# 2016 Motocross des Nations

The 2016 Motocross des Nations is a motocross race to be held on 24 September and 25 September 2016 in Maggiora, Italy.

## Preview

The Motocross des Nations travels to Italy this year for the first time since 2009 and will visit the Maggiora track for the first time since 1986.
France are the defending champions having won their third title, on home soil in 2015. The French Motorcycle Federation were the first to announce their team for this years event with Romain Febvre, Dylan Ferrandis and Gautier Paulin being chosen to represent their country. A few weeks later, Ferrandis broke his arm at the MXGP of Switzerland. His position in the squad will be taken by reserve Benoît Paturel.
Australia were the next to be announced, with Motorcycling Australia putting up a team of domestic championship based riders.
Team USA put forward a squad that lacked some of their fastest riders. Ryan Dungey ruled himself out because of injury problems and Eli Tomac decided not to compete. As a result of injury, Jeremy Martin also ruled himself out. This left a squad of Cooper Webb, Alex Martin and Jason Anderson.

## Entry List

Start numbers are allocated based on the team finish from the previous year's edition. France are the reigning champions so they start with numbers 1, 2 and 3.
| | Country | Nr | Rider | Class | Motorcycle |
| 1 | France | 1 | Romain Febvre | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 1 | France | 2 | Benoît Paturel | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 1 | France | 3 | Gautier Paulin | Open | Honda 450 |
| 2 | United States | 4 | Cooper Webb | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | Alex Martin | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 2 | United States | 6 | Jason Anderson | Open | Husqvarna 450 |
| 3 | Belgium | 7 | Kevin Strijbos | MXGP | Suzuki 450 |
| 3 | Belgium | 8 | Jeremy van Horebeek | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 3 | Belgium | 9 | Brent van Doninck | Open | Yamaha 450 |
| 4 | Estonia | 10 | Priit Rätsep | MXGP | Honda 450 |
| 4 | Estonia | 11 | Harri Kullas | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 4 | Estonia | 12 | Tanel Leok | Open | Husqvarna 450 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 13 | Valentin Guillod | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 14 | Jeremy Seewer | MX2 | Suzuki 250 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 15 | Arnaud Tonus | Open | Kawasaki 250 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 16 | Glenn Coldenhoff | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 17 | Brian Bogers | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 18 | Jeffrey Herlings | Open | KTM 450 |
| 7 | Australia | 19 | Todd Waters | MXGP | Suzuki 450 |
| 7 | Australia | 20 | Mitchell Evans | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 7 | Australia | 21 | Dean Ferris | Open | Yamaha 250 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 22 | Cody Cooper | MXGP | Honda 450 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 23 | Josiah Natzke | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 24 | Hamish Harwood | Open | KTM 450 |
| 9 | Germany | 25 | Max Nagl | MXGP | Husqvarna 450 |
| 9 | Germany | 26 | Henry Jacobi | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 9 | Germany | 27 | Dennis Ullrich | Open | KTM 450 |
| 10 | Austria | 28 | Lukas Neurauter | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 10 | Austria | 29 | Michael Sandner | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 10 | Austria | 30 | Pascal Rauchenecker | Open | Husqvarna 250 |
| 11 | Spain | 31 | José Butrón | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 11 | Spain | 32 | Jorge Prado | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 11 | Spain | 33 | Jorge Zaragoza | Open | Honda |
| 12 | Russia | 34 | Semen Rogozin | MXGP | Husqvarna 450 |
| 12 | Russia | 35 | Vsevolod Brylyakov | MX2 | Kawasaki 250 |
| 12 | Russia | 36 | Evgeny Bobryshev | Open | Honda 450 |
| 13 | Sweden | 37 | Anton Gole | MXGP | Husqvarna 450 |
| 13 | Sweden | 38 | Alvin Östlund | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 13 | Sweden | 39 | Fredrik Noren | Open | Honda 450 |
| 14 | Italy | 40 | Tony Cairoli | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 14 | Italy | 41 | Samuele Bernardini | MX2 | TM 250 |
| 14 | Italy | 42 | Michele Cervellin | Open | Honda 250 |
| 15 | Denmark | 43 | Nikolaj Larsen | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 15 | Denmark | 44 | Thomas Kjer Olsen | MX2 | Husqvarna 250 |
| 15 | Denmark | 45 | Glen Meier | Open | KTM 250 |
| 16 | Portugal | 46 | Rui Gonçalves | MXGP | Husqvarna 450 |
| 16 | Portugal | 47 | Hugo Basaula | MX2 | Kawasaki 250 |
| 16 | Portugal | 48 | Paulo Alberto | Open | Honda 450 |
| 17 | Ireland | 49 | Graeme Irwin | MXGP | Honda 450 |
| 17 | Ireland | 50 | Martin Barr | MX2 | Honda 250 |
| 17 | Ireland | 51 | Stuart Edmonds | Open | TM 450 |
| 18 | Great Britain | 52 | Tommy Searle | MXGP | Kawasaki 450 |
| 18 | Great Britain | 53 | Max Anstie | MX2 | Husqvarna 250 |
| 18 | Great Britain | 54 | Shaun Simpson | Open | KTM 450 |
| 19 | Latvia | 55 | Davis Ivanovs | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 19 | Latvia | 56 | Karlis Sabulis | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 19 | Latvia | 57 | Toms Macuks | Open | Kawasaki 450 |
| 20 | Japan | 58 | Akira Narita | MXGP | Honda 450 |
| 20 | Japan | 59 | Chihiro Notsuka | MX2 | Honda 250 |
| 20 | Japan | 60 | Kei Yamamoto | Open | Honda 450 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 61 | Tim Gajser | MXGP | Honda 450 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 62 | Jan Pancar | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 63 | Jernej Irt | Open | Yamaha 450 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 64 | Jaromir Romancik | MXGP | Suzuki 450 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 65 | Filip Neugebauer | MX2 | Kawasaki 250 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 66 | Petr Smitka | Open | KTM 450 |
| 23 | Poland | 70 | Lukasz Lonka | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 23 | Poland | 71 | Szymon Staszkiewicz | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 23 | Poland | 72 | Tomasz Wysocki | Open | KTM 450 |
| 24 | Lithuania | 73 | Vytautas Bucas | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 24 | Lithuania | 74 | Dovydas Karka | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 24 | Lithuania | 75 | Arminas Jasikonis | Open | Suzuki 450 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 76 | Tomáš Šimko | MXGP | Honda 450 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 77 | Richard Šikyňa | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 78 | Tomáš Kohút | Open | KTM 250 |
| 26 | Brazil | 79 | Fabio Dos Santos | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 26 | Brazil | 80 | Ramyller Alves | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 26 | Brazil | 81 | Jean Ramos | Open | Yamaha 450 |
| 27 | Finland | 82 | Valterri Malin | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 27 | Finland | 83 | Miro Sihvonen | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 27 | Finland | 84 | Kim Savaste | Open | Kawasaki 250 |
| 28 | Croatia | 88 | Hrvoje Karas | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 28 | Croatia | 89 | Luka Crnkovic | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 28 | Croatia | 90 | Matej Jaros | Open | Kawasaki 450 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 91 | Roman Morozov | MXGP | Kawasaki 450 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 92 | Volodymyr Tarasov | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 93 | Yuriy Naumchyk | Open | Yamaha 450 |
| 30 | Greece | 94 | Dimitrios Kontoletas | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 30 | Greece | 95 | Emmanouil Kritikos | MX2 | Yamaha 250 |
| 30 | Greece | 96 | Panagiotis Kouzis | Open | Honda 450 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico | 97 | Jason Astudillo | MXGP | Kawasaki 450 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico | 98 | Gino Aponte | MX2 | Kawasaki 450 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico | 99 | Noah McConahy | Open | Husqvarna 450 |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 100 | Eric Tabouraing | MXGP | Kawasaki 450 |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 101 | Yves Frank | MX2 | Honda 250 |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 102 | Björn Frank | Open | Honda 450 |
| 33 | Israel | 106 | Ziv Karmi | MXGP | |
| 33 | Israel | 107 | Dan Maya | MX2 | |
| 33 | Israel | 108 | Oren Hasson | Open | |
| 34 | South Africa | 109 | Kerim Fitz-Gerald | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 34 | South Africa | 110 | Nicholas Adams | MX2 | Honda 250 |
| 34 | South Africa | 111 | Michael Docherty | Open | Kawasaki 450 |
| 35 | Canada | 112 | Kaven Benoit | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 35 | Canada | 113 | Shawn Maffenbeier | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 35 | Canada | 114 | Tyler Medaglia | Open | KTM 450 |
| 36 | Hungary | 115 | Erik Hugyecz | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 36 | Hungary | 116 | Bence Szvoboda | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 36 | Hungary | 117 | Mark Szoke | Open | Suzuki 450 |
| 37 | Iceland | 118 | Ingvi Bjorn Birgisson | MXGP | KTM 450 |
| 37 | Iceland | 119 | Eythor Reynisson | MX2 | Kawasaki 250 |
| 37 | Iceland | 120 | Andri Gudmundsson | Open | KTM 450 |
| 38 | Thailand* | 121 | Chaiyan Romphan | MXGP | Yamaha 450 |
| 38 | Thailand* | 122 | Traiphop Boontaeng | MX2 | KTM 250 |
| 38 | Thailand* | 123 | Kritsada Potaton | Open | Kawasaki 450 |
| 39 | San Marino | 124 | Thomas Marini | MXGP | Husqvarna 450 |
| 39 | San Marino | 125 | Andrea Gorini | MX2 | Suzuki 250 |
| 39 | San Marino | 126 | Bryan Toccaceli | Open | Yamaha 250 |
| | Country | Nr | Rider | Class | Motorcycle |
* Thailand withdrew from the event.

## Practice

Practice is run on a class by class basis.
* During Practice, Team Ireland rider Graeme Irwin and Team Iceland rider Ingvi Bjorn Birgisson were injured. They would take no further part in the event.

### Open

| Place | Nr | Rider | Motorcycle | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 6 | Anderson | Husqvarna | 1:52.252 | |
| 2 | 3 | Paulin | Honda | 1:52.814 | +0.562 |
| 3 | 18 | Herlings | KTM | 1:53.207 | +0.955 |
| 4 | 54 | Simpson | KTM | 1:54.120 | +1.868 |
| 5 | 15 | Tonus | Kawasaki | 1:54.407 | +2.155 |
| 6 | 42 | Cervellin | Honda | 1:54.597 | +2.345 |
| 7 | 36 | Bobryshev | Honda | 1:54.698 | +2.446 |
| 8 | 26 | Ferris | Husqvarna | 1:54.709 | +2.457 |
| 9 | 9 | Van Doninck | Yamaha | 1:55.665 | +3.413 |
| 10 | 39 | Noren | Honda | 1:56.023 | +3.771 |
| 11 | 75 | Jasikonis | Suzuki | 1:56.290 | +4.038 |
| 12 | 27 | Ullrich | KTM | 1:56.503 | +4.251 |
| 13 | 33 | Zaragoza | Honda | 1:56.594 | +4.342 |
| 14 | 12 | Kullas | KTM | 1:56.724 | +4.472 |
| 15 | 114 | Medaglia | Husqvarna | 1:57.262 | +5.010 |
| 16 | 66 | Smitka | KTM | 1:57.692 | +5.440 |
| 17 | 99 | McConahy | Kawasaki | 1:57.755 | +5.503 |
| 18 | 60 | Yamamoto | Honda | 1:58.002 | +5.750 |
| 19 | 48 | Alberto | Honda | 1:58.664 | +6.412 |
| 20 | 63 | Irt | Yamaha | 1:58.884 | +6.632 |
| 21 | 45 | Meier | KTM | 1:59.027 | +6.775 |
| 22 | 30 | Rauchenecker | Husqvarna | 1:59.110 | +6.858 |
| 23 | 111 | Docherty | Kawasaki | 1:59.176 | +6.924 |
| 24 | 51 | Edmonds | TM | 1:59.433 | +7.181 |
| 25 | 126 | Toccaceli | Yamaha | 2:00.356 | +8.104 |
| 26 | 72 | Wysocki | KTM | 2:00.509 | +8.257 |
| 27 | 78 | Kohut | KTM | 2:00.594 | +8.342 |
| 28 | 57 | Macuks | Kawasaki | 2:00.894 | +8.642 |
| 29 | 24 | Harwood | KTM | 2:01.247 | +8.995 |
| 30 | 81 | Ramos | Yamaha | 2:01.464 | +9.212 |
| 31 | 117 | Szoke | Suzuki | 2:03.154 | +10.902 |
| 32 | 90 | Jaros | Kawasaki | 2:03.322 | +11.070 |
| 33 | 84 | Savaste* | Kawasaki | 2:05.460 | +13.208 |
| 34 | 120 | Gudmundsson | Honda | 2:07.350 | +15.098 |
| 35 | 96 | Kouzis | Honda | 2:07.514 | +15.262 |
| 36 | 102 | Frank | Honda | 2:10.513 | +18.261 |
| 37 | 93 | Naumchyk | Yamaha | 2:17.704 | +25.452 |
| 38 | 108 | Hasson | Honda | 2:21.092 | +28.840 |
| Place | Nr | Rider | Motorcycle | Time | Difference |
* Team Finland's Kim Savaste picked up an injury during practice. He will take no further part in the event.

## Qualifying Races

The Qualifying races are also run on a class by class basis and are used to decide which nations qualify directly to the main final. Each nation will be awarded points that correlate with their riders finishing position in the race, with the top 19 teams going to the Motocross of Nations main races. The remaining nations will go to the two smaller finals where they will have the chance to become the 20th team in the main finals. Only the best two scores count for each nation, with their third being dropped. Team Ireland and Team Iceland only have two riders remaining, meaning both of their scores will count. The points allocated for qualifying are not carried over to the finals.