The Motocross of Nations is awesome for many reasons but one of the key ingredients is the team format—this is the lone race all season in motocross, and really for nearly any motorsport—where individual success takes a back seat to team success. When the 'Nations is over, the talk will be about which nation won the Chamberlain Trophy, as opposed to actual class results.
But, they do keep overall tabs on each class, and looking through the entry lists [note: some things have changed since the FIM released the entry lists] and picking favorites in each specific division gives you a great preview of the event in general. You'll note some key things: such as Jeffrey Herlings racing in Open as opposed to MXGP.
Take a scroll through each group and tell us who you think will be holding individual overall honors in each class.
MXGP
Gautier Paulin (France) 155 votes - 2.7%
Glenn Coldenhoff (Netherlands) 12 votes - 0.2%
Cole Seely (USA) 523 votes - 9.1%
Kevin Strijbos (Belgium) 20 votes - 0.3%
Antonio Cairoli (Italy) 3767 votes - 65.8%
Arnaud Tonus (Switzerland) 21 votes - 0.4%
Max Anstie (Great Britain) 150 votes - 2.6%
Dean Ferris (Australia) 235 votes - 4.1%
Max Nagl (Germany) 27 votes - 0.5%
Tim Gajser (Slovenia) 705 votes - 12.3%
Evgeny Bobryshev (Russia) 13 votes - 0.2%
Other 101 votes - 1.8%
MX2
Christophe Charlier (France) 23 votes - 0.4%
Brian Bogers (Netherlands) 7 votes - 0.1%
Zach Osborne (USA) 4913 votes - 88.9%
Julien Lieber (Belgium) 19 votes - 0.3%
Valentin Guillod (Switzerland) 12 votes - 0.2%
Tommy Searle (Great Britain) 92 votes - 1.7%
Hunter Lawrence (Australia) 261 votes - 4.7%
Jorge Prado (Spain) 120 votes - 2.2%
Thomas Kjer Olsen (Denmark) 28 votes - 0.5%
Darian Sanayei (Puerto Rico) 18 votes - 0.3%
Other 32 votes - 0.6%
Open
Romain Febvre (France) 99 votes - 1.8%
Jeffrey Herlings (Netherlands) 4894 votes - 87.1%
Thomas Covington (USA) 339 votes - 6%
Jeremy Van Horebeek (Belgium) 8 votes - 0.1%
Dean Wilson (Great Britain) 138 votes - 2.5%
Jeremy Seewer (Switzerland) 18 votes - 0.3%
Kirk Gibbs (Australia) 42 votes - 0.7%
Tanel Leok (Estonia) 15 votes - 0.3%
Fredrik Noren (Sweden) 59 votes - 1.1%
Other 7 votes - 0.1%
