Great Britain

2018 Finish: Third

Max Anstie (MXGP) | Ben Watson (MX2) | Shaun Simpson (Open)

Max Anstie was to lead the team in the MXGP class but after an injury at the MXGP of Italy, he will not be able to participate. 

“I have been having scans over the last 2 weeks - the doctors have said it will be too risky and that my lung could collapse if i push my body/lung to its limits too early,” Anstie said in an Instagram post, which you can see below. “So I’m out of the Nations for this year. it’s really disappointing because I have been looking forward to this race for a long time now!”

Ben Watson was also named to the team but suffered an injury (to his wrist) at the MXGP of Italy, ending his season as well. All three riders are experienced in the sand but with the injuries to Anstie and Watson, it’s unknown who will join Simpson—although it will not be Dean Wilson. Wilson said he still hasn’t recovered fully from his shoulder injury suffered at the end of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship (which knocked him out of the last two rounds of supercross and kept him out for the first six rounds of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship) and would not be participating this year.

MX Vice reported this week that Adam Sterry will join the team as a replacement, but he doesn’t yet know if it will be on a 250 (replacing Watson) or a 450 (replacing Anstie).

Australia

2018 Finish: Fourth

Dean Ferris (MXGP) | Kyle Webster (MX2) | Mitchell Evans (Open)

Three-time Australian Motocross Champion Dean Ferris will lead the team in the MXGP class. Ferris, who began the 2019 season with Monster Energy Yamaha in Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross before returning to Australia, has represented Australia on numerous occasions and has prior experience racing the FIM Motocross World Championship. Evans, currently 11th in MX2 points, will make the jump to a 450 and compete in the open class. Webster, the 2019 Australian Motocross MX2 runner-up, will represent the team in MX2. The team is obviously devastated by the loss of Hunter Lawrence who sustained a knee injury prior to the final round of Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross at Ironman. Lawrence won the MX2 Class at the 2017 Motocross of Nations and finished runner-up in the category to Jorge Prado at RedBud last year. 

United States

2018 Finish: Fifth

Jason Anderson (MXGP) | Justin Cooper (MX2) | Zach Osborne (Open) 

The 2019 USA Team was announced at the Unadilla National: Rockstar Energy Husqvarna teammates Zach Osborne and Jason Anderson will make their second appearances for the team and Monster Energy/Star Racing Yamaha's Justin Cooper will make his MXoN debut. Anderson raced the 2016 event and famously won the second moto, only to get landed on by a rider while rolling the finish line jump and was unable to race the final moto. Osborne raced the event in England in 2017, where he finished second overall in the MX2 class. Cooper, who finished his third year of racing as a pro, will race in the MX2 class. You can hear what Anderson, Osborne, and Cooper had to say about the upcoming event during the MXoN press conference from Ironman, which you can watch below.

Belgium

2018 Finish: Sixth

Jeremy Van Horebeek (MXGP) | Jago Geerts (MX2) | Kevin Strijbos (Open) 

At the MXGP of Belgium, the MXoN team was announced with Jeremy Van Horebeek in the MXGP class, Jago Geerts in the MX2 class and veteran Kevin Strijbos in the Open class. Veteran Belgian star Clement Desalle, who first competed in the event in 2009, is out after breaking his leg earlier this year at the MXGP of Russia in June. Van Horebeek and Strijbos are veterans of the event (Van Horebeek to make his 11th appearance and Strijbos made his MXoN debut in 2004) while Geerts will make his second appearance. Van Horebeek is currently ninth in the MXGP standings, Strijbos is 21st and Geerts is currently third in the MX2 standings in what has been his best season in the class so far in his young career.

Spain

2018 Finish: Seventh

Jorge Prado (MXGP) | Iker Larranaga (MX2) | Carlos Campano (Open) 

Red Bull KTM's Jorge Prado just wrapped up his second consecutive MX2 FIM Motocross World Championship, and will move to the MXGP class of the FIM Motocross World Championship in 2020 where he will join Herlings and Antonio Cairoli (yes, that’s a scary lineup, we know!). He will make his 450 debut at the Motocross of Nations at Assen for Team Spain. Prado will compete in the MXGP class with Iker Larranaga (MX2) and Carlos Campano (Open) also named to the team. He confirmed to MX Vice at the end of August that he’s never ridden a 450, so it will be interesting to see how he performs in Assen.

"I still need to test," he said, prior to claiming the 2019 MX2 title. "I never rode a 450. First I need to get this title done, then I am looking forward for the next chapter."

Estonia

2018 Finish: Eighth

Tanel Leok (MXGP) | Priit Ratsep (MX2) | Harri Kullas (Open)

Leok, arguably one of the most experienced current riders in the history of the event, will lead the team in the MXGP class. He currently sits 16th in MXGP points standings.

Germany

2018 Finish: Ninth

Tom Koch (MXGP) | Simon Langenfelder (MX2) | Dennis Ullrich (Open)

He competed for Team Germany last year at RedBud, but Honda HRC’s Ken Roczen will not participate in this year’s event, as the Mattstedt, Germany, native competed in all 29 AMA races this year for the first time since 2016. He raced through an undisclosed illness through much of the year.

“Overall I’m just stoked I finished in second,” Roczen said following the Ironman National finale. “[Our] Goal was always the championship. The biggest goal I think was racing 29 rounds. We achieved that this year. That’s huge. That’s going to be a huge setup for the next season already.”

With Roczen not on the team, Koch will lead the charge in the MXGP class. Germany was building a MX2 star in Henry Jacobi, but a torn ACL and meniscus will keep him out of the event.

Switzerland

2018 Finish: 19th

Jeremy Seewer (MXGP) | Valentin Guillod (MX2) | Arnaud Tonus (Open)

Each year the Swiss team seems set with the talent to make a podium run, but it usually never works out that all the riders are healthy, ready, and lucky at the same time. They’ll take another swing this year with Jeremy Seewer (MXGP) and Arnaud Tonus (Open), who are both enjoying strong seasons. Seewer is second in MXGP points, and Tonus, revitalized this year, is fifth. They will be joined by veteran Valentin Guillod, who went 25-27 in his motos at RedBud last year. They will need a little magic, but could this finally be their year?