Team Germany reveals RedBud MXoN 2022 riders - no Roczen or Jacobi
By Team TMX on 19th Aug 22
MXGP MXoN Max Nagl RedBud Simon Langenfelder
The three Team Germany riders for the Motocross of Nations at RedBud are Max Nagl, Simon Lngenfelder and Tom Koch.
The German federation said that after careful consideration, with a view to the sporting and logistically challenging participation of a German team in the overseas event, the Germany squad has been determined with Max Nagl (MXGP, Krettek Haas Racing Team), Simon Lngenfelder (MX2, Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing) and Tom Koch (Open, Kosak Racing Team).
Marcel Dornhofer and Karsten Schneider are the team managers nominated by the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund and take on the role of team bosses within a multi-person organisational group. Both will share the sporting and administrative tasks, which have become more and more diverse and extensive in recent years.
"I am confident that with our team we will be impactful," said Dornhofer. "Simon Lngenfelder is in an excellent third place in the MX2 World Championship, Max Nagl is in top shape throughout the season and brings an enormous amount of experience with him and Tom Koch regularly drives into the points of the MXGP and has strong races, shown at the ADAC MX Masters."
Support in the organisation of the team will be provided by experienced individuals such as Olaf Noack, who as former team manager of Team Germany brings experience from over two decades of MXoN, MSC Teutschenthal chairman Andreas K osbahn and Wolfgang Thomas, who has given advice to the team with his experience over the last years as a team manager.
With many years of experience as a top rider in MXGP and many MXoN participations, including being a member of the winning team 10 years ago in Lommel, 35-year-old Nagl will renew the role of team captain.
Nagl, the Bavarian living in Belgium, still has quick pace, proven by a significant lead in the ADAC MX Masters, where he regularly defeated current top 10 MXGP riders this season.
Nagl's experience is combined with the youthful drive of 18-year-old Simon Lngenfelder, who will make his second appearance in the Motocross of Nations. The GASGAS factory rider started the MX2 World Championship furiously with a double victory at Matterley Basin. Since then, the Bavarian, who lives in Italy, has established himself as the third best rider in the world championship.
Like Lngenfelder, Tom Koch was also already part of the German team at the MXoN in Assen / Netherlands 2019. The 24-year-old Thringer has since established himself as a top rider in the ADAC MX Masters and has already impressed with top-10 placements in the world championship.
The team leaders Dornhfer and Schneider thanks all riders, partners and sponsors, without whom participation in the Motocross of Nations would not be possible. "To realise such a performance, you not only need a suitable budget, but also experience and manpower. Without the DMSB, ADAC as well as our sponsors, we would not be able to organise this event, so our big thanks to all supporters of the German team."
Missing out on selection, a disappointed Henry Jacobi said: "I was informed that I would not be needed for my country at the MX of Nations, the Olympic Games of our sport. From a purely athletic point of view, I didn't seem to make it into the top three. This has nothing to do financially, as some might think, I see it as a sport, but I still think it's a shame that I didn't make it into the top three because I had a broken vertebra last year and it hurts a lot for our country.
"My team was ready, we had organised everything, but unfortunately... well, nonetheless, I'm happy for my buddy Tom Koch that he gets the chance to ride, regardless of our performance, we'll remain friends despite such influences from third parties don't worry. I wish the three boys only the best I hope you give all three 100 per cent as I would have given them."
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