Latvian motorcyclists take the 15th place in the Nations Cup

The Latvian national team scored 114 points.

In the first race, starting for MXGP (Sabulis) and MX2 (Pumpurs) riders, Sabulis took the tenth, but Pumpurs – 29th place among 38 riders. The winner was Danish Thomas Pierre Olsen.

In the second race, starting with MX2 and “Open” (Macuks) class athletes, Pumpurs took 28th place, and Macuks – 39th place in the race of 40 riders. The Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings won.

In the third race, in which MXGP and “Open” class competed, Sabulis took the eighth place, but Macuks did not start. Herlings celebrated the victory in the trip.

The winners with 37 points in the sum of three races were the Italians, Antonio Rairoli, Alessandro Lupino and Matia Guadanini.

Second place went to the Netherlands with 38 points, with Herlings, Glen Koldenhof and Roans van de Mosdey, and third place with 39 points to Britain, represented by Ben Watson, Sean Simpson and Conrad Mousse.

Estonia ranked seventh with 78 points, Lithuania 13th with 110 points.

It has already been reported that on Saturday Latvia won the high sixth place in the Nations Cup qualification, entering the final 19 out of 31 teams in the final 19.

The strong US team did not start in Mantua due to travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The manager of the Latvian national team in the Nations Cup was Valdis Seratinskis.

Last year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Motocross Cup of Nations was not held.

In 2019, the Latvian team with Paul Jonas, Macuk and Dāvis Ivanovs won the eighth place in the Nations Cup, which is the best result of all time for Latvian motorcyclists.

The representative of Latvia became the champion of the Nations Cup only in 1968, when Arnis Angers was able to do it as a member of the USSR national team. In the years of independence, Latvia previously achieved the best result in 1992, when it won the 11th place in a relatively small competition, but then the most successful year was 2014, when it won the 12th place on its “Golden Horse” track in Ķegums.

Since 1990, the Latvian national team has competed in the motocross for the Nations Cup 27 times.

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