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So the time has come for 36 countries and 126 riders to face off and do battle :) 
It's currently lashing it down here so expect some shock results... as erected it's going to be a mudder...

So who is riding for who? As always in this sport injuries and drop outs are part and parcel of the game. Some riders hold off having corrective surgery once the season has finished and unfortunately for most that is exactly when the MXoN kicks in... Everyone involved in the sport knows this though and there is little you can do about it. We still have some HUGE stars racing this weekend so lets take a look at the line up!

# France 
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#1 | Gautier Paulin | MXGP | Husqvarna
#2 | Christophe Charlier | MX2 | Husqvarna
#3 | Romain Febvre | Open | Yamaha

# Netherlands
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#4 | Glenn Coldenhoff | MXGP | KTM
#5 | Brian Bogers | MX2 | KTM
#6 | Jeffrey Herlings | Open | KTM

# United States
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#7 | Cole Seely | MXGP | Honda
#8 | Zach Osborne | MX2 | Husqvarna
#9 | Thomas Covington | Open | Husqvarna

# Belgium
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#10 | Jeremy Van Horebeek | MXGP | Yamaha
#11 | Brent Van Doninck | MX2 | Yamaha
#12 | Kevin Strijbos | Open | Suzuki

# Italy
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#13 | Antonio Cairoli | MXGP | KTM
#14 | Michelle Cervellin | MX2 | Honda
#15 | Alessandro Lupino | Open | Honda

# Switzerland
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#16 | Arnaud Tonus | MXGP | Yamaha
#17 | Valentin Guillod | MX2 | Honda
#18 | Jeremy Seewer | Open | Suzuki

# Great Britain
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#19 | Max Anstie | MXGP | Husqvarna
#20 | Tommy Searle | MX2 | Kawasaki
#21 | Dean Wilson | Open | Husqvarna

# Australia
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#22 | Dean Ferris | MXGP | Yamaha
#23 | Hunter Lawrence | MX2 | Suzuki
#24 | Kirk Gibbs | Open | KTM

# Estonia
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#25 | Priit Rätsep | MXGP | Honda
#26 | Harri Kullas | MX2 | Husqvarna
#27 | Tanel Leok | Open | Husqvarna

# Canada
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#28 | Colton Facciotti | MXGP | Honda
#29 | Shawn Maffenbeier | MX2 | Yamaha
#30 | Tyler Medaglia | Open | Honda

# Russia
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#31 | Evgeny Bobryshev | MXGP | Honda
#32 | Evgeny Mikhaylov | MX2 | Kawasaki
#33 | Semen Rogozin | Open | Honda

# Spain
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#34 | Jose Antonio Butron | MXGP | KTM
#35 | Jorge Prado | MX2 | KTM
#36 | Iker Larrañaga | Open | Husqvarna

# Sweden
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#37 | Filip Bengtsson | MXGP | KTM
#38 | Alvin Östlund | MX2 | Yamaha
#39 | Fredrik Norén | Open | Honda

# Denmark
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#40 | Nikolaj Larsen | MXGP | KTM
#41 | Kjer Olsen Thomas | MX2 | Husqvarna
#42 | Kjer Olsen Stefan | Open | Kawasaki

# Czech Republic
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#46 | Filip Neugebauer | MXGP | Kawasaki
#47 | Petr Smitka | MX2 | KTM
#48 | Jaromir Romancik | Open | KTM

# New Zealand
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#49 | Cody Cooper | MXGP | Honda
#50 | Josiah Natzke | MX2 | KTM
#51 | Hamish Harwood | Open | KTM

# Lithuania
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#55 | Domantas Jazdauskas | MXGP | Yamaha
#56 | Dovydas Karka | MX2 | KTM
#57 | Arnas Milevicius | Open | Yamaha

# Ireland
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#58 | Stuart Edmonds | MXGP | TM
#59 | Martin Barr | MX2 | Honda
#60 | Graeme Irwin | Open | Honda

# Portugal
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#61 | Rui Goncalves | MXGP | Husqvarna
#62 | Paulo Alberto | MX2 | Honda
#63 | Hugo Basaula | Open | Kawasaki

# Germany
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#64 | Max Nagl | MXGP | Husqvarna
#65 | Henry Jacobi | MX2 | Husqvarna
#66 | Dennis Ulrich | Open | KTM

# Slovenia
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#67 | Tim Gajser | MXGP | Honda
#68 | Jan Pancar | MX2 | Yamaha
#69 | Jernej Irt | Open | Husqvarna

# Brazil
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#70 | Marcello Lima | MXGP | Kawasaki
#71 | Fabio Santos | MX2 | Yamaha
#72 | Eduardo Lima | Open | Kawasaki

# South Africa
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#73 | Richard Van Der Westhuizen | MXGP | Husqvarna
#74 | Kerim Fitz-gerald | MX2 | KTM
#75 | Neville Bradshaw | Open | Suzuki

# Puerto Rico
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#76 | Justin Starling | MXGP | Husqvarna
#77 | Darian Sanayei | MX2 | Kawasaki
#78 | Marshal Weltin | Open | Kawasaki

# Hungary
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#79 | Márk Szoke | MXGP | KTM
#80 | Krisztián Róbert Tompa | MX2 | Yamaha
#81 | Gábor Firtosvári | Open | KTM

# Slovakia
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#82 | Tomas Simko | MXGP | Suzuki
#83 | Richard Sikyna | MX2 | KTM
#84 | Tomas Kohut | Open | KTM

# Finland
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#85 | Juuso Matikainen | MXGP | Husqvarna
#86 | Kim Savaste | MX2 | Kawasaki
#87 | Jere Haavisto | Open | KTM

# Poland
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#88 | Tomasz Wysocki | MXGP | KTM
#89 | Gabriel Chetnicki | MX2 | KTM
#90 | Szymon Staszkiewicz | Open | KTM

# Croatia
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#91 | Janko Martinac | MXGP | Yamaha
#92 | Luka Crnkovic | MX2 | Yamaha
#93 | Matija Kelava | Open | KTM

# Latvia
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#94 | Toms Macuks | MXGP | KTM
#95 | Kristers Drevinskis | MX2 | KTM
#96 | Karlis Sabulis | Open | Yamaha

# Ukraine
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#97 | Dmytro Asmanov | MXGP | Yamaha
#98 | Volodymyr Tarasov | MX2 | KTM
#99 | Roman Morozov | Open | Yamaha

# Greece
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#103 | Georgios Iliopoulos | MXGP | KTM
#104 | Ioannis Touratzidis | MX2 | Yamaha
#105 | Emmanouil Kritikos | Open | Kawasaki

# Iceland
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#106 | Bjorn Birgisson Ingvi | MXGP | KTM
#107 | Andri Gudmundsson | MX2 | Honda
#108 | Eythor Reynisson | Open | Kawasaki

# Luxembourg
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#109 | Eric Tabouraing | MXGP | Kawasaki
#110 | Billy Lux | MX2 | Honda
#111 | Björn Frank | Open | Honda

# Israel
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#112 | Tomer Harel | MXGP | KTM
#113 | Dan Maya | MX2 | Kawasaki
#114 | Ziv Karmi | Open | KTM

# Thailand
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#115 | Prasit Hallgren Ben | MXGP | Yamaha
#116 | Kritsapa Potaton | MX2 | Yamaha
#117 | Chaiyan Romphan | Open | Yamaha

# Norway
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#118 | Hakon Mindreboe | MXGP | Yamaha
#119 | Kevin Horgmo | MX2 | KTM
#120 | Magne Klingsheim | Open | Kawasaki

# Argentina
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#121 | Alberto Poli Joaquin | MXGP | Honda
#122 | Pablo Luzzardi Juan | MX2 | KTM
#123 | Gerardo José Felipe | Open -

# Iran
Num | Rider | Class | Bike
--- | --- | --- | ---
#124 | Amirreza Sabetifar | MXGP | Honda
#125 | Ali Borzoozadeh | MX2 | Honda
#126 | Alireza Parvareshbaladi | Open | Honda


France, being the 2016 MXoN champions will carry the prestigious 1-3 plates with the Netherlands and USA following on from them. As you would expect with multi time MXGP all star Antonio Cairoli, Italy will be hot favorites along with Belgium but can team Great Britain pull something out this weekend? 

It's great to see teams like Iran, Israel, Greece, Puerto Rico and Brazil in the mix. It goes to show that motocross is a true worldwide and border joining sport. 

# So what country will you guys be cheering on steemers? 
Please let me know as i know we have a few fans here that will be cheering on Croatia @ssekulji, @buzzbeergeek, @ozmaster and team USA will defo get some shouts from @the-ivor :)

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