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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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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!

REDBUD (Michigan, USA) 06 October 2018 - Today just after the Qualifying races of the 2018 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations at RedBud, Youthstream and the French Motorcycling Federation proudly announce that Ernée, France will again host the prestigious event in 2020.

The venue of choice for the 2005 and 2015 editions of MXoN the Ernée Moto-Club will once again host this mythical competition. The announcement was made official today by Youthstream Vice President Mr. David Luongo, Managing Director of the FFM Mr. Sébastien Poirier and President of the Ernée Moto-Club Mr. Philippe Lecomte.

David Luongo, Vice President of Youthstream: "The French following is one of the biggest in the world in the field of motocross and the French fans have always been incredible. It was the obvious choice, especially with the partnership we have with the French Motorcycling Federation and French clubs, to bring the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations back to France. We chose Ernée after the two editions (2005 and 2015) because both of them were an incredible success, we all have images and memories from the Motocross of Nations in Ernée and we are very proud to be coming back.”

Managing Director of the FFM Mr. Sébastien Poirier: “Motocross is such an important sport in France for the riders, fans, families, and us. Motocross is the most popular motorcycle discipline in our country and we are happy that Youthstream sees our dedication to the sport at all levels. The biggest motocross race in the world will be back in France and back at the trustworthy Ernée circuit. Together with Youthstream, the FIM, and Philippe we will work to again make this event another unforgettable success.”

Philippe Lecomte, President of the Ernée Moto-Club: "I would like to thank the FIM, Youthstream and the FFM for allowing us to once again organize the Motocross of Nations in 2020. For the third time, this event will take place on our soil. The 2005 edition was fantastic, that of 2015 was even better with an incredible atmosphere punctuated by a French victory. I hope that 2020 will have the same success, all the volunteers are already at work to host both the best riders in the world and tens of thousands of spectators expected.”

Photo from left to right: Managing Director of the FFM Sébastien Poirier, Youthstream Vice President David Luongo, President of the Ernée Moto-Club Philippe Lecomte.

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REDBUD (Michigan, USA) 06 October 2018 - The world’s biggest motocross race has started at America’s RedBud Motocross Track today with the 72^nd Edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations Qualifying races. The hills of the Michigan circuit filled with thousands of wildly passionate and patriotic motocross fans creating an atmosphere that only the MXoN can provide.

Qualifying in the top spot was Team Netherlands who scored 4 points with Jeffrey Herlings, Calvin Vlaanderen, and Glenn Coldenhoff. Going to the line second tomorrow will be Team Italy, Antonio Cairoli, Michele Cervellin, and Alessandro Lupino who scored 5 points along with Team France’s Gautier Paulin, Dylan Ferrandis, and Jordi Tixier.

Today’s racing was epic and full of drama as all of the thirty country’s teams competed for the top 19 spots to guarantee a place in tomorrow’s final races. Three different qualifying races, one for each category, followed the morning’s Free Practice sessions. Of the three race results the two best are counted into the nations classification and the 19 teams with the lowest scores are placed directly into the main races tomorrow while teams from 20th on will have one last chance to compete via winning the B-Final tomorrow morning.

The MXGP category will likely be the most watched class tomorrow with a long list of stars headlined by the Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings, USA’s Eli Tomac, Germany’s Ken Roczen, and Italy’s Antonio Cairoli.

When the qualifying race kicked off today it was Team Italy’s Antonio Cairoli leading Team Germany’s Ken Roczen. Team Netherlands’ Jeffrey Herlings went down in the first turn will Team USA’s Eli Tomac was 6th behind Team Great Britain’s Tommy Searle.

Herlings went straight to Pit Lane after the start crash and after a few adjust was back on track in dead last. Meanwhile Team Spain’s Jose Butron was fighting to hold on to 3rd while under pressure from the #1 of Team France’s Gautier Paulin. By the fifth lap Butron was passed by Paulin, Searle, and Tomac while Herlings was already up to 11th.

Cairoli impressively pulled away from Roczen lap after lap as Roczen did the same to Paulin. On lap 8 Herlings was up to 5th while fans struggled to find Tomac who previously held the position. Tomac was then discovered at the bottom of the circuit near “LaRocco’s Leap” with a bike issue.

Herlings went on to take not only 4th from Searle but also 3rd from Paulin on the final lap while Cairoli took the win over 21 seconds ahead of Roczen. Paulin took 4th and Searle put team GB into the final spot of the top 5 while Tomac took 29th.

Antonio Cairoli: “I am really happy to be here with Italy, it is good motivation for me. I think we have a good team, of course we want to win but our goal is to finish on the podium, this is the most realistic goal. It was a very good Qualifying race and I hope tomorrow we can get another good start.”

MXGP Qualifying Heat top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 24:57.036; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Honda), +0:21.286; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:36.455; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:38.939; 5. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:54.353; 6. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:05.652; 7. Filip Bengtsson (SWE, Yamaha), +1:08.403; 8. Valentin Guillod (SUI, KTM), +1:45.321; 9. Kirk Gibbs (AUS, KTM), +1:46.994; 10. Roland Edelbacher (AUT, KTM), +1:50.371.

Main Photo: Monster Energy FIM MXoN Crowd

Bottom Photos: 1. Antonio Cairoli; 2. Ken Roczen

The second race out in front of the MXoN crowd was the 250’s of MX2 Qualifying. Team Germany’s Henry Jacobi found himself in the lead with Team USA’s Aaron Plessinger and Team Australia’s Hunter Lawrence hounding him for the lead.

Team France’s Dylan Ferrandis was in 4th just ahead of Team Italy’s Michele Cervellin and Team Spain’s Jorge Prado at the end of the first official lap. Ferrandis made moves quickly gaining a position in each of the next 2 laps to run in 2nd behind the new leader Plessinger.

The early leader, Jacobi, was shuffled back to 4th behind Lawrence and just ahead of Cervellin. After 4 laps in 2nd position Ferrandis took over the lead as the American lost control and crashed off one of the triple jumps. Plessinger rejoined the action in 7th but then dropped even more positions after stopping in Pit Lane.

The lead of Ferrandis was heavily challenged by the strong ride of Lawrence but the Frenchman held on to win the race just 0.7 seconds over the Aussie. Third place went to Germany’s Henry Jacobi with Cervellin 4th and Prado 5th.

Dylan Ferrandis: “I am really happy, I had a good race and a good start, I made a small mistake in the mud...but it is racing and I won the race which is what is important for the team and we are in a good position for tomorrow."

MX2 Qualifying Heat top ten: 1. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Yamaha), 25:19.563; 2. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, Honda), +0:00.766; 3. Henry Jacobi (GER, Husqvarna), +0:34.130; 4. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Yamaha), +0:38.511; 5. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:44.348; 6. Enzo Lopes (BRA, Suzuki), +0:47.486; 7. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:48.457; 8. Jess Pettis (CAN, Yamaha), +1:00.775; 9. Alvin Östlund (SWE, Yamaha), +1:01.127; 10. Anthony Rodriguez (VEN, Yamaha), +1:05.909.

Main Photo: MX2 Start

Bottom Photos: 1. Dylan Ferrandis; 2. Hunter Lawrence

The final event on track today was the Open category’s qualifying and the pressure was on Team USA’s Justin Barcia after the prior mishaps of his fellow countrymen. Coming into the race the American team depended on a top ride from “Bam Bam” to avoid the B-Final.

When the gates dropped Germany was off to another strong start with Max Nagl leading Italy’s Alessandro Lupino and the Netherlands’ Glenn Coldenhoff out of the first turn. Justin Barcia was in 5th looking for way into the fight for lead as Coldenhoff passed Lupino.

In the early stages Nagl went down and dropped to 21st position which then gave the lead to Coldenhoff. Barcia railed around the outside of Lupino to take over 2nd while fellow Yamaha rider, Jeremy Van Horebeek from team Belgium, passed Switzerland’s Jeremy Seewer and Lupino to get into 3rd.

Barcia fought to catch and pass Coldenhoff but though he was able to catch the Dutchman he wasn’t able to make a pass. Coldenhoff took the win but Barcia’s clutch performance propelled team USA from outside the top 20 up to 9th position for tomorrow.

Belgium’s Van Horebeek took third which helped the team to qualify 13th after Desalle had a bike issue in MXGP and Jago Geerts took 18th in MX2 after a crash. Rounding out the top 5 of Open was Seewer and team Estonia’s Harri Kullas.

Glenn Coldenhoff: "I didn't have a great start but was able to make some passes in the first few laps, Max Nagl made a mistake and I took the lead... in the end it was a good race and we are on pole for tomorrow so we are looking good."

OPEN Qualifying Heat top ten: 1. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 25:44.561; 2. Justin Barcia (USA, Yamaha), +0:03.444; 3. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:27.885; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:34.906; 5. Harri Kullas (EST, Husqvarna), +0:35.900; 6. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Kawasaki), +0:40.365; 7. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:41.172; 8. Maximilian Nagl (GER, TM), +0:59.068; 9. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +1:13.365; 10. Volodymyr Tarasov (UKR, KTM), +1:27.256.

Photos: 1. Glenn Coldenhoff; 2. Justin Barcia

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: 19° C

Weather conditions: cloudy with showers

The 2018 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations  will be 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.

TIMETABLE in Local Time (EST/GMT-4)

Sunday: Warm-up B-Final 8:45; Warm-up MXoN Group 1 9:15; Warm-up MXoN Group 2 09:45; B-Final 11:00; MXoN Race 1 (MXGP+MX2) 13:10; MXoN Race 2 (MX2+Open) 14:40; MXoN Race 3 (Open+MXGP) 16:08.

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Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations