Red Bull KTM's Ryan Dungey (MX1), GEICO Honda's Eli Tomac (MX2) and Honda Muscle Milk's Justin Barcia (Open) will represent the American team at next month's international event. -- He rode a 4fitty in a couple races this yr ... Maybe he'll be at the MC on a 450 in a few months ... He should have success as a rookie but I can not see him doing much better or as ~good as JB51 did this yr as a rookie ... 450s are gonna be stacked even more in 014.
I think the Americans have a better chance this year as it is not a euro centric sand track this year like it has been in the last few. Barcia is fast in the loose stuff. Will be fun to watch. To bad RV cant make it that guy is a freaking machine right now. Laser focused and untouchable as of late. Tomac too. Very impressive guy he is.
Well, I think that Tomac has his head screwed on tighter and is much less erratic than Barcia, so expect he will do more, but he wont make the jump before he is ready. Barcia is fast, except when he is all over the place and then on the ground.... The new James Stewart as it were.
I think Barcai has been amazing and mixing it up his first year with the top guys. Also not doing the bambam thing. I really like him and think he has done good things with his first year in the big boy class.
format is 3 motos. each with combined displacements. 1st moto 250/450 2nd 250/open 3rd 450/open. Open is open to 250+cc 2 strokes and 450+cc 4 strokes I believe.
it's too bad Herlings is down and out. I would have liked to see how Tomac and Herlings stacked up against each other.
On September 29, 2013, the 2013 Motocross des Nations will take place in Germany. Last year there were 33 teams and there are 41 teams currently entered for 2013. Apart from the big guns (USA, Belgium, France, England and Germany), there are countries that are coming to the MXDN with no hope of making the "A" main (and maybe not the "B'main). They come out of the spirit of the sport, to represent their country. We tip our hats to the teams from Mongolia, Israel, Greece, Iceland, Romania, Lithuania, Thailand, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Venezuela. TEAM USA Ryan Dungey Eli Tomac Justin Barcia TEAM GERMANY Ken Roczen Max Nagl Dennis Ullrich TEAM HOLLAND Glenn ColdenhoffHerjan Brakke Mike Kras TEAM BRAZIL Rafael Faria Hector Assuncao Anderson Cidade TEAM SWITZERLAND Arnaud Tonus Jeremy SeewerValentin Guillod TEAM NEW ZEALAND Cody Cooper Rhys CarterKayne Lamont TEAM ESTONIATanel LeokGert KrestinovErkl Hahro TEAM IRELAND Martin Barr Graeme Irwin Stuart Edmonds TEAM BELGIUM Clement Desalle Ken De Dycker Jeremy van Horebeek TEAM GREAT BRITAIN Tommy Searle Jake Nicholls Shaun Simpson
TEAM PUERTO RICO Roberto Gonzalez Alex Martin Phil Nicoletti TEAM AUSTRALIA Dean Ferris Todd Waters Brett Metcalfe TEAM SPAIN Jonathan Barragan Jose Butron Alvaro Lozano TEAM ITALY Antonio Cairoli Alessandro Lupino David Philippaerts TEAM FRANCE Gautier Paulin Jordi Tixier Christophe Charlier TEAM FINLAND Santu Tiainen Harrui Kullas Ludvig Soderberg TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Fratisek Smola Filip Neugebauer Martin Michek TEAM LITHUANIA Vytautas Bucas Matas Inda Arminas Jasikonis TEAM AUSTRIA Gunter Schmindinger Pascal Rauchenecker Matthias Walkner TEAM JAPAN Yohei Kojima Toshiki Tomita Makato Ogata
TEAM HUNGARY Kornel Nemeth Gabor Firtosvari Bence Szvoboda TEAM VENEZUELA Oscar Esparis Guillermo Esteve Carlos Badiali TEAM ICELAND Kari Jonsson Bjorn Birgisson Eythor Teynisson TEAM GREECE Dimititris Kontoletas Panogiotis Papilas Emmanouil Kritikos TEAM THAILAND Atison Ruadreo Thanarat Penjan Chaiyan Romphan TEAM CANADA Cole Thompson Jeremy Medaglia Tyler Medaglia TEAM MONGOLIA Khaliunbold Erdenebileg Munkbolor Kishigmunk Temudin Khadbataar TEAM LUXEMOURG Bjorn Frank Gilles Hermes Yves Frank TEAM POLAND Lukasz Kedzierski Tomasz Wysocki Lukasz Lonka TEAM SLOVAKIA Tomas Simko Jakub Hruska Richard Szolga
TEAM ISRAEL Ido Carmon Asaf Ben Aharon Eliyahu Ohana TEAM CROATIA Marko Leljak Matej Jaros Hrvoje Karas TEAM ROMANIA Adrian Raduta George Cabal Virgil Corbea TEAM SWEDEN Kim Lindstrom Karl Olsson Filip Bengtsson TEAM LATVIA Augusts Justs Roberts Justs Matiss Karo TEAM SLOVENIA Klemen Gercar Tim Gasjer Matevz Irt TEAM NORWAY Even Heibye Magne Klingsheim Kenneth Gundersen TEAM DENMARK Kasper Lynggard Stefan Kjer Olsen Nikoaj Larsen TEAM RUSSIA Evgeny Bobryshev Alex Tonkov Evgeny Mikhaylov
I saw an interview with DeCoster ...He said he liked the track and it fits the team well ... One day of practice is about all they will need to get ready ...
From Youthstream: The 2013 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations returns to CBS Sports Network in the United States and Canada on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 3:00 PM, Eastern. CBS Sports Network will showcase the “Olympics of Motocross” with a full 3-hour show that will feature the event’s main races in their entirety. When I check out the website it shows roadracing, but who knows? Check your local listing ..... http://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/ I know you can get it streaming on your computer from here but it isn't free: http://www.mx-life.tv/
US, Italy, Belgium and France are solid top tier competitition. Tough team list for me also includes Australia, Great Britain and Germany. Hats off to all the other teams for enduring the time travel and logistics to be at the show, I mean Mongolia is on the grid! This will be a good one, and we will see what's in store for the new 2014 "MX3" MX300 2T class we should see some debut machines for show on display and maybe on the track as well?
