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USA and was bumped up to the MXGP (450cc) class. Beaumer, who finished second in the AMA 250cc Pro Motocross Champi- onship and fourth in the SMX 250cc Championship, had only an hour on the bike before the race and had only ridden a 450cc once before—ever. He finished eighth in class. At least newly crowned AMA SMX 250cc Champion Levi Kitchen got to compete on familiar machinery in a familiar class. He rode well in the 250cc class in France, but a crash while running up front in his first moto and a bad start in the second MX2/MXGP moto took the wind out of his sails. Kitchen finished seventh in the MX2 class. "Fifth with Team USA and sev- enth in MXGP," said Beaumer, who was seventh overall in the MXGP class. "Thankful for this opportu- nity, and to race the 450 for the first time on this stage was epic. Thanks to the boys Cooper Webb and Levi Kitchen for fighting their to him after the sighting lap and said, 'Hey, you need to do me a favor because we are here as a team.' We didn't expect another medal; we had to have a good day, especially with Jeffrey doing his thing, as always. I'm proud of Roan as well. We did great as a team, and I'm very proud we made it to the podium." Team USA finished off the podium in fifth overall, a decent result considering the odds were stacked against them. Lead rider in the Open class Cooper Webb switched teams less than a week before the race, competing in France on the Team Tedder Husqvarna for the first time after spending the last few years on the Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha YZ450F. Webb strung together a strong pair of sixth- place finishes (fifth overall in class), helping the team finish just one point off fourth overall. KTM's Julien Beaumer was a last-minute replacement for the injured Chance Hymas on Team or 10th. I was like, 'Oof, this is go- ing to be difficult,' but I kept my head down, kept charging, and worked my way back to the lead with five to 10 minutes to go. I'm super happy with my weekend. I topped all my sessions, and I'm happy with the team. We weren't in an easy position with Kay [de Wolf] getting hurt. At the end of the day, a lot of people talk about me, but we did it as a team. Because of the other two riders, we're on the podium as well." Herlings' teammates, Glenn Coldenhoff and Roan van de Moosdijk, held it down for the Dutch riders. Coldenhoff dropped to the MX2 class for the first time since 2014 and finished fourth in class. Van de Moosdijk finished ninth but later used the team's drop score, and they finished eight points out of second overall. "It has been a real team effort today," Coldenhoff said. "We decided together on the gate pick. Jeffrey was supposed to go to the gate twice, but I went OCTOBER 2-4, 2026 CIRCUIT RAYMOND DENY | ERNEE, FRANCE MOTOCROSS I FIM MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS P76 Julien Beaumer had just one hour on a 450 before flying to France for the MX of Nations.