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I would think that Either Weimer or Alessi have to be offered the slot before you just automatically throw in Barcia.
Barcia on a 450 in the sand at Lommel in the MX1/MX3 moto could possibly finish a head of Dungey in a so called " straight up" fashion (most riders on the gate do go down once or twice at Lommel though). With the both of them always being super fast at Southwick in the sand,there is always that chance when they grace unfamiliar grounds (especially deeper sand).
However,I would rather see him on a 250F over there in MX2 rather then on a 450 in MX3.
I think watching him rev the shit out of that lites bike banging guys left & right would be one hell of a treat for us all.
Do you think Barcia would have finished 7th at Southwick after starting almost an entire lap behined?
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I wouldn't underestimate the kid on any Sand track whether it is 3ft deep of sand or 6ft lol.
Also,I think Dungey then was more in tune with his zook then the ktm....(but has really came around).
But that is another topic.
Back on topic.
It's The Mans job to pick a winning team.
Who he picks should be interesting.
I'm certain he knows a thing or 2 about riding/racing in the sand in Belgium.
I can't imagine any of the Euros are looking forward to racing BB12 after watching what he has been doing to Ken Roczen and Marvin Musquin all year.
regarding team selection- if stewart comes back and is 1st or 2nd at southwick then he will still be selected- him, dungey and barcia would be USA's best team in my opinion with it being at a sand track. Baggetts a great rider, but not so good in the sand (he may prove me wrong but wait till millville/ southwick before putting him in the team!)
i dont think the deep sand will be a problem to any of the american riders, they are good enough to adapt to it- they will still be the favourites going into this event but i dont think anyone will beat a fully fit herlings individually (barring crashes/ mechanical failure) - cairoli will be the closest to him in my opinion. I look forward to seeing dungey/ stewart/ barcia race there though!
Assuming you send dungey, barcia and stewart- i think they will all be fast enough to be top 3-5 but i will be very surprised if they can beat toni or jeffrey individually at lommel. if they all finish top 5 then they still stand a good chance of team victory though
i hope im wrong and that the americans can give herlings a good race
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Its about time cairoli had a good mx des nations! he's had some awful luck in recent years at this event. It would be cool to see him and dungey in a straight up battle at lommel. I also really want stewart to make the team! I really want to see him race at lommel
It could be won through consistency this year- with such a brutal track there will be lots of crashing. Team GB have 3 decent sand riders so im hoping we can make the podium this year! (probable team searle, simpson and nicholls)
the US team i want to see is barcia, stewart and dungey
On paper those 2 Euro's wil beat the US guys individually since their sandriding capabilities are better all around.
But, this is motorcross and anything can happen. Who tought Rockzen would beat Dungey on an underpowered bike last year?
I guess no one did because that was totally unexpected. And that's the way motocross should be looked at, expect the unexpected. USA isnt gonna stand by and 'just see how they do'. They wil be prepared for this sandbox. A guy with the best eyes and judgement in our sport wil take care of that.
Dungey
Barcia
Stewart
But having Baggett as an option instead of Barcia, and Alessi as an option instead of Stewart are good problems to have.
There is often a great deal of arogance from a lot of guys over there too thinking and claiming they are the out and out fastest and they'll beat the so called "favourites" all win all the Motos but that's a hell lot of epectation,if Herlings,AC, or even Desalle,Pourcel,Paulin or Roczen win races over them would does that say?
Who's your money on between Barcia and Roczen on 250's at Lommel? If Ken gets one over Barcia when he's on the "other" side of the pond,I wouldn't be surprised,it might give more of an insight of how diferrent things are,take Bagget last year for instance,
The US team will be fine in the sand,the best of their best will come afterall,and with Barcia in it would make all 3 that ride Southwick awesome,personally I can't see any other team taking it BUT yes it's the MXdN format and strange things happen
The US team I'd like to see would be:
Dungey
Stewart
Barcia
Oh and straight up racing,no pile ups or breakdowns DNF's etc
This year is a bit unique with it being in Lommel/deep sand.
I think some have doubted the Americans when it comes to sand riding/racing over the years.
Some have even claimed that we didn't show in Lierop that one year for the reason's like " Americans cannot ride in the sand".
I think we may have something to prove this year.
I think Decoster in picking the team knows what he needs to do.
I believe that is picking the 3 best sand riders America has to offer.
Even DC said on here a couple weeks back,the MXoN team will be all Florida based sand riders.
Dungey & JS7 are the other 2.
But he has been based out of Florida for a while now.
Before that I believe he was based out of Georgia.
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