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For all the GP followers do you understand what I already know, that AC is miles ahead of SE72 especially if you consider where there at, at age 29. AC has won 8 titles vs SE's 4. Do you guys finally think like I do, meaning AC is far and away the best modern GP rider? Serious responses only please.
Everts had more competition though and rode through the heyday of motocross in my opinion. The 90s
ill only watch the gps this yr as poto is riding, and im a european. Its true though, gps are generally a snoozfest
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Personally I think Stefan could have beaten Tony for sure, he was unchallenged on his day, and even tho he lost to Tortelli and Albee, those titles could have gone the other way quite easily, Stefan definitely had better comp... Antonio's main comp the last few years haven't even been healthy, not that I think they'd challenge him regardless...
Faster. Faster.. FASTER...
Things changed allot in the orginization of the competition as well. 3 Different classes, different promoters (Dorna), etc.
If you look at pure numbers, sure. But MX is more then just numbers.
Lost 3 out of 5 titles in MX2.
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Everts was a class act though, there's not much in it. I remember 2006 in particular he was absolutely unstoppable
It's a real shame Tortelli had so many injuries and had to retire early. Could've won an awful lot more than he did. Yet another Frenchman with natural talent by the sackful
Just like we'll never know if RV2 is better than McGrath or RC.
Rattray didn't win the title until the last round, it's hard to say what would've happened had Cairoli not gone out
People forgot SE broke his collarbone in 94, a bunch of dnfs in 93... and Tortelli and him were fucking close, but either way, he lost to two multi time champs but then smashed all the other multi time champs he raced... Tony has lost to Tyla and CP, and then really, he's had it much easier I think talent wise than Stefan did... IF CP/Tyla/Townley/Roczen all stayed then....
You could argue it either way, you could say that the competition that Cairoli has had has not been as strong, or you could say that he's that good it makes it seem that way. At the end of the day they are 2 of the greatest the sport has seen
Lets see how cairoli does the next few years. He's at 8 titles right now, and at least half of those were watered down competion. If he gets to 10 or 11 against RV and Paulin then you can make the argument. I get the feeling that Paulin is getting to his level. Everts had more competition and did it for a long time. Everts raced against Donnie Schmidt, Greg Albertyn, Sebastian Tortelli, Mikael Pichon.
Everts was a handfull for the teams and on the other hand he had his fair share of problems... like you said he won 6 titles after age 29 when he had everything dialled in.
Cairoli has had the maturity to dominate early. That in combination with a stable team enviroment made him the best in GP's.
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