{"id":839076,"date":"2026-08-02T03:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839076\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:57:18","slug":"official-belgium-announce-2026-ernee-mxon-squad-gatedrop-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839076\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Belgium announce 2026 Ernee MXoN squad \u2013 GateDrop.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook<br \/>\nTwitter<br \/>\nWhatsApp<br \/>\nMessenger<br \/>\nEmail\n<\/p>\n<p>Belgium has opted for continuity. During a press conference held at the Lommel Grand Prix, the Belgian Motorcycling Federation (FMB) officially unveiled its line-up for the 2026 Motocross of Nations, which will take place on 3-4 October at Ern\u00e9e, France.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, the Belgian management has decided to stick with the same trio that represented the nation at the 2025 edition held at Ironman in the United States. Liam Everts (Open), Sacha Coenen (MX2) and Lucas Coenen (MXGP) will once again wear the famous black, yellow and red colours at the prestigious event.<\/p>\n<p>It is a logical decision given the potential shown by Belgium\u2019s exciting young generation. At last year\u2019s event, Lucas, Liam and Sacha guided Belgium to fourth overall at Ironman\u2014the country\u2019s best Motocross of Nations result in several years. The last time Belgium stood on the MXoN podium was in 2019 at Assen, where Jeremy Van Horebeek, Jago Geerts and Kevin Strijbos secured second place.<\/p>\n<p>Retaining the same line-up also reflects the FMB\u2019s desire to build on stability. Having already competed together in 2025, Lucas, Sacha and Liam are now familiar with the unique atmosphere and demands of the Motocross of Nations and will have the opportunity to continue the progress they began at Ironman a year earlier. Liam will make his fifth MXoN appearance, Lucas his fourth, and Sacha his second.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, Belgium will arrive at Ern\u00e9e with an ambitious team, in front of what is expected to be a huge French crowd for one of the biggest events of the 2026 season. The objective is clear: to return Belgium to the podium for the first time since 2019, while the nation\u2019s last Motocross of Nations victory remains its triumph at Teutschenthal in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Messenger Email Belgium has opted for continuity. During a press conference held at the Lommel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-839076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}