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Put that with the fact that he doesnt know the tracks like his competition will, and everyone is going to race RV harder just because of who he is and the perception that America is better / thinks they are better / Europe wants to show us whats what.
I hope RV does well and I expect him too, I dont think he is near out of it yet, but he will need to continue to improve. He did well this past weekend despite going 4-4 he was right there. Even if this "was a track he should win" he was close all weekend. Hopefully he will keep building.
Even if RV does get beat for the title, at least he had the nads to go over and try something new. Thats more than RC, Everts, or Cairoli ever did.
I would say that the many posters who said RV would "crush those slow euros" deserve more ridicule than the few who were talking crap about him!
I dont think theres too many people in USA that realise a world championship is a greater accomplishment than a national title though. To someone outside the sport this may be obvious.
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You can sugar coat it all you want too. But with RV missing 1.5yrs of the outdoors here , still sitting in 3rd or 4th in points and even has one win....I'd say he's doing pretty damn good for working himself back into race mode.
And I never said the GP guys were slow , so don't any of you throw that bullshit at me. Just take the words of multi world champs who have said over the years..." The real competition is in the USA ".....along with a better paycheck.
Someone said in this false Ryan vs KRT debate that Ryan has his own riding style and he shouldn't have to change his way of riding but guess what, Ryan is riding just like he used to in th US, stiff bike and all balls out on the outside and it doesn't work.
Maybe it's the track design, but what used to work in the US just doesn't work as good on the GP tracks. I even noticed that every guys that were in front of him (and not just them) were using a lot more the inside lines and that those lines were just as fast or even faster. Inside line often without ruts, just momentum so I guess, yes it's a compromise, KRT has to adapt the bike to Ryan's need but Ryan has to change his way of riding too.
As awesome as he is, he's in the learning process and even if he knows his shit like nobody else, he has a ton to learn right now just like GP guys have a ton to learn the other way even if they come with a world title.
And for mx219, concerning the tracks, 2 out of 3 were completely new to everyone...
How many AMA champions will tell you the world championship is tough? Ryan is the first one to give it a try since hey, I can't even remember.
Osborne, Albertson, Decotis etc... told "you" GP guys and GP's are no joke but hey, they're just Osborne, Albertson and Decotis...
Following racing from both sides of the pond for the last 35 years gives you that knowledge.
I hope that this RV thing shows a few people just how good the likes of Lackey , Laporte, Schmit, Moore and Parker really were , they were here when the fields were huge and deep, and rather than not being abe to cut it in the US , I always felt that all of those guys were just riders that didn't want to spend half the year trying not to get hurt riding SX .. and they were pure MX riders who grew up over there , wanting to be a GP champion, a bit like Roczen and Musquin, who always wanted to be an SX champion.
It might be 20 years too late , but those guys might finally get the props they truly deserved.
But he certainly isn't blowing everyone into the weeds as many thought he would
How good are the on board camera views used in the GP coverage!!
I.E. RV can do it but it's going to be tough because he's not arrived with all the answers and he's got serious opposition (not just Tony).
Also everybody is enjoying watching how it unfolds......
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I don't try to tell you about sx and your national serie, cause I don't know enough about them. Some of the guys you argue with seems to know a thing or two about the gp's and you come across as ignorant and not knowing what you talk about. Sooner or later you will guess something right, but that doesn't mean you actually knows something. We all know it's just luck because you proved this with your earlier statements.
I understand it must be painful for your ego when all the focus is on another racingseries than your domestic, and your best rider is having a hard time there. Try to embrace it and enjoy the show. More often it is the other way around and I try to enjoy the excitement of seeing how great gp riders try to learn the ropes in USA.
How many gp's have you been to? In how many different countries?
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about Desalle in 2013: he didn't come to race the national to win, it was just a test race for the Suzuki team and if I'm not wrong it was a stock bike without any test made on it (even because of the different bike rules of the AMA championship I don't know if you get what I'm talking about).
Also, is it just me or do I remember a 3rd place for Desalle at Washougal 2009? I have to say that in 2009 he was very very slow compared to nowadays
but seeing as it's16 pages what the hell
hahhaa, XR75 - full of useful information WTF, dude try harder.
you can't compare desalles cameo appearances in the ama nationals at a one off event, on a borrowed bike, with no time to get the set up dialed etc to villipoto riding in gps FULL TIME - clement basically decided to go and race a national whilst on vacation, and has finished on the podium a few times, few top 5s. Very impressive all things considered- bear in mind he was employed to race gps at the time, it wasn't his full time championship, contrary to RV...
a lot of people neglect to remember those rides- and point the the 5th? (I think) he finished at the one off races in 2013- cant remember if it was him or strijbos that came from dead last in one moto to get back to a top 10 finish. Again, a great ride considering he was on vacation riding a borrowed bike, for fun!
On a more serious note: there's no saying where this is going to end. All I know is I can't wait to go to Valkenswaard in 3 weeks!
the tracks from now on in are awesome so its only going to get better for the rest of the season
Desalle has done pretty damn good considering that
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