Team USA retakes the Chamberlain trophy

SAINT
JEAN D’ANGELY (France), 18 September 2011 – Team USA obtained their
22nd Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations victory in Saint Jean
d’Angely ahead of team France and team Australia. It was not an easy win
for the Americans, who had to give it all in the last race to take the
Chamberlain Trophy back to the USA.

Before the
third and final heat of the event, Team France was leading the Nations
classification with a nine points advantage over the Americans and
twelve points ahead of Belgium, so the home team only needed to obtain
two solid results in the last race. The French were touched by bad luck,
as Pourcel had to pull out because the mousse of his back wheel broke.
However, Paulin did a great race and helped his team to be on the second
step of the rostrum.


Team Australia made history in Saint Jean d’Angely by obtaining their
maiden podium in the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, while team
Great Britain finished just two points behind the Australian squad and
team Belgium obtained a very satisfactory fifth position.


One of the favorites to fight for the podium today was Team Italy,
especially after yesterday’s impressive performance in the qualifying
heats. However, the FIM MX1 World Champion Cairoli crashed twice in the
first heat and he broke his left hand scaphoid and his ulnar styloid,
which made him pull away from the third race. Lupino was not fortunate
either, but thanks to the great performance of Guarneri (5-8), the
Italians finished 16th.

RACE 1 (MX1 & MX2)
The
main event of the 65th edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of
Nations started with Reed taking the holeshot and dominating the heat
until the chequered flag. Roczen finished behind the Australian and he
proved once more his incredible talent beating the 450cc machines.
American Dungey started third, overtook Bobryshev in lap fourth, but he
was surprise by Roczen by the end of the race. Both Searle and Rattray
did very consistent races and finished fourth and fifth respectively.


In the middle of the race the heavy rain surprised all the MX1 and MX2
riders and American Baggett could only finish 17th. On the hand, Pourcel
had to stop in the pitlane because a stone had hit his goggles, but he
went out again and finished eleventh, while his teammate Musquin ended
eighth.


The British team finished at the top of the Nations standings thanks to
the fourth place of Searle and the ninth position of Wilson.


Race 1 top ten: 1. Chad Reed (AUS, Honda), 35:52.640; 2. Ken Roczen
(GER, KTM), +0:03.485; 3. Ryan Dungey (USA, Suzuki), +0:04.919; 4. Tommy
Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:21.469; 5. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Kawasaki),
+0:30.845; 6. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +0:32.870; 7. Jonathan Barragan
(ESP, Kawasaki), +0:38.278; 8. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:44.042; 9.
Dean Wilson (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:57.674; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM),
+0:58.484;

Nations top ten: Great Britain, France, Australia, USA, Estonia, Belgium, South Africa, Germany, Portugal, Spain.

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RACE 2 (OPEN & MX2)

The 68.000 spectators present in Saint Jean d’Angely went crazy when
Paulin took the holeshot of the second heat and managed to finish first,
ahead of Herlings and Villopoto. Besides, although Musquin was only
20th, France was at the top of the standings after the second heat. Team
USA was nine points behind the French because Baggett struggled a lot
and was only eleventh.


Roczen did an incredible race and finished fourth, followed by Belgian
Strijbos, who brought some hope to his team, as they were third in the
standings after the second race, thanks also to the 12th place of
Roelants.


Dutch Herlings led the first laps of the race and starred in a dogfight
with Paulin and Roczen in order to keep the first position until the
end. However, the French crowd helped the home rider to win the race and
Herlings finished second.

Team Australia was not that fortunate in the second race because Moss
could not start due to a mechanical problem in his bike. However,
Metcalfe finished seventh, which kept the hopes up for the Australian.


Anderson and Wilson finished 14th and 27th respectively, so the chances
for Great Britain to finish on the podium were vanishing after such two
results.


Race 2 top ten: 1. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 34:14.392; 2. Jeffrey
Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:02.424; 3. Ryan Villopoto (USA, Kawasaki),
+0:02.813; 4. Ken Roczen (GER, KTM), +0:05.097; 5. Kevin Strijbos (BEL,
Suzuki), +0:19.281; 6. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Yamaha), +0:45.403; 7.
Brett Metcalfe (AUS, Suzuki), +0:45.914; 8. Davide Guarneri (ITA,
Kawasaki), +0:56.746; 9. Carlos Campano (ESP, Yamaha), +0:57.873; 10.
Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +1:07.283;


Nations top ten: France, USA, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, South Africa, Spain, The Netherlands, Estonia, Portugal.

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery

RACE 3 (MX1 & OPEN)

The French crowd was desperate to see the gate dropping again and find
out if their riders could fulfill their dream to win the Nations at
home. However, they were touched once more by bad luck and Pourcel got
his back wheel’s Mouse broken and the race was over for him. It was all
in Paulin’s hands to finish on the podium and he actually rode really
well and helped Team France to be on the second step of the rostrum.


On the other hand, team USA knew that only two good results would
guarantee them the overall victory and Villopoto and Dungey did not
deceive his country and went 1-2 in the third heat. Rattray finished
behind the Americans and South Africa ended sixth in the final Nations
Classification.


Reed could not bring another win to the team, but he finish in solid
seventh position. His teammate Metcalfe made a mistake when he was
riding fourth, but the Australian succeeded in obtaining their maiden
podium in the Nations.


In this third heat, Searle did another amazing race and finished fourth,
but such result was not enough for the British to finish on the podium,
as Anderson could only be 15th and the Brits had two points more than
the Australian.


Dungey (USA) took the individual MX1 victory, Roczen (Germany) won the
MX2 and Villopoto (USA) won the Open class. Herlings (Netherlands)
obtained the Ricky Carmichael award for being the youngest
best-classified rider in the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations.


Race 3 top ten: 1. Ryan Villopoto (USA, Kawasaki), 34:51.718; ; 2. Ryan
Dungey (USA, Suzuki), +0:00.465; 3. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Kawasaki),
+0:05.182; 4. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:18.156; 5. Davide
Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), +0:22.628; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda),
+0:24.594; 7. Chad Reed (AUS, Honda), +0:24.916; 8. Gautier Paulin (FRA,
Yamaha), +0:25.740; 9. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:26.356; 10.
Brett Metcalfe (AUS, Suzuki), +0:27.098;


Nations top ten: USA, France, Australia, Great Britain, Belgium, South Africa, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, Estonia.

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery

MONSTER ENERGY FIM MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1500 m

Type of ground: hard pack

Temperature: 18° C

Weather conditions: changeable, sunny, cloudy and heavy rain

Crowd attendance during weekend: 68000


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