Quadcross of Nations | |
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Series short | QXoN |
Organisers | FIM Europe |
Location | various |
Frequency | annual |
Date | September/October |
Type | ATV Motocross Race |
History | |
First edition | 2009 |
Number of editions | 14 |
Most wins | United States (5) |
Most podiums | Netherlands (8) |
First winner | France |
Latest winner | United States (2023) |
Quadcross of Nations (QXoN), officially known as Quadcross of European Nations (QXoEN) is a single ATV event organized by FIM at the end of the year. [1] The event includes teams of three riders representing their nations. There are three motos with two riders of each nation competing per moto. The location of the event changes from year to year.
The event started in 2009 with only European nations. In 2017 USA, [2] [3] Argentina and Australia, as the first nations outside Europe, participated in the event. In 2018, Canada joined and participated for their first time.
The scoring for the event works on the position system, i.e. first place is awarded one point, second place two, etc. Each rider races twice. The worst score of three races is dropped, and the lowest combined score wins.[ citation needed ]
Year | Location | Winning team | Winning riders | Ref(s) |
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2009 | Jauer | France | Romain Couprie / Matthieu Ternynck / Adrian Mangieu | |
2010 | Sverepec | Italy | Nicola Montalbini / Emanuelle Giovanelli / Mattia Torraco | |
2011 | Jauer | Belgium | Davy De Cuyper / Nikky Vaes / Jan Vlaeymans | |
2012 | Oss | France | Romain Couprie / Matthieu Ternynck / Jeremie Warnia | |
2013 | Cingoli | Event canceled | [4] | |
2014 | Markelo | Netherlands | Mike van Grinsven / Joe Maessen / Ingo ten Vregelaar | |
2015 | Schwedt | Netherlands | Mike van Grinsven / Joe Maessen / Ingo ten Vregelaar | |
2016 | Sainte-Radegonde | France | Yoann Gillouin / Antoine Cheurlin / Adrien Mangieu | [5] |
2017 | Cingoli | United States | Chad Wienen / Joel Hetrick / Thomas Brown | [6] |
2018 | Slagelse | United States | Chad Wienen / Jeffrey Rastrelli / Thomas Brown | [7] |
2019 | Schwedt | United States | Chad Wienen / Joel Hetrick / Thomas Brown | [8] |
2020 | Varsseveld | Event canceled | [9] | |
2021 | Sainte-Radegonde | Ireland | Mark Mclernon / Justin Reid / Dean Dillon | [10] |
2022 | Kramolin | United States | Chad Wienen / Joel Hetrick / Bryce Ford | [11] |
2023 | Cingoli | United States | Chad Wienen / Joel Hetrick / Bryce Ford | [12] |
Team | Total | Ref(s) |
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United States | 5 | [ citation needed ] |
France | 3 | |
Netherlands | 2 | |
Ireland | 1 | |
Italy | 1 | |
Belgium | 1 |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref(s) |
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2009 | France | Portugal | Netherlands | [ citation needed ] |
2010 | Italy | Netherlands | Belgium | |
2011 | Belgium | Germany | Netherlands | |
2012 | France | United Kingdom | Belgium | |
2013 | Event canceled | [4] | ||
2014 | Netherlands | France | United Kingdom | [ citation needed ] |
2015 | Netherlands | Latvia | Germany | |
2016 | France | Netherlands | Estonia | |
2017 | United States | France | Ireland | |
2018 | United States | Ireland | Netherlands | |
2019 | United States | Netherlands | Ireland | |
2020 | Event canceled | |||
2021 | Ireland | Italy | Denmark | [10] |
2022 | United States | Ireland | France | [11] |
2023 | United States | Italy | Argentina | [12] |
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