Magic at Motocross of Nations
Red Bull KTM owned two of the three classes in front of 85,000 people at Teutschenthal in Germany for the 67th Motocross of Nations on Sunday. It was a day when Tony Cairoli repeated his excellence from the sand of Lommel twelve months ago as the FIM MX1 World Champion went ‘1-1’ to help Team Italy to a historic first podium finish since 2002. Winner of the other moto – and ruler of the MX2 category for the fourth year in a row – was Ken Roczen who drove the mammoth crowd crazy with a thrilling victory over AMA rival Eli Tomac.
- So many fans, 40,000 on race day, 85k for the event
- Get ready for the 67th Nations
- Cairoli with Team Italy manager and former KTM rider Thomas Traversini
- Cairoli would go 1-1 in the motos for the second year
- MX1 class Champion again, Tony Cairoli
- De Dycker on his way to a superb second place in Moto3
- Ken De Dycker as part of the winning team
- Pit Beirer and Dungey, the Americans would finish second
- Dungey in flight for Tam USA
- Ryan Dungey negotiates the German ruts
- Special Team USA power
- European Champion Valentin Guillod was fast for the Swiss
- MX2 World Champ Jeffrey Herlings was in attendance
- Nicholls on the gas
- Jake Nicholls enjoying his last ride on the 250SX-F for Team GB
- Roczen preps the gate ahead of his fourth MX2 win in a row at the Nations
- Gives you Wings
- MX2 world championship runner-up Jordi Tixier
- The AMA SX250 Champ gets to grips with Talkessel
- The media glare was on Roczen this weekend
- The 67th Motocross of Nations gets underway
- Ken Roczen flies past his fans at Talkessel
- Jordi Tixier riding for Team France
A big shout out to Cairoli’s team-mate Ken De Dycker who held steady and fought through to second position in the final race of the day to ensure Belgium walked the top step of the podium for the first time since 2004.
Here’s some of Ray Archer’s lens mastery from the rough German hard-pack where the ruts were long, the sunshine bright, the beer free-flowing and the motocross season came to a fantastic and memorable finish.
