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Antonioni 4/30/2012 2:53pm
4/30/2012 2:53pm Edited Date/Time 4/30/2012 6:16pm
TerryB wrote:
Too bad we lost him back to tye GP's. We need him for the Outdoors this year. Think he'll ever race a season in the US...
Too bad we lost him back to tye GP's. We need him for the Outdoors this year.

Think he'll ever race a season in the US again?
I think it's possible but only if he realizes a very good MXGP season.
The SX shouldn't pose him any physical major problems. And Outdoor's tracks are so much better than those of MXGP, Christophe loves them.
I think than he wants to return race in USA, AMA races are surely more exciting, interesting and fun (but more tough to win).
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andymoto 4/30/2012 3:17pm
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mjskier wrote:
Duh! I was too busy looking over the pond to pay attention to the French expats here. Any other Frenchy looking promising or did they break...
Duh!
I was too busy looking over the pond to pay attention to the French expats here.
Any other Frenchy looking promising or did they break the machine that groomed the latest vintage of French phenoms?
Antonioni wrote:
"[i]Any other Frenchy looking promising or did they break the machine that groomed the latest vintage of French phenoms?[/i]" Dylan Ferrandis, similar profile than Musquin. Same...
"Any other Frenchy looking promising or did they break the machine that groomed the latest vintage of French phenoms?"

Dylan Ferrandis, similar profile than Musquin. Same age than Roczen and Herlings but a more late maturity.
Isn't that the same kid who was hauling in 125s folks were touting a few short yrs ago?
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jamma10 4/30/2012 3:32pm
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mjskier wrote:
Duh! I was too busy looking over the pond to pay attention to the French expats here. Any other Frenchy looking promising or did they break...
Duh!
I was too busy looking over the pond to pay attention to the French expats here.
Any other Frenchy looking promising or did they break the machine that groomed the latest vintage of French phenoms?
Antonioni wrote:
"[i]Any other Frenchy looking promising or did they break the machine that groomed the latest vintage of French phenoms?[/i]" Dylan Ferrandis, similar profile than Musquin. Same...
"Any other Frenchy looking promising or did they break the machine that groomed the latest vintage of French phenoms?"

Dylan Ferrandis, similar profile than Musquin. Same age than Roczen and Herlings but a more late maturity.
andymoto wrote:
Isn't that the same kid who was hauling in 125s folks were touting a few short yrs ago?
Yeah in the European 125 championship. There are a few other fast french kids that could develop into good riders too; Christophe Charlier, Valentin Teillet (the rider in that sick scrub photo who unfortunately busted himself up recently in Bulgaria) and Jordi Tixier.
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DrSweden 4/30/2012 4:31pm
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So happy for CP. Watching him ride, just makes me happy, he makes us all look so primitive. Great to have him blossom again.

Do you guys know if the European fans are treating him better than the US-fans did? We all(?) assumed so, I really that turned out to be the truth...

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seth505 4/30/2012 5:07pm
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peelout wrote:
super stoked for Pourcel, can't wait to watch the highlights video. sounded like some great racing in both classes
super stoked for Pourcel, can't wait to watch the highlights video. sounded like some great racing in both classes
ocscottie wrote:
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/member/MXGP-Italy-2012-Fermo-MX1-MX2-Race-Highlights,6260/ocscottie,405
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/member/MXGP-Italy-2012-Fermo-MX1-MX2-Race…
shit ya, thanks!
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burnside 4/30/2012 5:09pm
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DrSweden wrote:
So happy for CP. Watching him ride, just makes me happy, he makes us all look so primitive. Great to have him blossom again. Do you...
So happy for CP. Watching him ride, just makes me happy, he makes us all look so primitive. Great to have him blossom again.

Do you guys know if the European fans are treating him better than the US-fans did? We all(?) assumed so, I really that turned out to be the truth...
Think GP fans are too busy vilifying Herlings to worry about Pourcel Wink haha.
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cmess77 4/30/2012 5:12pm
4/30/2012 5:12pm Edited Date/Time 4/30/2012 5:13pm
TerryB wrote:
Too bad we lost him back to tye GP's. We need him for the Outdoors this year. Think he'll ever race a season in the US...
Too bad we lost him back to tye GP's. We need him for the Outdoors this year.

Think he'll ever race a season in the US again?
2strokerider wrote:
i think he will be back next year if he wins the title this year/ is offered either a factory kawasaki ride/ pro circuit kawasaki ride
Seriously doubt he is offered a ride by Factory Kawi. In fact I would say that at this point PC is the only major American team that would touch him with a 10 foot pole, and that is due to his and Mitch's relationship. I didn't expect him to win this early though, so who knows, but my money would still be on AC for the title.
Troy McRae 5/1/2012 12:53am
5/1/2012 12:53am
Really nice to see CP back on top.
TripleDigit 5/1/2012 2:55am
5/1/2012 2:55am
I think if he has a great season this year actually he may well stay on th GP scene,it seems he's happier over here as he's obviously more familiar with more.He liked the lifestyle over there with "ze Jet-ski" etc but other areas maybe didn't impress him.As long as RV is with Kawi I don't know about them offering him a ride,I'm pretty certain he'd have some US teams very interested if they saw him ride like he has been and consistently,the guy is amazingly fast and smooth too
Jamie_Munro 5/1/2012 3:08am
5/1/2012 3:08am
He may stay in the GP's in 2013 and he may decide to take the CP377 team brand to the states and whoop some ass ! Let's all be honest though, he would not struggle to collect a ride over this, or that side of the pond if he decides to change @ all.

personally i am just over the moon to have him racing again and he can do much worse than become a world champion in MX1, I bet Cairolli wishes he would just F' off though hahaaaa.
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beemac70 5/1/2012 4:39am
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peelout wrote:
super stoked for Pourcel, can't wait to watch the highlights video. sounded like some great racing in both classes
super stoked for Pourcel, can't wait to watch the highlights video. sounded like some great racing in both classes
ocscottie wrote:
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/member/MXGP-Italy-2012-Fermo-MX1-MX2-Race-Highlights,6260/ocscottie,405
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/member/MXGP-Italy-2012-Fermo-MX1-MX2-Race…
seth505 wrote:
shit ya, thanks!
Here's the full race buddy ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNq9D3jICU8
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sharkey 5/1/2012 6:29am
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when we were talking with decoster at supercross he said the hardest thing for GP riders to adjust to here in america is the weather. mainly the humidity is the killer. since christophe is doing better i wonder about what he said now.
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seth505 5/1/2012 6:30am
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ocscottie wrote:
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/member/MXGP-Italy-2012-Fermo-MX1-MX2-Race-Highlights,6260/ocscottie,405
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/member/MXGP-Italy-2012-Fermo-MX1-MX2-Race…
seth505 wrote:
shit ya, thanks!
beemac70 wrote:
Here's the full race buddy ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNq9D3jICU8
Nice! Thanks man
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jamma10 5/1/2012 6:52am
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sharkey wrote:
when we were talking with decoster at supercross he said the hardest thing for GP riders to adjust to here in america is the weather. mainly...
when we were talking with decoster at supercross he said the hardest thing for GP riders to adjust to here in america is the weather. mainly the humidity is the killer. since christophe is doing better i wonder about what he said now.
Its a different kind of heat though, its a dry heat in most European countries. Apart from maybe Brazil, GP races like Fermo aren't anywhere near as humid and oppressive as Freestone or Southwick I imagine.
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ML512 5/1/2012 7:43am
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TerryB wrote:
Too bad we lost him back to tye GP's. We need him for the Outdoors this year. Think he'll ever race a season in the US...
Too bad we lost him back to tye GP's. We need him for the Outdoors this year.

Think he'll ever race a season in the US again?
2strokerider wrote:
i think he will be back next year if he wins the title this year/ is offered either a factory kawasaki ride/ pro circuit kawasaki ride
cmess77 wrote:
Seriously doubt he is offered a ride by Factory Kawi. In fact I would say that at this point PC is the only major American team...
Seriously doubt he is offered a ride by Factory Kawi. In fact I would say that at this point PC is the only major American team that would touch him with a 10 foot pole, and that is due to his and Mitch's relationship. I didn't expect him to win this early though, so who knows, but my money would still be on AC for the title.
Interesting thing i've heard from a few teams guys on CLS said the CLS PC contracts are written that if you win a world title you get a lifetime ride with mitch in the states (by lifetime i mean until you point out in 250s or something catastrophic happens)
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jamma10 5/1/2012 3:07pm
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Ha! What a cool picture!
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DrSweden 5/1/2012 4:26pm
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DrSweden wrote:
So happy for CP. Watching him ride, just makes me happy, he makes us all look so primitive. Great to have him blossom again. Do you...
So happy for CP. Watching him ride, just makes me happy, he makes us all look so primitive. Great to have him blossom again.

Do you guys know if the European fans are treating him better than the US-fans did? We all(?) assumed so, I really that turned out to be the truth...
burnside wrote:
Think GP fans are too busy vilifying Herlings to worry about Pourcel Wink haha.
Good, but damn, Herlings is loosing a lot it with that attitude no doubt, felt bad for him after the first podium speech. But he will bounce back of course...

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