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When that will happen, who knows, but it will happen.
Just depends on who is there to take advantage of the situation.
A crash he walked away from is going to change him... Did you forget about the crash where he shattered his leg? How did THAT change him?
RV has not changed at all. He is riding as hard as he ever has. Other riders, and more importantly, other teams have closed the gap. With so many riders at the highest skill level...we are seeing that bike set up is more important than it ever has been. It is getting more like other motor sports in this respect.
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At first I was just blowing it off thinking he was playing a smart mans game ( I kind of still do )......but it also looks like he's struggling this year. He's been " At one " with that bike of his for a few years.....this year he just looks " Off ". Don't know what the hell .
RV is making a lot more more slips and dabs this year,watching him closely he seems to push and at the end of the day he's usually pretty much a class above everyone except Kenny and Stewart
The past is the past,Roczen wasn't in the mix last year on the 450
This is ESPECIALLY true when you look at the first lap. In the past 3-4 years, RV would go from 5th-10th right to the front in a few turns. This year he has gone from 1st or 2nd back to 5th-6th in those same few turns. That DOES NOT happen because everyone else has gotten "faster." It happens because he is not being the aggressive attacker he has been, period.
To subscribe the the "everyone has gotten" faster theory, one would also have to say that not only have they gotten faster, but they have gotten so much faster since August (the end of last season) that the defending, uninjured (?), in-his-prime champion is now a net 8 to 10 positions slower IN THE FIRST LAP. Seriously?
Come on, get real. There is clearly something going on with him. Whether that something is injury, bike setup, burnout, seeing his approaching retirement and not wanting to wad it up, I don't know. Probably only he and a few others actually do.
But it is definitely something. I just hope he finishes strong and on top, instead of backing it down too much (for whatever reason.) In the end, however, it is his career, body, and life.
He's making too many mistakes to not be pushing.
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Like is said JMO!
If he is sandbagging he wouldn't have so many crashes and mistakes.
As KW said, some of the other teams have closed the gap, it happened to RC and Stewart.
He is leading the Championship and is most likely the best rider in the world, he doesn't need anyone making excuses for him.
That dude wants to WIN, that's what makes him such a bad dude.
On some SX tracks and outdoors I think we will see him back to dominating.
I thought it was pretty laughable that K-dub (and whoever else) didn't pick him to podium, as if Dallas was typical of his race performance. But who cares what I think =[
I did see stewart until his crash last weekend tho... too bad that it went this way, he looked amazing the last few races
Roczen is doing great for his rookie seasons, but he already had some 6th places, if he keeps having these ups and downs he wont be a threat for RV imo (hopefully I'm wrong lol)
It is discrediting Reed, Stewart, Roczen and any other rider that has rode well enough to finish ahead of him this year.
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