Spain comes second in the Motocross of Nations

Almost fifty thousand people fill the stands of the Ernée motocross circuit, in western France. A new edition of the event will be held there this Sunday. Motocross of Nationsthe test that puts an end to the era and that is

considered the “Olympic Games” of this specialty. There, with hundreds of Spanish fans in the audience, the Spanish squad flexes its muscles in a demonstration of the very high fitness level of our drivers.

The recently crowned MXGP World Champion Jorge Prado He did not want to leave even the slightest room for doubt and in the face of the French threat of the home race, or of the always dangerous Americans and Australians, the Galician stopped everything and imposed his style, from start to finish. and without letting anyone. no one coughed on him. Prado was just ahead of the finish line Jett Lawrence the great star of the American championship who has been unstoppable all year. Behind them, there are some important surnames: Seewer, Roczen, Febvre and Gajser.

In the MX2 heat, victory went to the Frenchman Tom Vialle, who after his escape to the United States wanted to show himself in Europe. He did so, ahead of Laengenfelder, Lawrence and De Wolf. This round was also very positive for Spain as Oriol Oliver was among the best, finished eighth and has good hopes for Sunday’s rounds.

Finally, in the Open class, Ruben Fernandez, who set the best time in practice, had a poor start, but then shined with an explosive comeback to second place. The only one he missed was Maxime Renaux, who gave France a points advantage to take pole position from Spain. On Sunday, three decisive rounds will be held in which the three categories are combined two over two. Each driver participates in two of the rounds and of each team’s six results, the worst is eliminated. In this way, the winner and the podium of the Motocross of Nations will be known and for the first time in history, Spain will be among the favorites.