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While it is a couple of months away interest for the 2016 Monster Energy Motocross of Nations is building. Of course it will be held at the famous Maggiora circuit in Italy, and while no teams have actually been picked yet, team managers are busy with looking at their final selections, which usually happen in the next month.

Team France as always have a long list of riders capable of doing the job in defending the title they won in 2015. Of course names like Romain Febvre, Gautier Paulin, Dylan Ferrandis, Marvin Musquin, Christophe Pourcel, and Benoit Paturel. Febvre and Paulin both have won moto’s in this event and also the team event, and of course Marvin Musquin and Dylan Ferrandis have also been involved in a winning team.

Team Belgium might be struggling a little at the moment with Clement Desalle coming back from injury, Kevin Strijbos, Julien Lieber, and Ken De Dycker all injured, and only really Jeremy Van Horebeek in good form. It is always hard to leave the Belgians out of the picture though, and no doubt when the time comes, hopefully Desalle, Strijbos and Van Horebeek will be fit to race for their country.

Team USA will have no problems bringing a strong team. Sure Ryan Dungey is out injured, but Eli Tomac, Cooper Webb, Jeremy Martin and Justin Barcia are all in line for team selection. An outsider is Joey Savatgy, although it’s hard not to see last year’s team come, but they have to fit Tomac in there somewhere.

Team Australia is looking likely to be top two in the MX1 championship, so either Dean Ferris, Todd Waters or Kirk Gibbs, and the MX2 champion, who could be Nathan Crawford, Jed Beaton or Caleb Ward. No Chad Reed or Brett Metcalfe as the new era comes in for the Aussies.

Team Great Britain will be solid once again with their top three being, Tommy Searle, Shaun Simpson, and Max Anstie, while Adam Sterry, Conrad Mewse, and Jake Nicholls should be in the selection group.

Ken Roczen has mentioned he would like to race the MXoN this year, and if he did Team Germany would again be a contender with Roczen, Max Nagl and possibly Jacobi, Henry, Dennis Ullrich, or Brian Hsu.

Team Switzerland have three big names who should be picked if fit in, Valentin Guillod, Jeremy Seewer and Arnaud Tonus. On the hard pack of Maggiora this guys could even be an outside team for a victory.

Team The Netherlands will have a strong line-up with Jeffrey Herlings, Glenn Coldenhoff, Davey Pootjes and Brian Bogers in the selection group.

Russia are also strong if their lead three riders are fit, with Evgeny Bobryshev, Vsevolod Brylyakov and Aleksandr Tonkov. All podium guys in 2016 and all will perform will at a circuit like Maggiora.

Unfortunately, riders like Antonio Cairoli, Tim Gajser, and Pauls Jonass, won’t have as much support from their fellow countrymen as Italy, Slovenia and Latvia, as those countries always struggle to have three top level riders.

We had a very special Studio Show yesterday explaining the all new Monster Energy SMX Riders’ Cup which will take place in Germany inside the VELTINS-Arena on the 8^th of October this year!

MXGP-TV’s Paul Malin was joined by Giuseppe Luongo, Stefan Everts, Antti Pyrhonen and David Philippaerts. Watch it here: 

MONACO (Principality of Monaco), 04 May 2016 - Last weekend the MXGP Facebook page reached 300,000 likes! For us, this is an outstanding achievement and to celebrate we are running a LIKE & SHARE competition where one lucky fan will WIN 2 x VIP SKYBOX GOLD passes to the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Maggiora, Italy, as well as 2 x nights accommodation!

All you have to do to enter is LIKE & SHARE the photo pinned to the top of our Facebook page and when we have reached 350K fans, we will randomly select the lucky winner!

We would like to extend a massive thank you to all of our fans, you are all awesome and we appreciate your support!  

Click HERE & LIKE & SHARE to enter.

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2015 was a big year for the FIM Motocross World Championship series. Big in action, big in drama, and big in investment. There is no doubt at the end of this year’s MXGP season a lot more people were fans of the most diverse series in the world.

While the blue print for the perfect motocross championship hasn’t been found yet, the MXGP series is clearly heading in a direction that might one day get as close as we ever will in finding the perfect Motocross World Championship.

2015 saw a rise in interest from the American public and American riders, more countries have invested into the sport thanks to a concerted effort from Youthstream president Giuseppe Luongo and his employees. Now as we move into 2016 with more exciting changes, and the MXGP class being even stronger than in 2015 we wanted to ask some industry insiders their ideas about the series.

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings is a young man who wants to break records and he knows the strongest class in world motocross is the MXGP class. He also knows the value of title and his quest for multiple MX2 titles might not be over just yet.

“Definitely, that is the class, it´s F1 or motoGP and all the best are in that class, Tixier is moving up, maybe Gajser, already there are Febvre, Van Horebeek, Cairoli, Desalle, Coldenhoff all the top guys are in that class, but I also have to prove something to myself and I have years to race MXGP, I hope my career is until I am 30 or something. I just want to be pain free when I get on the bike, but the decision which class I race might be done within a minute, and whatever decision I make I will go 100% to win.

Tony Alessi is a man who has brought a lot of hype to his son Mike. The senior Alessi though has a vision far wider than his homeland, and having visited many countries in the world he knows what the sport is all about and how it ticks.

“In terms of the racing, the MXGP series is so far ahead of what we do in the US, in terms of the way they raise the kids in racing. They have two-stroke 125 classes. They have an EMX 250 class, which is like young guys 15 years old age riding 250F’s. These guys are all riding on the same exact track at the same exact time as the GP riders are, and so I think that they’re creating and developing an infrastructure that I think will be very, very hard to beat in the future. These kids are growing up riding the nationals basically from the time they’re about 13 years old. I’ve seen every kind of coach out there working with these young kids. Guys like Stefan Everts, Mickaël Pichon and Ben Townley are all working with these kids. To me they’re building a strong base for the future. They’re also using really, really old tracks—most of them. They’re hard-packed, they have big rocks, and it’s a whole different kind of mind set to racing. In the US, the motocross tracks are deep. You basically jump in a groove and you’re wide open. That’s how you ride motocross in the US. In Europe, you have to be very creative with your riding and very creative with your bike setup. You can’t just jump in there and do well; it’s not possible. You have to go there and live it, experience it, whatever, for quite a while or at least a few years—to get yourself in tune with that.

Dutchman Harry Nolte is one of the leading mechanic’s in the sport, and is a man who has worked with many of the best riders in Grand Prix history, including Stefan Everts, John Van Den Berk and many more. Nolte is excited for 2016, and is surprised how much the MXGP series continues to improve each year.

“What surprises me every years is that the racing gets better each year. I mean there were a lot of injuries this year, and I think that came from Villopoto coming and everyone stepped up and they wanted to beat him and I think they went over the limit a little and I think they also stayed on that limit when he got injured, everyone just took it to another level in 2015 and I think 2016 is going to be even better. Places like Assen and Glen Helen are just special events.”

These three men are all looking at the 2016 MXGP season with eyes wide open and all expect to see something special in the new season. We have enjoyed the RV visit to Europe, but to be honest, we haven’t even seen the best of the FIM Motocross World Championships. 2016 will bring us that little bit closer.

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 14 October 2015– Youthstream is pleased to announce the official calendars for the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship, FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship, FIM Veteran’s Motocross World Cup and the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations.

In 2016 we will learn four new tracks, which have never before hosted a round of the FIM Motocross World Championship. In addition, history will be made with Malaysia set to host their first ever round of the championship while the return of Switzerland as well as an extra round in the USA are a couple more things to look forward to.

*: Saturday

Tba: to be announced

Tbc: to be confirmed

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80,000 people in a seething roaring shouting mass, that’s the sort of audience madness that a Rugby World Cup Final would dream about, and it’s coincidentally the sum total for spectator attendance from the 2015 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Ernée.

90% of 80,000 people stayed at the very lively campsites spread across the Pays de la Loire countryside, and of those 90% almost all of them stayed up from dawn TO dawn to cheer on the local warriors of Team France from well before first practice on Saturday morning to well after the chequered flag fell on Sunday night. 

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If you weren’t at the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in France last weekend then you should already be planning your trip for the next running, which will be in Maggiora, Italy on the 24^th & 25^th of September next year. 

If you were at the MXoN this year, then there is no doubt you will be wanting to hit another motocross of nations because this one was so insanely awesome it took motocross to the next level.

Tickets are already available for purchase, so start planning now & make the weekend of September 24^th & 25^th one to remember.

Buy tickets to the 2016 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations here: http://tickets.maggioramotocross.com/2464-italy-motocross-tickets/?private_sale=00

The Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations is all over for yet another year. This year the event set the standard for the motocross of nations, it exposed the amount of passion and dedication that all of the fans, riders, organizers and promoters withhold. If you missed it, never fear, you can sign-up to www.mxgp-tv.com and watch it OnDemand. Here are the highlights of what happened:  

ERNÉE (France), 29 September 2015 – After the celebration of the 69^th edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, Youthstream and the FIM met with the teams and manufacturers in a very positive atmosphere to make a summary of the 2015 season and discussed the improvements to be made for 2016.

Everyone agreed that it has been an excellent year for MXGP and they all shared their will to keep on cooperating to continue making the sport grow.

Mr Giuseppe Luongo, Youthstream’s President, used the opportunity to present a new big event which will be launched in 2016: the Riders and Manufacturers Cup, an event that will take place in the well-known Veltins Arena in Germany on the 8^th October 2016.  Every manufacturer will take part with their 2 best MXGP riders and their best MX2 rider, the concept will be similar to the MXoN but instead of the riders riding for their country they will ride for their manufacturer.  The format will be 3 races with the 3 riders per manufacturer in each race, and the race track will be built with riders’ safety as priority while providing a great show for the fans.  The event will be televised worldwide with a television coverage similar to the MXGP World Championship.  Financial support will be given to the manufacturers and substantial prize money will be available for riders and manufacturers.   This new project will be organized and promoted by Youthstream, be sanctioned by FIM, in cooperation with ADAC and DMSB and have the participation of all the Motocross manufacturers and all the best Motocross riders in the world.

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At the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Ernee, France, FOX Head Europe awarded €1000 per holeshot. Team USA’s Justin Barcia nabbed the first FOX Holeshot while his teammate Cooper Webb took the FOX Holeshot in Race 2. In the final race of the day it was Team Sweden’s Fillip Bengtsson who crossed the FOX Holeshot line first for the €1000 cheque.

Watch the FOX Holeshots in the video below: