Motocross of Nations team line up
Published September 4th, 2002
Here are the teams for each country, their riders, their numbers, and team managers:
France (last year’s champions) – Manager Olivier Robert
1 – Mickael Pichon – SUZUKI
2 – Sebastien Tortelli – SUZUKI
3 – Yves DeMaria – KTM
Belgium – Manager Joel Robert
4 – Stefan Everts – YAMAHA
5 – Joel Smets – KTM
6 – Marnicq Bervoets – YAMAHA
New Zealand – Manager Michael McLeod
7 – Joshua Coppins – HONDA
8 – Ben Townley – KTM
9 – Shayne King – HONDA
Great Britain – Manager Rob Herring
10 – James Dobb – KTM
11 – Paul Cooper – HONDA
12 – James Noble – HONDA
Germany – Manager Markus Schullenberg
13 – Pit Beirer – HONDA
14 – Bernd Eckenbach – KTM
15 – Marco Dorsch – KTM
Australia – Manager Gary Benn
16 – Chad Reed – YAMAHA
17 – Graig Anderson – KTM
18 – Andrew McFarlane – KAWASAKI
Sweden – Manager Lars-Erik Larsson
19 – Stefan Andersson – YAMAHA
20 – Petri Jarvela – KAWASAKI
21 – Karl Karlsson – HONDA
Portugal – Manager Rui Assuncao
22 – Joaquim Rodrigues – KTM
23 – Rui Goncalves – YAMAHA
24 – Luis Correia – KTM
South Africa – Manager Glen Crick
25 – Grant Langston – KTM
26 – Tyla Rattray – KTM
27 – Colin Dugmore – KTM
Czech Republic – Manager Ervin Krajkovic
34 – Josef Dobes – YAMAHA
35 – Jiri Cepelak – HONDA
36 – Michal Kadleck – HUSQVARNA
Slovenia – Manager Slavko Rus
37 – Saso Kragel – YAMAHA
38 – Roman Jelen – HONDA
39 – Rok Sitar – HONDA
Ireland – Manager Stephen Russell
40 – Gordon Crockard – KTM
41 – Adams Lyons – TM
42 – Philip McCullough – KTM
Spain – Manager Rafael Valle
46 – Javier Vico Garcia – KTM
47 – Aaron Bernardez – TM
48 – Oscar Lanza – HONDA
Italy – Manager Fabrizio Filippini
49 – Andrea Bartolini – HONDA
50 – Alessio Chiodi – YAMAHA
51 – Alessandro Puzar – HUSQVARNA
Denmark – Manager Bjarne Sjoholm
55 – Brian Jorgensen – HUSQVARNA
56 – Almar Jacob – YAMAHA
57 – Jensen Bo Vang – KTM
Starting numbers from 1 to 60 according to last year’s classification (above), by alphabetical order for the other teams (below).
Argentina – Manager Claudio Pesce
61 – Jeremias Fernandez – YAMAHA
62 – Norberto Debernardis – HONDA
63 – Augusto Freytes
Brazil – Manager Wilson Vasuda
64 – Roosevelt Assuncao – HONDA
65 – Antonio Balbi – HONDA
66 – Massoud Nassar – HONDA
Canada – Manager Paul Mares
67 – Jean-Sebastien Roy – HONDA
68 – Blair Morgan – HONDA
69 – Marco Dube – HONDA
Chile – Manager Ron Farnsworth
70 – Jeremias Israel – HONDA
71 – Alfredo Gomez – HONDA
72 – Walter Helfmann – HONDA
Costa Rica – Manager Charles Akin
73 – Ernesto Fonseca – HONDA
74 – Adrian Robert – HONDA
75 – Cristian Leon – HONDA
Croatia – Manager Nikol Bucar
76 – Nenad Sipek – YAMAHA
77 – Goran Goricki – YAMAHA
78 – Marko Leljak – KTM
Japan – Manager Katsuyoshi Sano
79 – Akira Narita – SUZUKI
80 – Yoshitaka Atsuta – HONDA
81 – Kazuyoshi Odagiri – HONDA
Lithuania – Manager Aurimas Milevicius
82 – Arunas Gelazninkas – KTM
83 – Gintaras Cepurna – KTM
84 – Danas Brazauskas – HONDA
Slovakia – Manager Josef Brabec
85 – Josef Kulhavy – YAMAHA
86 – Tomas Bucenec – SUZUKI
87 – Erik Ruho – HONDA
Ukraine – Manager Sergey Paschinskiy
88 – Roman Morozov – HONDA
89 – Sergey Onipchenko – KTM
90 – Oleksandr Paschinkiy – KTM
United States of America – Manager Roger De Coster
91 – Ricky Carmichael – HONDA
92 – Mike LaRocco – HONDA
93 – Tim Ferry – YAMAHA
Venezuela – Manager Ramon Sorondo
94 – Fernando Macia de la Cabada – YAMAHA
95 – Eduardo Novoa – YAMAHA
96 – Michel Sandoval – HONDA
Info courtesy of Marc Pétrier/FIM Press Officer
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| Mickael Pichon |
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| Ernesto will ride for Costa Rica |
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| Grant will ride for South Africa |
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| LaRocco |
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| Ferry |
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| Carmichael |
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| Seb Tortelli will ride for France, and Suzuki! |








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