MX Diary: Nations team deadline
By Team TMX on 1st Sep 16
With last Monday as the deadline for entries for the Motocross of Nations, last week saw a string of announcements.
Most doubt lays with the strong Russian trio as Sascha Tonkov was again missing in Assen. The official line from Yamaha is that he is absent to allow his back to recover but he could race in Charlotte – which just happens to be outside the EU!
Here are the most significant teams:
France: Romain Febvre, Benoit Paturel, Gautier Paulin
USA: Cooper Webb, Alex Martin, Jason Anderson
Italy: Tony Cairoli, Samuele Bernardini, Michele Cervellin
GB: Tommy Searle, Max Anstie, Shaun Simpson
Switzerland: Valentin Guillod, Jeremy Seewer, Arnaud Tonus
Germany: Max Nagl, Henry Jacobi, Dennis Ullrich
Belgium: Kevin Strijbos, Jeremy Van Horebeek, Clement Desalle
Netherlands: Glenn Coldenhoff, Brian Bogers, Jeffrey Herlings
Ireland: Graeme Irwin, Martin Barr, Stuart Edmonds
Russia: Sascha Tonkov, Vsevolod Brylyakov, Evgeny Bobryshev
Australia: Kirk Gibbs, Jed Beaton, Dean Ferris
New Zealand: Cody Cooper, Hamish Harwood, Josiah Natzke
Slovenia: Tim Gajser, Jan Pancar, Jerneu Irt
