Can Laura Kraut help USA keeping their place in the Top League? Here with Cedric in Wellington earlier this year. Photo by Sportfot.This weekend the Nations Cup is taking place Dublin which is known to be an amazing show. This is the last leg before the battle for survival is decided in Rotterdam the last weekend in August. After the last leg at Hickstead Netherlands is still leading the overall standings on 42 points - five points ahead of Germany at 37. In the bottom we find Denmark with eight points and no chance to stay in the Top League, while USA and Belgium at 24.5 and 25 points are fighting to avoid the Promotional League next year. France got seven valuable points last weekend, but are only four points ahead of Belgium with 29. Great Britian holds the fourth place on 32 points and home team Ireland is third with 32.5 points.
You find the overall standings here.
Full results from Dublin – go here.
The home team in Dublin will consist of;
Shane Breen
Nicola Fitzgibbon
Denis Lynch
Shane Sweetnam
Billy Twomey
The other riders who have been selected to represent their countries are;
BELGIUM
Dirk Demeersman
Jos Lansink
Philippe Le Jeune
Nicola Philippaerts
Gregory Wathelet
FRANCE
Roger Yves Bost
Patrice Delaveau
Penelope Leprevost
Michel Robert
Kevin Staut
DENMARK
Camilla Enemark
Tina Lund
Emilie Martinsen
Christian Schou
Cecilie Tofte
GREAT BRITAIN
Scott Brash
Nick Skelton
Robert Smith
John Whitaker
Michael Whitaker
GERMANY
Hans-Dieter Dreher
Rene Tebbel
Thomas Voss
Philipp Weishaupt
Holger Wulschner
NETHERLANDS
Gert Jan Bruggink
Piet Raijmakers
Leon Thijssen
Leopold van Asten
Wout Jan van der Schans
USA
Kent Farrington
Lauren Hough
Laura Kraut
Beezie Madden
Christine McCrea
