Results from the 68th edition of the annual Motocross of Nations, at Kegums, Latvia, at the weekend.

Race 1 top ten:

1. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 35:13.245; 2. Ryan Dungey (USA, KTM), +0:03.732; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Honda), +0:04.814; 4. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:13.464; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:15.220; 6. Filip Bengtsson (SWE, KTM), +0:32.340; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Suzuki), +0:36.143; 8. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:40.866; 9. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:46.237; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, TM), +0:47.836

Nations top ten: France, USA, Belgium, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, Portugal, Sweden.

Race 2 top ten:

1. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 35:28.584; 2. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:03.329; 3. Dean Wilson (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:21.875; 4. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:23.377; 5. Fredrik Noren (SWE, Honda), +0:25.580; 6. Eli Tomac (USA, Honda), +0:26.102; 7. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +0:26.726; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Suzuki), +0:27.713; 9. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:43.243; 10. Marc de Reuver (NED, Honda), +0:45.552.

Nations top ten: France, Great Britain, Belgium, USA, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, Estonia, Germany, Russia.

Race 3 top ten:

1. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 34:03.950; 2. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:02.146; 3. Eli Tomac (USA, Honda), +0:04.436; 4. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:21.369; 5. Dean Wilson (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:24.872; 6. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:26.519; 7. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +0:27.657; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:29.083; 9. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:31.589; 10. Rui Goncalves (POR, Yamaha), +0:47.533.

Nations top ten: France, Belgium, USA, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Estonia, The Netherlands.

Individual Results

Team France’s Gautier Paulin absolutely dominated the MXGP class with a perfect 1-1 score, while Team Belgium’s Jeremy Van Horebeek finished second and an incredible day for Team Russia’s Aleksandr Tonkov to wrap up the weekend in third.

In the MX2, Team Great Britain’s Tommy Searle was the overall winner; three points clear of Team Netherlands Glenn Coldenhoff and Team France’s Dylan Ferrandis in second and third.

While in the Open class, Team France’s Steven Frossard won ahead of Team Great Britain’s Dean Wilson and Team USA’s Eli Tomac.

Team New Zealand – Scott Columb (Open Class), Hamish Dobbyn (MXGP) and Hamish Harwood (MX2) – finished fourth in the B final and wound up ranked 23rd overall.

Individually, Columb placed 7th in the B final, while Dobbyn finished 12th and Harwood 22nd.

Main photo of Kevin Strijbos courtesy CDS; Podium photo courtesy Youthstream.

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