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The Motocross of Nations is over, Belgium is back on top of the world, and once again, this race delivered. As is the case with the end of every major series or event, it is time for MY GUTS Power Rankings, which means we’re looking at the riders—and in one case, a Belgian duo—who had standout performances.
From Jeffrey Herlings reminding everyone why he’s one of the best to ever do it, to Belgium ending a 13-year drought, Spain making history and Latvia nearly pulling off the shock of the weekend, there was plenty to choose from.
Here are the five performances that stood out to me most at the 2026 Motocross of Nations.
1: Jeffrey Herlings
As I said pre-event, having Jeffrey Herlings on your team is a cheat code. We need to bank memories of Jeffrey, because he’s one of the best to ever do it. Watching him in that second moto was pure bliss. Rides like that are truly what make him, and this sport, special.
“I definitely didn’t make things easy for myself in that last moto,” he said in a team release. “I think I was like 15 seconds down after the crash, but I knew I had the speed and the time to do it, so I went to work. In the end I was able to make the move just past the halfway mark of the moto and pulled out a good gap to win. The first race was a lot easier and overall it was a good weekend and we continued the winning streak in Sunday motos all the way from the MXGP of Great Britain through today. The podium was always the goal for the Netherlands and we made that happen too, so happy with everything and a good way to round off this GP season.”
2: Lucas Coenen and Liam Everts
The drought is over! For the first time in 13 years, Belgium is on top of the motocross world. And what a truly gritty ride from Lucas Coenen. He’s been battling injuries for the last few months but showed up and delivered for his country. As he said post-race, he was barely able to ride for 10 minutes the week before the event! Yet, he pulled together two top-five finishes—which the team had to have—to help bring home the title.
“I cannot thank these guys enough. It’s unbelievable,” he said in a team release. “Last week I could barely do [ride] 10 minutes but we kept working and on Tuesday I managed to do one moto. I don’t know how I did it today, especially with [Cooper] Webb on my wheel and I was nervous for the second start. A big thanks to Joel [Roelants, Team Manager] and everyone behind the scenes. This is amazing. Belgium is back on top and I love it.”
When you have the last name Everts, there is a LOT to live up to. And while Liam has had great success thus far in his career, he’s yet to have a career-defining moment like this. Until now. Jumping up to a 450, he put together two fourth-place finishes to help secure a 16th MXoN victory for Belgium.
“It’s unreal. I had no idea where we were on points, so I was just trying to keep pushing because I knew it was going to be really close,” he said in a team release. “We had a mega day and I couldn’t have done it without Lucas and Sacha. To win this with Belgium after 13 years is something else, and with the history my dad and grandad have with this event, it makes it even more special. It’s been a long road, but we pulled it off together. I’m honestly lost for words – this feels amazing.”
3: Jorge Prado
No SMX hangover here. Just a week after capturing his first career title in the U.S., the multi-time World Champion was back on European soil and nearly led Team Spain to its first-ever MXoN win. A brilliant weekend from Prado, who helped Spain to second overall.
“With the whole team we put Spain on the box,” he said in a team release. “We have never achieved a podium and to take 2nd place is amazing. There are a lot of people behind this and a lot who have been waiting, waiting and waiting for us to be up here. We had some amazing performances today and I’m really happy I can live this with them.”
4: Pauls Jonass
The surprise of the weekend had to be Latvia. With a population of less than two million, the small European country nearly landed on the podium. Jonass has had an up-and-down career since moving to the MXGP class, but the 2017 MX2 World Champion was impressive in France, going 8-3 to lead Latvia to a fourth-place overall finish.
5: Romain Febvre
Oh, what could have been for the French team. A pair of crashes ended their chances for victory on home soil, but that shouldn’t take away from the weekend Romain Febvre had. He went 1-3 on the weekend and delivered a great sendoff to his Kawasaki career as he prepares to move to Factory Ducati next year.
Main image: HRC Honda
