MXoN - Friday: Ballot + Riders & Teams Presentation

Venezuela 7

Lithuania 13

Shit

Germany, Switzerland and GB got "screwed". All other major countries got good or good enough starting positions. USA at 24 is borderline, but i think the start is so fair at Matterly so they should be able to pull good starts from that position.

I know how you feel. We had the last gate pick last year. 😄

We're live.

I thought Belgium had pulled out due to injuries??

Luckily all 3 of our guys are veery good starters.

They did, for an hour. Now theyre back in, thank god

Is it normal for the press pool to not have questions for the top 3 teams?

Awesome that they are back in.

Team USA has 3 great riders. Im honestly just as optimistic about there chances had it been sexton and hymas or even deegan.

Roger really didn’t sound good. He really does need to retire. 

Here's the rest of the day today in eastern time, for those needy like me.

09:30 AM - 09:50 AM – Start Practice Group 1 (MXoN Teams 1 - 10)

09:55 AM - 10:15 AM – Start Practice Group 2 (MXoN Teams 11 - 22)

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM – Start Practice Group 3 (MXoN Teams 23 - 37)

11:30 AM – Team and Riders Presentation

01:30 PM – Meetings of Race Direction and Event Management

Deegan moves the needle...  But I actually think Webb is more reliable than Hymas.  Chance seems to have a slight speed advantage, but you don't always know what you're going to get.  Eli and Chase are pretty even IMO.

If Jett hadn't dropped down to MX3, Deegan would have had a shot at winning that MX2/MX3 moto.

24 not great but could be worse I guess

And again in Ernee for 2026 apparently lol.

herlings tomac prado lawrence some big egos going to do battle, gunna be fireworks 

Not one question from the "media" during the presser. Poor!

Saint Jean's club president is reluctant to give InFront so much money, which is understandable. And there is no other club except Ernée that has the power to organize such a huge event in France right now.  

Not all teams make the A main so gate picks will get better for the teams that do?

Gate picks for the A final are determined by the teams' qualifying race results which are aggregated giving an overall qualifying position. 

So if a team's qualifying position is say 6th, their two riders for each race get 6th and 26th gate picks.

Kullas, a man about the world. US, Brazil, now here he is at MXdN, love that guy.

Crossing fingers that tomorrow Mikula's wrist is going to be able withstand the beating. Hoping either Czechia, Slovakia or Austria being able to qualify straight in. 👍 hoping for team estonia scoring top 10, swiss top 5 and OZ to win. Pulling for the underdogs.