The French Motorcycle Federation were the first to announce their team for this years event with Romain Febvre, Dylan Ferrandis and Gautier Paulin being chosen to represent their country.
[5] Team USA put forward a squad that lacked some of their fastest riders.
Ryan Dungey ruled himself out because of injury problems and Eli Tomac decided not to compete.
This left a squad of Cooper Webb, Alex Martin and Jason Anderson.
[6] Start numbers are allocated based on the team finish from the previous year's edition.