Eight countries will go head to head in the FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* La Baule, France on Friday, May 12, 2017: Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden. All nations except for Belgium will be riding to score points in order to qualify for the Nations Cup Final this fall in Barcelona, Spain. Riding on home ground, the French team will try to chase their first title since 2014.
While 2016 attracted high-powered squads due to the Rio Olympics, this year will see a mixed batch of teams vie for maximum points, including a team from 2016 victors The Netherlands.
International Riders List CSIO5*:
ARGENTINA
José Maria LAROCCA
BELGIUM
Karel COX
Fabienne DAIGNEUX-LANGE
Jerome GUERY
Gudrun PATTEET
Constant VAN PAESSCHEN
Zoé CONTER (hors Grand Prix)
BRAZIL
Pedro JUNQUIERA MUYLAERT
Pedro VENISS
CANADA
Jaclyn DUFF
Kara CHAD
COLOMBIA
René LOPEZ
FRANCE
Team:
Cédric ANGOT
Roger Yves BOST
Bernard BRIAND CHEVALIER
Pénélope LEPREVOST
Kevin STAUT
Individuals:
Mathieu BILLOT
Harold BOISSET
Aldrick CHERONNET
Patrice DELAVEAU
Simon DELESTRE
Nicolas DEZEUSES
Julien EPAILLARD
Adeline HECART
Marie HECART
Alexandra PAILLOT
Olivier ROBERT
Philippe ROZIER
GERMANY
Marcus EHNING
Felix HASSMANN
Janne Friederike MEYER-ZIMMERMANN
Patrick STÜHLMEYER
Maurice TEBBEL
IRELAND
Kevin BABINGTON
Shane BREEN
Michael DUFFY
Denis LYNCH
Richard HOWLEY (Hors grand prix)
Shane SWEETNAM
ITALY
Emanuele GAUDIANO
Luca Maria MONETA
JAPAN
Karen POLLE
MOROCCO
Abdelkebir OUADDAR
NEDERLAND
Frank SHUTTERT
Sanne THIJSSEN
Leopold VAN ASTEN
Wout-Jan VAN DER SCHANS
Maikel VAN DER VLEUTEN
NEW ZEALAND
Samantha MCINTOSH
SPAIN
Eduardo ALVAREZ AZNAR
Sergio ALVAREZ MOYA
Manuel FERNANDEZ SARO
Gerardo MENENDEZ MIERES
Ivan SERRANO SAEZ
SWEDEN
Malin BARYARD-JOHNSSON
Jonna ECKBERG
Peder FREDRICSON
Henrik VON ECKERMANN
Angelie VON ESSEN
SWITZERLAND
Romain DUGUET
Paul ESTERMANN
Steve GUERDAT
Christina LIEBHERR
Nadja PETER STEINER
Aurelia LOSER (Hors grand prix)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Abdhulla AL MARRI