Supercross Paris-Lille discussion

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MXerDW 11/15/2015 9:50am
11/15/2015 9:50am Edited Date/Time 11/15/2015 11:32am
Congrats Christophe Pourcel WINS the Main today.




King of Lille - Weston Peick CONGRATS!!



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machine 11/15/2015 9:50am
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Webb was a half a second faster than everyone in that race, he should be happy with where he is. It will be interesting to see if riding the 450 helps him on the 250 or not.
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Jimmy_Sloan 11/15/2015 9:56am
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Good for Pourcel getting a win in front of the French fans.
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machine 11/15/2015 9:58am
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Jimmy_Sloan wrote:
Good for Pourcel getting a win in front of the French fans.
It was fitting that he won on this day...congrats to CP and France.

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IceMan446 11/15/2015 9:59am
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philG wrote:
CP377 rides his pace and wins the race... great job
he is just like Windham was.

If he has the speed that day to win he will, but he wont take the chances or ride over his head.

Smart ride.
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Kawasaki572 11/15/2015 9:59am
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Got dammit... I missed it. When are the races going up on YouTube?
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dice78 11/15/2015 10:00am
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MOOKIE NEEDS A 450.. IF HE HAD A 450 HE WOULD RIDE ALOT BETTER..DO YOU GUYS THINK SO
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GD2 11/15/2015 10:03am
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Kawasaki572 wrote:
Got dammit... I missed it. When are the races going up on YouTube?
Will be linking it soon.
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DownSouth 11/15/2015 10:05am
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dice78 wrote:
MOOKIE NEEDS A 450.. IF HE HAD A 450 HE WOULD RIDE ALOT BETTER..DO YOU GUYS THINK SO
His biggest problems seem to be bad on track decisions and crashing. I do not see a 450 fixing either one of those issues.
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kongols 11/15/2015 10:06am
11/15/2015 10:06am
Damn, Simpson crash was crazy. Gnarly night.
Sr_Vet_Rider 11/15/2015 10:06am
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Congrats to Weston, this should be a great way to get his confidence going for A-1. So pumped for him !!
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ML512 11/15/2015 10:07am
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dice78 wrote:
MOOKIE NEEDS A 450.. IF HE HAD A 450 HE WOULD RIDE ALOT BETTER..DO YOU GUYS THINK SO
He chose to take a 250 since that will be what he's going to be racing in 2016.
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shuggs 11/15/2015 10:51am
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Robgvx wrote:
Unbelievable. If there was any GP rider you would think wouldn't be adept at SX it's Shaun.
Why?
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ML512 11/15/2015 11:37am
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shuggs wrote:
Why?
His style doesn't really scream Supercross. Laughing
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philG 11/15/2015 11:41am
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Robgvx wrote:
Unbelievable. If there was any GP rider you would think wouldn't be adept at SX it's Shaun.
shuggs wrote:
Why?
Well for a start off , i dont think he has ridden SX anywhere... maybe as a schoolboy support, but i dont recall him doing so ... and well , watch him ride , his speed is in taking tall gears and riding the whole race hard, over 30+2 , not round a 40 second lap in a football stadium.

Very impressed, maybe get him in for A1 ...
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51xc 11/15/2015 11:56am
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robkinuk wrote:
Can we pin this thread to top whilst we have day 2 still to run?
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Thought Barcia was down to race? What happened?


not after what happened in italy last year. plus he had mxon this year.
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machine 11/15/2015 12:21pm
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A lot of empty seats, is that normal there, or due to what happened?
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philG 11/15/2015 12:33pm
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machine wrote:
A lot of empty seats, is that normal there, or due to what happened?
It used to run 3 nights in an 11,000 seat stadium, first one was a sellout , second night same, but the sunday was rarely sold out.. Lille holds 23,000, was nearly full saturday, and not full today , but the upper layers fill first cos its a better view.

I think events wont have helped either

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RG1 11/15/2015 12:33pm
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machine wrote:
A lot of empty seats, is that normal there, or due to what happened?
I think historically the Sunday at Bercy is always the quietest day. It's more visible now due to the larger stadium. What happened on Friday night won't have helped obviously
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Robgvx wrote:
Unbelievable. If there was any GP rider you would think wouldn't be adept at SX it's Shaun.
shuggs wrote:
Why?
philG wrote:
Well for a start off , i dont think he has ridden SX anywhere... maybe as a schoolboy support, but i dont recall him doing so...
Well for a start off , i dont think he has ridden SX anywhere... maybe as a schoolboy support, but i dont recall him doing so ... and well , watch him ride , his speed is in taking tall gears and riding the whole race hard, over 30+2 , not round a 40 second lap in a football stadium.

Very impressed, maybe get him in for A1 ...
Shaun has had an ineradicable year, but A1 would most likely be a huge mistake with a huge chance of crashing hard on a track that is on another level than Paris SX.
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ayearinmx 11/15/2015 12:40pm
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"I’d done a lot of Supercross when I was younger, right through from 85s right up through 125s right up until 2011 actually." - Shaun Simpson

spoke to him at Lille and that's what he said.... i was surprised but i'm sure he'd know better than me haha
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machine 11/15/2015 12:43pm
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machine wrote:
A lot of empty seats, is that normal there, or due to what happened?
philG wrote:
It used to run 3 nights in an 11,000 seat stadium, first one was a sellout , second night same, but the sunday was rarely sold...
It used to run 3 nights in an 11,000 seat stadium, first one was a sellout , second night same, but the sunday was rarely sold out.. Lille holds 23,000, was nearly full saturday, and not full today , but the upper layers fill first cos its a better view.

I think events wont have helped either
10-4 thanks guys
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ATKpilot99 11/15/2015 12:43pm
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shuggs wrote:
Why?
philG wrote:
Well for a start off , i dont think he has ridden SX anywhere... maybe as a schoolboy support, but i dont recall him doing so...
Well for a start off , i dont think he has ridden SX anywhere... maybe as a schoolboy support, but i dont recall him doing so ... and well , watch him ride , his speed is in taking tall gears and riding the whole race hard, over 30+2 , not round a 40 second lap in a football stadium.

Very impressed, maybe get him in for A1 ...
Park Boys wrote:
Shaun has had an ineradicable year, but A1 would most likely be a huge mistake with a huge chance of crashing hard on a track that...
Shaun has had an ineradicable year, but A1 would most likely be a huge mistake with a huge chance of crashing hard on a track that is on another level than Paris SX.
Also another level of competition. There's a very real chance he wouldn't make the main.
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philG 11/15/2015 12:45pm
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ayearinmx wrote:
"I’d done a lot of Supercross when I was younger, right through from 85s right up through 125s right up until 2011 actually." - Shaun Simpson...
"I’d done a lot of Supercross when I was younger, right through from 85s right up through 125s right up until 2011 actually." - Shaun Simpson

spoke to him at Lille and that's what he said.... i was surprised but i'm sure he'd know better than me haha
Well there you go, cant say i remember seeing him though , if you thought the same , i dont feel so bad.

That said, i dont do UK AX or pay much attention to it TBH.
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ayearinmx 11/15/2015 12:53pm
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i went to the 02 twice a few years ago but that's it, but i don't really intend to go to any more....

definitely shocked me when he said it though, just never saw him as "the type"
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RG1 11/15/2015 1:20pm
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philG wrote:
Well for a start off , i dont think he has ridden SX anywhere... maybe as a schoolboy support, but i dont recall him doing so...
Well for a start off , i dont think he has ridden SX anywhere... maybe as a schoolboy support, but i dont recall him doing so ... and well , watch him ride , his speed is in taking tall gears and riding the whole race hard, over 30+2 , not round a 40 second lap in a football stadium.

Very impressed, maybe get him in for A1 ...
Park Boys wrote:
Shaun has had an ineradicable year, but A1 would most likely be a huge mistake with a huge chance of crashing hard on a track that...
Shaun has had an ineradicable year, but A1 would most likely be a huge mistake with a huge chance of crashing hard on a track that is on another level than Paris SX.
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Also another level of competition. There's a very real chance he wouldn't make the main.
I think this is the main issue. I don't have any doubts that Shaun could competently and confidently ride an American SX track with a little time to test. But with the level of competition and the number of factory/factory supported riders in the 450SX class you would have to consider it a real achievement for him to make the main. Which in my eyes doesn't really make it a gamble worth taking. I think Shaun is smart enough to realise that though
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philG 11/15/2015 1:20pm
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ayearinmx wrote:
i went to the 02 twice a few years ago but that's it, but i don't really intend to go to any more.... definitely shocked me...
i went to the 02 twice a few years ago but that's it, but i don't really intend to go to any more....

definitely shocked me when he said it though, just never saw him as "the type"
Went to the NEC last year , it was OK , but its a show for the casual observer, not the core fans IMO.. was packed though, so fair play to them . Cant be doing with freestyle,and all the noise.
Sandwarrior752 11/15/2015 1:28pm
11/15/2015 1:28pm Edited Date/Time 11/15/2015 1:37pm
Went to the Lille-SX show today, had a great afternoon and saw some great racing.
(Didn't feel unsafe a single second, in light of recent tragic events happening in Paris.)

Impressed with CP377, his superpole hotlap was unreal. Looking forward to see him compete in AMA SX 2016! His main event win was also great, rode flawlessly and gave the French crowd a French winner on sunday.

Bummer Webb went down in the main event, he was comming for the lead and the king of Bercy title. Pretty cool Peick ended up with the King of Bercy title in the end, would never have thought he'd be the one to take it, gotta love surpirse winners!

Both the Stewart brothers, hmmmh ... neither finished a single main event race over both days, racing is racing and crashes and injuries happen obviously, but pretty dissapointed... Mookie did show impressive speed!

Pretty hyped on the speed of Guillod, Simpson and Ferrandis in SX. Febvre also wasn't to bad afterall. Cool to see some GP regulars do Euro SX races.
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jeffro503 11/16/2015 8:02am
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Well Gawd dang! Weston king of Bercy! Couple little mistakes out there , but damn I'm happy for him! Congrats Weston!
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peelout 11/16/2015 7:54pm
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So how did Weston win over Pourcel? Didn't Weston go 1-3 and CP 3-1?

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