a great show to spectators onsite and from home alike. The event was a Milestone of the 2018 MXGP Season making the history also thanks to the Championship Victory of Jeffrey Herlings. The outstanding Organization of Assen was also Present in Imola to collect the coveted Award as the best Organizer of the season!

Also present on stage were the members of 2018 Team Netherlands, Jeffrey Herlings, Calvin Vlaanderen, and Glenn Coldenhoff together with the Team Manager Patrice Assendelft. All took the chance to express their excitement to have the biggest motocross event in the World at the famous Assen TT Circuit next September the 28^th and 29^th 2019!