VOL. 50 ISSUE 39 OCTOBER 1, 2013
(Left) Things got started at the
Teutschenthal track with the first
MX1+MX2 moto.
(Above) Team USA's Ryan Dungey
couldn't find his flow on the
Teutschenthal track.
cut out for him.
Meanwhile, Dungey was going backward, rounding lap one
in sixth, and then proceeding to
visibly struggle with multiple offtrack excursions – two of them in
the exact same spot on consecutive laps – and other bobbles
costing him time and positions.
In the end, Dungey limped
home in seventh place, while De
Dycker worked his way all the
way up to second, behind Cai-
roli, at the finish. Bobryshev was
third, Nagl fourth, Searle fifth,
and Paulin sixth.
"It's a dream [to win two motos
at the Motocross of Nations],"
Cairoli said. "I'm racing with Italy
already almost 10 years, and I
was never on the podium when
we came to this country. Our goal
was to finish on the podium. We
couldn't expect to be on the one
or two because they're a more
complete team than us, because
David [Philippaerts] has been out
with injuries. Alessandro [Lupino]
finally was here, had a very good
bike, but still has to improve for
sure. But we will be, I hope next
year, more ready to fight for the
big trophy. That is our goal. For
myself, I am really happy. The
weekend was perfect. I tried to
push the guys that we can do it
P51
and then we make it. So thanks
to both. They did a good job and
we'll see you next time."
Barcia was impressive, recovering all the way up to 11th at the
finish, but it wasn't enough. Team
Belgium won the 2013 Motocross of Nations by three points
over Team USA, who had a further three points on Italy.
"I ended up going down in
the start and I had to get going
again," Barcia said. "I didn't really
know what was going on [with
the overall scores]. I just put on
a charge as hard as I could and
rode to the best of my capabilities and passed as many guys
as I could. So I didn't really know
what was going on, just tried to
ride my heart out."
Tomac wasn't happy to lose in
his first trip to the MXoN, but he
says he's using it as fuel.
"It was actually a really good
experience just seeing all of the
European fans showing their
support," Tomac said. "I kind of
wish Americans would get into
