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RV rides like RC. Balls out all the time. Start to finish. Every lap. Every moto. All season long. It'll be hard to match.
GP tracks are (kind of) a mix between our SX and MX. I'm thinking this gives Villopoto a huge advantage as well. He'll be by far the best SX rider on the track, which will come into play quite a bit throughout the season.
*Steep jump faces
*Short landing zones / Very unforgiving landings
*Tight spaced hard whoops
*Very short landing to jump transitions
*Low speeds
I think you are very confused because the GPs have a big finish line jump where guys get high in the air in front of a Monster banner. That is about all they have in common. GP tracks are the exact opposite in pretty much every facet....
*Shallower jump faces...faster take offs
*Very long landing zones. You see guys OJ all the time in the GPs and just land flat pinned
*'Waves' in them GPs are nothing like SX whoops..very wide spaced
*When see a jump landing right into a jump face in the GPs, they are gradual rollers...not peaky rythm sections. Much different flow.
*FAST
I have no doubt he has the speed , but GP tracks aren't flat out wide open like AMA, and the 2 day format means he will have to deal with stuff he aint used to.
St Jean MXoN was probably the the least bumpy track for ages , and he didnt look any better than any of the top euro guys there.
The nationals are plenty rough and easily same as the GPs... Unadilla, Red bud, Washougal to name a few were all horribly rough but definitely don't have the riders on track as much as GPs
Definitely the surfaces differ more but regardless I don't think RV gives a shit about much of anything. He'll be fine.
how good is mx1 going to be in 2015?!!! still hoping that we see jeffrey in there too, but i think that might just be a couple of rounds later in the season
i don't think RV will have much trouble adapting to the tracks- but i do think that we won't see the same intensity from him at some of the tracks (as we have in the ama champs). He will still be competetive but may have to adapt to a more 'euro' style- when in rome as they say!!
its really cool to see RV racing over here- i think its going to be a very enjoyable experience for him, fresh start- seeing lots of different countries and tracks he's never been to before.
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Fingers crossed they put all the pieces of the puzzle together in '15!
I've been waiting for Desalle to put in a complete strong season for a while now. Since Paulins ride in Fermo I've been waiting for real championship challenge.
- desalle im not too sure about. He looked like he could be a championship threat a few years ago. Same with frossard- people were talking about him as a championship contender a couple of years ago too!!
You might be right, but hopefully not! It would be great if both these guys could contend for the title- Nagl is another one! VERY very good on his day, seems to have terrible luck with injuries. Van hoerbeek seems to have the championship caliber consistency but was just a touch off cairolis pace for most of this season.
whatever happens im sure we are all in for a treat in 2015. Great year to be a moto fan!
Frossard was so good when he first got on the 450F His raw speed was incredible and he seemed to have a ton of potential - that has been lost in those injuries though. He'll have some good days in '15, but I see him around sixth a lot of the time.
Well said
Does anyone know where Frossard is going for 2015? He's always been one of my favorites , but I haven't read anything on where he might be going.
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