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Decotis was simply a different rider out there,nobody questions his ability to rip,and in time I think he'd have gone way better in the GPs,but what listening to his interview and watching all his racing over here,I think its pretty safe to say that these guys have an advantage on their respective side of the pond,and they're all extremely fast,just because some people havn't heard of them doesn't mean they 're slow,
Zach is a great example,watching him every week and saying how good he was often fell on deaf ears over there (some assholes were even bagging on him too) but look at him now he's home
Roczen and Marvin would've had to have gone MX1 by now,same for Zach,just like the frontrunners of that class did,Paulin,Searle,Van Horbeek,Roelants,Frossard etc but they can still ride the 250 by going AMA and they can earn a lot more $$$ too with SX and the win bonuses etc,instead they'd be MX1 only
Just about everyone on here (and other boards) wished Jimmy the best,yes there will probably only be lower order guys come to Europe unless things change or RV takes on GPs when his conract ends in a while,until then every couple of years 1 top 250 GP rider might still go to America
Its a bit like saying if Villopoto were to leave America the AMA would no longer be a strong series, even though Dungey, Alessi, Stewart, Barcia & Canard were still racing it.
Its an issue I feel YS should have tried much harder to address in recent years to be honest. I don't know whether they've just been slow to realise that it just undermines their product, or whether they're just resigned to losing riders to America, but they need to start offering some sort of monetary incentive to stay, or at least drop the MX2 age rule.
He's still a good rider, but you can't compare him to the top AMA or GP guys, he'll be luck to sniff the top 20 next week.
That's DeCotis's home track, and metty always has loved it and done well. I don't think you draw conclusions from that.
As far as the series comparisons, we will gladly continue to accept your top talent when they peel off, and send you the DeCotis's. anyone who doesn't think the undeniable one way talent path from the GPs to the US doesn't weaken the quality of then GPS is in as much denial as the US bungholes who claim herrings wouldn't be competitive here.
By losing a top 250 guy,on average every other season,it does weaken the series to an extent,not in MX2 as those guys will have had to move up anyway,same as the good 250 guys do in the AMA.New riders come through the smaller class all the time and pick up better rides/teams that get left vacant,Herlings himself has evolved and I'd agree that he's pulling other guys along as the season goes on,they're getting into their groove and settling into their new rides
The loss is more in MX1 because of the riders that left to ride in the US at the moment that would still be in MX1 are Roczen,Musquin and Rattray (possibly Reed)
The above riders and more can't for a minute be blamed for going really as they can prolong their 250 careers and probably earn a load more money,the opportunity is there add SX too,whereas it's not so much in Europe hence it's guys like Zach,Leib and Decotis that come
I think what we can take from Decotis' take on things is that crossing the pond to take up the new challenge is tough whichever way around,sure a lot of people will underestimate how fast the GP guys are on their home turf so to speak,home advantage can work for everyone,it's part of what we're talking about here afterall
One other thing that crossed my mind was how Jimmy would've done in the sand of Leirop in a while,being a sand guy so to speak,it might have worked out for him
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Then it's a no brainer. Supercross in Europe is pretty small. You got some big ones like Bercy, Geneva, Genoa and Milan. Then you got the German Series, The French Series and now the Dutch are also making and effort but those tracks are like the pictures above.
https://youtu.be/JlT0r0vvyFM
La Tremblade is also one of the big ones in Europe. The Reason is that its a place on the sea and allot of tourist are there when the race happens!
https://youtu.be/US6JLbfHErI?rel=0
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