With several team announcements becoming official in recent weeks, and Team USA’s official announcement this weekend at the Unadilla National, Kawasaki announced the team will not participate in the 2019 the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations. In a statement sent out this afternoon, the team said the “Kawasaki race team has informed the AMA that the team and riders will not be considered for the event later this year.”

Tomac, who represented Team USA in 2013 and 2014, represented the team for a third time last year, when he teamed with Justin Barcia and Aaron Plessinger at RedBud MX. The team finished sixth overall but in January, Team Italy was disqualified from the competition after a bike failed the compliance test, moving Team USA up to fifth place.

Kawasaki just announced on Tuesday that Cianciarulo will move up to the 450 Class to join Tomac, who re-signed with the team in May, for 2020.

Below is the full statement: