MOTOCROSS
FIM MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS
MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS / OCTOBER 6-7, 2018
REDBUD RACEWAY / BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN
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all weekend. In the end, Team
USA was humbled by the defeat,
as was the bulk of the partisan
crowd.
QUALIFYING
Things seemed to be leaning in
Team USA's favor on Saturday
morning. There's a drawing for
gate pick for the three qualify-
ing motos, and Team USA drew
number two, giving them the
second gate pick in all three of
the 20-minute-plus-two-lap quali-
fiers. This was a rule instituted
ally strong and I think that all the
European guys have put in great
rides. It's that strong, so really
happy about the day overall."
Managing expectations per-
haps proved the toughest thing
for Team USA. The pressure not
only of representing their coun-
try, but doing it in front of their
home crowd, along with me-
chanical issues and a failure to
adjust to what seemed to them
to be a completely different Red-
Bud racetrack from what they're
used to, left them scrambling
"Jordi [Tixier, in the Open class]
did the best he could and did a
great ride, and Dylan [Ferrandis,
MX2 class] also. We have had
a lot of judgment in the past
months because it has been a
tough selection. Anything can
happen every day. There was a
lot of judgment. Right now we
won again, so thanks French
Federation, thanks Jordi, thanks
Dylan. We had a lot of challenge
during those Motocross of Na-
tions. I think the biggest chal-
lenge was today. The class is re-
