Motocross des Nations Results: Belgium Scores First Win Since 2013

The famed and legendary Motocross des Nations took place this weekend. The 2026 edition marked the fourth trip to Ernee, France in the event’s history. While some top stars didn’t make the trip, other superstars such as Jeffrey Herlings, Jorge Prado, Tom Vialle, Levi Kitchen, Cooper Webb, the Coenen brothers and Romain Febvre lined up for their respective nations. Australia entered the weekend as the 2-time defending champions after the Lawrence brothers and Kyle Webster scored a dominant win at Ironman last year. Their roster was overhauled, with neither Lawrence brother or Webster entered in the event. In Saturday’s qualifying races, Team France dominated. Romain Febvre, Mathis Valin and Tom Vialle went 2-1-3 in their classes and put together a stellar first day of competition. The French racers also had history on their side, with two wins in the last two Ernee events. Team USA qualified seventh on Saturday, with Levi Kitchen’s third place in the MX2 class serving as the best result for the red, white and blue.

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Race 1 (MXGP + MX2)

Sweden’s Isak Gifting secured the Fox Holeshot ahead of Spain’s Jorge Prado and France’s Romain Febvre. Prado swept by Febvre before the first downhill ski jump and immediately pushed the pace. Lucas Coenen moved to third quickly ahead of Denmark’s Mads Fredsoe and Estonia’s Jorgen Talviku after Gifting fell in the third corner. The French team took a blow early, as MX2 rider Mathis Valin tumbled downhill. Valin went out of the race but would return later in the day, putting France in a position where they couldn’t afford another mistake. The top MX2 rider early on was MX2 world champion Guilem Farres, who moved by Fredsoe to take sixth on the first full lap. Team USA’s Levi Kitchen and South Africa’s Camden McLellan also sat in the top ten. Julien Beaumer climbed in the early stages, progressing from 18th to 12th in the opening stretch. Prado, Febvre and Coenen pulled away from the remainder of the pack as Farres moved to fourth, continuing his run as the top MX2 racer. While attempting to pull away, Prado lost the front end and fell, allowing Febvre to move up to the lead just before the halfway mark. With around ten minutes to go, Kitchen began to close in on McLellan for seventh. The MX2 runner-up kept things under control as the majority of the frontrunners settled into their spots. With two minutes remaining, Kitchen crashed, tweaking his handlebars. He pulled into the pits for some quick repairs and returned to the track, but finished 25th instead of a possible top ten result. At the front, Febvre kept his Kawasaki out front for a ten second victory ahead of Prado.

At the end of the opening race, Spain held the lead with 6. Belgium sat second with 14, with the Netherlands on 25 in third.

1. Romain Febvre (FRA)
2. Jorge Prado (ESP)
3. Lucas Coenen (BEL)
4. Guillem Farres (ESP)
5. Jan Pancar (SLO)
6. Alberto Forato (ITA)
7. Camden McLellan (RSA)
8. Jorgen Talviku (EST)
9. Roan van de Moosdijk (NED)
10. Julien Beaumer (USA)

Race 2 (MX2 + Open)

Tom Vialle ripped out to the early lead ahead of Jeffrey Herlings and Andrea Adamo, but it was short lived. Vialle went for a scrub and his bike pitched forward, sending him into a violent crash. Herlings inherited the lead as the home heroes fell out of contention for the overall win. The top five at the green flag was Herlings, Adamo, Latvia’s Pauls Jonass, Guillem Farres and Team USA’s Cooper Webb. The 3-time 450SX champ lost two spots early to Ben Watson and Liam Everts, while Levi Kitchen ran 15th. The Spanish took an early hit as well, with Open class racer Francisco Garcia exiting the race early due to a mechanical issue. Spain’s misfortune allowed Belgium moved into the catbird seat. Everts pressured Watson for fifth and finally moved around him just before the halfway mark. Sacha Coenen moved up to ninth in that span, extending Belgium’s gap in the provisional overall results. The best battle on track with ten minutes to go was a three rider fight for ninth. Camden McLellan moved around Mathis Valin, while Team Netherlands’ Glenn Coldenhoff sat just behind. A couple of minutes later, Sacha Coenen got around Watson, with McLellan following suit. With four minutes left, Everts caught Farres for fourth and used his 450 power to sweep by on an uphill. At the front, Herlings decimated the field. He took the win by 36 seconds over Adamo. Team USA secured sixth and 14th, with Webb and Kitchen staying upright.

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Heading into the final race, Belgium led the way with 25. The Netherlands sat second with 33 as Spain sat third with 47, hampered by Garcia’s DNF.

1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED)
2. Andrea Adamo (ITA)
3. Pauls Jonass (LAT)
4. Liam Everts (BEL)
5. Guillem Farres (ESP)
6. Cooper Webb (USA)
7. Sacha Coenen (BEL)
8. Camden McLellan (RSA)
9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED)
10. Ben Watson (GBR)

Race 3 (MXGP + Open)

Jorge Prado exchanged the lead early with Romain Febvre on the opening lap. Liam Everts snuck by Febvre before the green flag, with Jeffrey Herlings following a few corners later. Jan Pancar rounded out the top five as Team USA’s Cooper Webb and Julien Beaumer sat sixth and 21st at the green flag. Herlings tipped over on the first full lap while trying to pass Everts and fell to eighth. The Bullet immediately started to regain ground and passed both Lucas Coenen and Webb on the second lap. He took fifth from Vialle on the next lap and kept pushing while Everts and Febvre battled for second. Febvre took the spot, while Herlings took fourth from Pancar. Just before the halfway mark, Febvre went down after getting squirrely and clipping a tuff block. He fell to fifth as Everts, Herlings and Pancar gained a spot. With 13 minutes left, Herlings got by Everts and sat just four seconds behind Prado and the race lead. Herlings tracked down the new 450SMX champion with eight minutes left. The two proceeded to bang bars a few times and had several close encounters until Herlings finally moved by. The fight for the overall win was incredibly close as time expired, with Belgium just one point clear of Spain. Herlings scored another dominant race victory, clinching third overall for the Dutch team. A late charge by Francisco Garcia ended after a stall on the final lap. The teenager lost two spots, keeping Belgium at the top. The Belgians secured their first overall win since 2013 as the Spanish just missed their first MXDN victory. It was still a monumental day for the Spaniards, who scored their first MXDN podium. Their previous best result was a fourth place weekend on home soil in 2002 and at Matterley Basin in 2024.

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1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED)
2. Jorge Prado (ESP)
3. Romain Febvre (FRA)
4. Liam Everts (BEL)
5. Lucas Coenen (BEL)
6. Cooper Webb (USA)
7. Jan Pancar (SLO)
8. Pauls Jonass (LAT)
9. Ben Watson (GBR)
10. Jed Beaton (AUS)

Overall Nations Standings

1. Belgium (L. Coenen/S, Coenen/Everts)-23
2. Spain (Prado/Farres/Garcia)-26
3. Netherlands (van de Moosdijk/Coldenhoff/Herlings)-34
4. Latvia (K. Reisulis/J. Reisulis/Jonass)-52
5. United States (Beaumer/Kitchen/Webb)-53
6. Italy (Forato/Zanchi/Adamo)-69
7. Great Britain (Hammal/Mustoe/Watson)-82
8. Switzerland (Guillod/Seewer/Brumann)-82
9. Australia (Beaton/Larwood/Tanti)-87
10. France (Febvre/Valin/Vialle)-90
11. Sweden (Gifting/Callemo/Ostlund)-95
12. Estonia (Talviku/S. Leok/Tilk)-109
13. Slovenia (Pancar/Peklaj/Osek)-110
14. Canada (Ward/Rempel/Wright)-110
15. South Africa (S. Smith/McLellan/Cox)-112
16. Germany (Koch/Kees/Ludwig)-127
17. Brazil (Santos/Bresolin/Lopes)-133
18. Slovakia (Kohut/Katrinak/Repcak)-142
19. Austria (Kratzer/Bauer/Sandner)-145
20. Denmark (Fredsoe/Skovbjerg/Haarup)-94*

Denmark was excluded from traditional scoring due to Mikkel Haarup’s double DNS.

MXGP Class Standings

1. Jorge Prado (ESP) (2-2)
2. Romain Febvre (FRA) (1-3)
3. Lucas Coenen (BEL) (3-5)
4. Jan Pancar (SLO) (5-7)
5. Alberto Forato (ITA) (6-12)
6. Jed Beaton (AUS) (11-10)
7. Julien Beaumer (USA) (10-17)
8. Roan van de Moosdijk (NED) (9-18)
9. Karlis Reisulis (LAT) (13-16)
10. Jorgen Talviku (EST) (8-23)
11. Tom Koch (GER) (19-14)
12. Valentin Guillod (SUI) (22-20)
13. Mads Fredsoe (DEN) (17-25)
14. Taylor Hammal (GBR) (16-30)
15. Isak Gifting (SWE) (38-11)
16. Tomas Kohut (SVK) (27-28)
17. Tanner Ward (CAN) (30-27)
18. Fabio Santos (BRA) (26-35)
19. Michael Kratzer (AUT) (33-31)
20. Slade Smith (RSA) (34-32)

MX2 Class Standings

1. Guillem Farres (ESP) (4-5)
2. Camden McLellan (RSA) (7-8)
3. Sacha Coenen (BEL) (12-7)
4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED) (14-9)
5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI) (15-13)
6. Janis Reisulis (LAT) (20-12)
7. Levi Kitchen (USA) (25-14)
8. Alex Larwood (AUS) (21-21)
9. Alve Callemo (SWE) (24-20)
10. Ben Mustoe (GBR) (23-24)
11. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA) (32-17)
12. Mathis Valin (FRA) (40-11)
13. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN) (18-34)
14. Guilherme Bresolin (BRA) (29-25)
15. Valentin Kees (GER) (28-27)
16. Sebastian Leok (EST) (36-23)
17. Ricardo Bauer (AUT) (31-29)
18. Dylan Rempel (CAN) (38-22)
19. Jaroslav Katrinak (SVK) (35-30)
20. Jaka Peklaj (SLO) (37-31)

Open Class Standings

1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED) (1-1)
2. Liam Everts (BEL) (4-4)
3. Pauls Jonass (LAT) (3-8)
4. Cooper Webb (USA) (6-6)
5. Ben Watson (GBR) (10-9)
6. Dylan Wright (CAN) (16-15)
7. Kevin Brumann (SUI) (15-19)
8. Andrea Adamo (ITA) (2-36)
9. Alvin Ostlund (SWE) (19-21)
10. Francisco Garcia (ESP) (36-13)
11. Michael Sandner (AUT) (28-26)
12. Kaarel Tilk (EST) (26-29)
13. Enzo Lopes (BRA) (18-38)
14. Pavol Repcak (SVK) (35-22)
15. Aaron Tanti (AUS) (37-24)
16. Trey Cox (RSA) (32-33)
17. Lukas Osek (SLO) (33-34)
18. Tom Vialle (FRA) (38-37)
19. Noah Ludwig (GER) (39-DNS)
20. Mikkel Haarup (DEN) (DNS-DNS)

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This story was originally published October 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM.