DUTCH DOMINANCE AT 2019 MXoN

Team France’s five-year dominance at the annual FIM Motocross of Nations (MXoN) has ended, with the Netherlands breaking through for their first ever win.

Team Netherlands had never achieved the ultimate goal in nations’ motocross – the MXoN’s Chamberlain Trophy – before this year but they had come close, including at last year’s MXoN at Red Bud, USA, when Dutch riders won each moto. But in a scoring system that requires strong finishes from all three riders on a team, a DNF and DNS from one rider ended the Team Netherlands charge.

As strong favourites for this year’s 73rd MXoN, Team Netherlands came with a rider lineup unchanged from 2018 of Glenn Coldenhoff, Calvin Vlaanderen and Jeffrey Herlings. The Dutch also came