The France national speedway team is one of the nations who compete in international motorcycle speedway and is controlled by the French Motorcycling Federation.
History The French speedway team were latecomers to the Speedway World Team Cup, missing the first three decades of the event before competing for the first time during the 1991 Speedway World Team Cup, finishing fourth in Group D (the fourth tier of the competition).
The team was one of the weaker nations and struggled to compete against the established nations. From 2001 (when the competition was rebranded as the Speedway World Cup) to 2011, France either failed to qualify for the second stage or did not enter a team due to the lack of competitive riders. The team began to improve their world ranking and reappeared in qualifying in 2012 and then nine years later in 2021, competing in the Speedway of Nations they reached their first major final.
Major world finals Speedway of Nations YearVenueStandings (Pts)RidersPts2021ManchesterNational Speedway Stadium 1. Great Britain (64+6+5)2. Poland (74+4)3. Denmark (68+3)4. Australia (49)5. France (47)6. Latvia (42)7. Sweden (30) David Bellego 34 Dimitri Bergé 13 Steven Goret 0
International caps (as of 2022) Since the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era.
RiderCapsBarraud, Jeremy 1Bellego, David Bergé, Dimitri Bergé, Philippe 3Boun, Thierry Cigana, Christian De Biasi, Richard Dubernaud, Christophe Dubernaud, Jordan Georgese, Jerome Goret, Steven Ianotto, Christian Muratet, Xavier Ochocki, David Ostyn, Fabrice Stella, Gaetan Trésarrieu, Mathias Trésarrieu, Mathieu 2Trésarrieu, Sebastien 2Trésarrieu, Stéphane 7
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See also France national under-21 speedway team France national under-19 speedway team France national long track team