2024 MOTOCROSS DES NATIONS PRE-RACE REPORT: RIDER NUMBERS, TV SCHEDULE & MORE

For the third time, Motocross Des Nations will be held at Matterley Basin, United Kingdom. Team USA had a few changes with riders leading up to the event but has put together a powerful team that can get the job done. Last year’s winner was Team France, followed by Australia, and Team Italy. The USA finished in eighth last year but the riders are looking to redeem themselves for the 2024 race. The weather is permitting cloudy skies with rain on the forecast, it is unclear if it will hold out through the weekend or not but with some rain comes a new level of strategy for racing. For all updates of the upcoming weekend of racing read down below.

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RIDER TEAMS AND NUMBERS

Jorge Prado in 2023 MXDN.

Country	Number	Rider	Class
France	1	Romain Febvre	MXGP
	2	Tom Vialle	MX2
	3	Maxime Renaux	Open
Australia	4	Jett Lawrence	MXGP
	5	Kyle Webster	MX2
	6	Hunter Lawrence	Open
Italy	7	Alberto Forato	MXGP
	8	Andrea Adamo	MX2
	9	Andrea Bonacorsi	Open
Germany	10	Ken Roczen	MXGP
	11	Simon Längenfelder	MX2
	12	Max Nagl	Open
Belgium	13	Brent Van Doninck	MXGP
	14	Lucas Coenen	MX2
	15	Jago Geerts	Open
Switzerland	16	Jeremy Seewer	MXGP
	17	Arnaud Tonus	MX2
	18	Valentin Guillod	Open
Spain	19	Jorge Prado	MXGP
	20	Oriol Oliver	MX2
	21	Rubén Fernández	Open
United States	22	Eli Tomac	MXGP
	23	Cooper Webb	MX2
	24	Aaron Plessinger	Open
Slovenia	25	Tim Gajser	MXGP
	26	Jaka Peklaj	MX2
	27	Jan Pancar	Open
United Kingdom	28	Tommy Searle	MXGP
	29	Max Anstie	MX2
	30	Conrad Mewse	Open
Estonia	31	Gert Krestinov	MXGP
	32	Tanel Leok	MX2
	33	Harri Kullas	Open
Latvia	34	Mairis Pumpurs	MXGP
	35	Kārlis Reišulis	MX2
	36	Edvards Bidzāns	Open
South Africa	37	Cameron Durow	MXGP
	38	Camden McLellan	MX2
	39	Tristan Purdon	Open
New Zealand	40	Hamish Harwood	MXGP
	41	Brodie Connolly	MX2
	42	Josiah Natzke	Open
Czech Republic	43	Petr Polák	MXGP
	44	Julius Mikula	MX2
	45	Jakub Terešák	Open
Brazil	46	Enzo Lopes	MXGP
	47	Bernardo Tibúrcio	MX2
	48	Fábio Santos	Open
Finland	49	Emil Weckman	MXGP
	50	Sampo Rainio	MX2
	51	Miro Varjonen	Open
Netherlands	52	Jeffrey Herlings	MXGP
	53	Kay de Wolf	MX2
	54	Glenn Coldenhoff	Open
Sweden	55	Isak Gifting	MXGP
	56	Arvid Lüning	MX2
	57	Alvin Östlund	Open
Portugal	58	Luís Outeiro	MXGP
	59	Sandro Lobo	MX2
	60	Paulo Alberto	Open
Slovakia	61	Tomáš Kohút	MXGP
	62	Jaroslav Katriňák	MX2
	63	Pavol Repčák	Open
Lithuania	64	Domantas Jazdauskas	MXGP
	65	Marius Adomaitis	MX2
	66	Erlandas Mackonis	Open
FIM Latin America	67	Joaquín Poli	MXGP
	68	Franklin Noguera	MX2
	69	Marco Antezana	Open
Canada	70	Jess Pettis	MXGP
	71	Kaven Benoit	MX2
	72	Dylan Wright	Open
Chile	73	Sergio Villaronga	MXGP
	74	Benjamin Garíb	MX2
	75	Diego Rojas	Open
Ireland	76	Martin Barr	MXGP
	77	Cole McCullough	MX2
	78	Jason Meara	Open
Croatia	85	Matija Kelava	MXGP
	86	Matija Šterpin	MX2
	87	David Petanjek	Open
Iceland	88	Máni Freyr Pétursson	MXGP
	89	Eiður Orri Pálmarsson	MX2
	90	Alexander Adam Kuc	Open
Poland	94	Jakub Barczewski	MXGP
	95	Jakub Kowalski	MX2
	96	Damian Zdunek	Open
Greece	106	Panagiotis Kouzis	MXGP
	107	Dimitrios Bakas	MX2
	108	Christos Kotoulas	Open
Norway	109	Kevin Horgmo	MXGP
	110	Sander Agard-Michelsen	MX2
	111	Cornelius Tøndel	Open
Japan	112	Yusuke Watanabe	MXGP
	113	Haruki Yokoyama	MX2
	114	Yuki Okura	Open
Denmark	115	Mads Fredsøe	MXGP
	116	Mikkel Haarup	MX2
	117	Nicolai Skovbjerg	Open
Romania	118	Krisztian Tompa	MXGP
	119	Zoltan Ördög	MX2
	120	George Căbăl	Open
Uganda	121	Fortune Sentamu	MXGP
	122	Stav Orland	MX2
	123	Ali Omar Waleem Al-Muzahim	Open
Austria	124	Marcel Stauffer	MXGP
	125	Michael Sandner	MX2
	126	Michael Kratzer	Open
Venezuela	127	Lorenzo Locurcio	MXGP
	128	Daniel Bortolin	MX2
	129	Anthony Rodriguez	Open

TEAM USA’S IMPOSSIBLE MISSION: WILL THE BIKES MAKE IT TO MXDN ON TIME?

2024 MOTOCROSS DES NATIONS: TV SCHEDULE

The MXGP TV streaming service costs $38.99 for the full coverage of MXDN or you can catch the yearly action of MXGP for $45.99 and it provides LIVE coverage

The opening press conference will be live on October 4 at 2:30 AM PDT on MXGP TV. The gate pick ballot will also be live on October 4 at 3:00 AM PDT on MXGP TV. A team press conference will follow live on October 4 at 4:00 AM PDT on MXGP TV. Later that morning, the team presentation will be broadcast live on October 4 at 8:30 AM PDT on MXGP TV.

On October 5, the MXGP qualifying heat will be live at 6:20 AM PDT on MXGP TV. The MX2 qualifying heat will be live on October 5 at 7:20 AM PDT, followed by the open qualifying heat at 8:30 AM PDT, all on MXGP TV. The C Final will be live on October 5 at 9:20 AM PDT on MXGP TV.

The B Final will be live on October 6 at 2:50 AM PDT on MXGP TV. Race 1 (MXGP & MX2) will be live on October 6 at 5:00 AM PDT, followed by Race 2 (MX2 & Open) live at 6:30 AM PDT. Race 3 (Open & MXGP) will be live on October 6 at 8:00 AM PDT, all on MXGP TV.

COOPER WEBB JOINS TEAM USA TO RACE 250 AT MXDN

MEET THE TEAM

Aaron Plessinger MXDN #24

Aaron Plessinger was one of the original picks to be on Team USA to support in the 2024 MXDN. Aaron had great results throughout the year. In Supercross he was able to grab his first 450 race win, but an injury to his elbow sent him to eleventh overall in the series. As outdoors started Aaron was back on the track from injury and was able to place third overall in the series. Finishing it off for SMX he had another injury in practice at round one but was still able to place fourth overall in the series. Aaron is a true patriot and will do a great job representing the USA win or lose.

Eli Tomac MXDN #22

Eli was not the first choice when teams were being chosen. He had missed the majority of the outdoor season due to injury and was going to focus on recovery after the SMX rounds. Though he got hurt at the final rounds of Supercross he was still able to pull a fourth overall finish in the series. As he did not race many outdoor nationals he did not have the best record in motocross this year but as for SMX he finished third overall and led many laps throughout the series. Eli has won MXDN on multiple occasions and returns this year just as motivated as ever. It will be good having him back on the team.

Cooper Webb MXDN #23

Now Cooper Webb will be stepping down to the 250cc machine heading into MXDN which is a good change for the former champion. Cooper Webb had a stellar career in the 250 class here in the States and is looking to bring that same motivation to the UK. Cooper ended up getting injured prior to the last few rounds of Supercross but rode with the injury as he was in contention for the championship. Cooper held the points lead for multiple rounds but the injury kept him from performing to the best of his ability. He missed the majority of the outdoor season only returning for one round where he had another crash that took him out. He had a few mistakes in SMX when he skipped a bit of the track to return to racing and was docked by the AMA. He still was able to finish fifth overall and is motivated heading into MXDN. It will be great to see him riding the 250 again, a bike he has had much success on.