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Anyone who has ever watched Villopoto ride knew that something was not right in that second moto. He's said it was his rear brake, and RV is not usually a guy to blame the bike for not winning like some riders tend to do.
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2. New team
3. That first heat start would never happen again.
4. He was of pace no denying that.
5. BUT he can learn the pace, he usually start of seasons very bad.
6. Cairoli is the diesel of europe he usually never have a bad race wich is something RV have to pickup very fast cause he is learning the whole gp for 1 season.
7. To RV´s advantage when he feels comfy he is the fastest man on the planet hands down.
8. These are the tracks the MX gp riders been riding for forever ofc they already have advantage.
9. Time will tell he be just fine within 3-4 i would assume.
10. First race - match / game is the same in every championship in every sport cant judge anything by it.
I don't understand your post really ?
The quality is better today, before you had everts or RC, today in US and Europe you got faster racers and closer racing. But if you would put RV and Cairoli on a track together just the two of them on a track no one of the two ever ridden before rv would probably win pure speed is RV the fastest man on the planet i have no doubt, but it dosent matter in the long term if you cant contain that fast speed with good starts and to put himself in a good spot to be able to do it.
But to be honest from dead last stalling the bike to 8th on a track he never ridden before , being rusty and all that, not to bad at all. Its way to early for people to write anything about this series based of rd 1.. This will be a show between, AC, RV, Paulin, nagl, Desalle, maybe you see strijbos, de dycker, Van hoor sneak in there to.
I agree with all of your posts so far
I called a 1-1 by a few seconds a week or two ago based on what I remembered from last year, after I watched last year again I changed my view but still thought he would be there by the second moto. That track is nothing like the USA, it's speedway with nothing but easy(by pro standards) big jumps. It's certainly not a track he should have a disadvantage on but hardly what he is used to.
We will see next week because the Thailand track is a new one.
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I know that you are trying to be the level headed pro-RV voice of reason here.... but statements like
"7. To RV´s advantage when he feels comfy he is the fastest man on the planet hands down."
can be construed as arrogant. I personally think that Herlings, a mere 250 class rider, is the fastest overall. There are no cold hard facts to back that up. I feel that RV would be hands down is the fastest overall rider in the supercross and national series' because he has been just that for the past 4 years.
If you lined Cairoli and RV up on a smooth loamy track (similar to almost every national), RV would probably win. You put them on hardpack or sand, I'd give the edge to Cairoli. If the track is smoother.... advantage RV. Rougher.... advantage Cairoli.
I personaly believe RV is the fastest rider on this planet and thats not arrogant at all.
I think RV can beat him on a harder rough track but the sand tracks is cairoli all the wayl In the end its not these two , cause the field will give them problems and they have to fight hard against nagl and the rest. Its not a two man show like media is trying to hype it up to be.
One thing thats disturb me is how some people say" smoother" to the tracks in united states they are not smooth in the nationals they are rough as hell they just got different style and maybe a bit more hardpack underneath, its not like going to usa and ride the nationals is a cake walk. The tracks in europe are just different, you still have to be in shape and bring your A-game. There is a reason why people from America say we are the best cause they got the most MXDN trophees and those races have been overseas and usa have technical supercross, but today you see more europeans come over and ride in the sx/mx series ,
the gap i just shorter and the quality in europe is better now no denying that.
But you dont have RV`s resumé for lurking in 8th place in the end of this season only a fool would say this is what he will look like for the rest of the year.
I would to see AC come to USA and race one full season with a new team just for the sake of it and see how he will do against the field here but that wont happen. He wants to beat Everts record i guess and i dont blame him for that he is a good champ.
Nevertheless i am sure Villopoto wil turn this around. Hopenhe does quick because else the points are gone..
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=774644679292735&fref=nf
"half wanting him to fail, half wanting him to kick everyones butts"
I tend to disagree, a large majority of US fans wanted him to kick everyones butts but no way half of the guys watching wanted to see him struggle like he did, including me.
Being from the other side of the pond and judging on what I read on other boards than american ones, I would say 70% wanted to see him to do good and were even expecting more than just "good"...
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