MX World Championship

FIM World Motocross organisers have revealed a number of calendar details for both the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Team USA picked up their 22nd Motocross of Nations title at Saint Jean d’Angely after denying home favourites France in the final heat, while Australia scored their maiden MXoN rostrum.

MX2 championship runner-up Jeffrey Herlings closed the season with victory in the Italian Grand Prix, beating Britain’s Tommy Searle to the win.

Gautier Paulin won the final MX1 grand prix of the 2011 campaign as a number of big names withdrew from the Italian event.

 Ken Roczen claimed the MX2 World Championship on home soil on Sunday with a runner-up finish in the German-based Grand Prix of Europe.