Outdoor 250/450 picks and predictions

I like Justin Cooper for the 250's and Baggett as an outsider for the 450's

It’s hard to pick against Eli in the 450 class. He’s not my preference, but I think he will win. I’d like to see Baggett and Kenny up front, along with Marvin and Webb. I’m hoping we get a great battle like we did in SX.

I see the 250 class as being wide open. Ferrandis will be up there, Cooper will be up there, Sexton will be up there, and who knows who else. I’d like to see AC win, but I’m afraid the emotional roller coaster from this last weekend might take a toll. I hope I’m wrong.

If anyone´s gonna challenge Eli I think it would be Kenny. How good Kenny actually was last year when he really shouldnt have been, coupled with that I think he´s way better outdoors than indoors and how much better he is physically than he was last year.

250s is a hard one. Cooper is probably gonna be good and so is Sexton but I feel like its up to Ferrandis and AC to show that they are on the next level. AC hasnt set the world on fire outdoors yet but he´s healthier now so who knows.

And please let Hampshire have a good season. He can be so good when he´s on it and he´s always a blast to watch.

With that said I´m all aboard the troll train for outdoors! Lets go!!

I'd have to go with Bagget in the 450 class and not to sure about the 250's. Looking forward to an exciting season.

Tomac & Ferrandis

AC & Tomac. Only thing better would be AC Roczen

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Gotta go with Tomac in 450s. If the old Roczen shows up he will challenge maybe even dominate but will this mysterious ailment disappear that quickly?
Ferrandis in the 250s.

Difficult to call but Ill go with and in no particular order

450
Bagget
Roczen
Tomac

250
Adam C
Ferrandes
McAdoo

I’m gonna go for Ferrandis to win the 250 title. Outdoors is his strong suit and he appears to have made a step from last year. Plus with Osborne, Martin, Plessinger, Savatgy not out there in the 250’s, I genuinely think he’s the best guy in the class outdoors. Obviously AC will be there or there abouts and possibly Sexton. Lawrence and Covington will be my dark horses, as they’ve spent a lot of time preparing for the outdoors.

450’s Tomac has to be the favourite after the last 2 years but I wouldn’t be surprised if Webb or Musquin can take the title from him. If Roczen can be at his best then he can win it but who knows if he’ll be at his best at this stage.

Hunter lawrence top 3 is my prediction. Hes been testing and practise outdoors for alot longer than the guys coming off sx and i think hes a real smokey in his first year in the US

Very bold prediction for McAdoo.

Ferrandis, AC, AMart
Tomac, Baggett, Roczen

250-AC DF TC
450-KR ZO ET

but if you think about it there’s probably 8-10 guys who can win a Moto or get on a roll in both classes...shit I even forgot about Webb! It’s probably gonna be a crazy year. Hopefully we’ll all enjoy it and talk shit about how awesome 2019 was. Even stupidcross delivered the goods this year.. I’d even say it’s likely that the US Nats will be better/closer racing than the GP’s this year.

I can’t wait.

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Both have something to prove and the speed to prove it.

450:
Tomac
Baggett
Webb

Roczen is not in the top 3 because of his health (or whatever it is) issues. Then i have a feeling that Marvin will be okay but not fast enough.

250:
Ferrandis
AC
Cooper

Lawrence will not be consistent enough to get top-3 overall.

450 wise this is the best field we have had in years, at least since 2014. Tomac is gonna spoil it, outdoors if Roczen is not back to pre injury levels it’s gonna be a great battle for second. Tomac is
head shoulders clear of everyone with Marv and Bagget next. Webb has always been a better SX rider, and unlike SX Marv and Tomac are coming in 100% ready and have 30 extra minutes in the day to make up for bad starts. Anderson and Webb I feel are close with a slight edge to Webb but Anderson should have the jump on these guys. Roczen is the huge mystery mark again but he still hasn’t once shown the pre crash flash.
Tomac, Marv and Bagget if everyone stays healthy. Webb could prove me wrong but from what we have seen from Tomac the last month it’s looking ugly for everyone else. IMO only a Bagget can beat a 100 percent Tomac and thats a maybe.

250 class is weak right now, With 3 fast guys out from moving up and J mart and Forkner our. Dylan is finally realizing all of his potential and it’s nice to see his hard work pay off and he is finally keeping it on two wheels. The heart wants AC but the head is saying Dyaln. Be interesting to see the GP boys as their SX seasons were as bad as you could script them. Cooper should be in the mix, he could be a dark horse run away winner and it wouldn’t be to shocking as well as Sexton. A Mart I think will not be as good, hopefully I am wrong. I say Dylan, AC and Cooper have to be the top 3 ATM.

Tough call. I'm just ready to see it. Here is my crappy guess.

250:
Ferrandis

450:
Musquin

Predictions in this order:

450:
TOMAC
WEBB
MARV
ZACHO
ROCZEN- If first two rounds don't go well, he will pull out and take the summer off to let his body heal

250:
H LAW
FERRANDIS
COOPER
BIG AIR TOM
MCELRATH
A MART
AC

450 class:
1st: Tomac
2nd: Bagget
3rd: Webb/Osborne
250 class
1st: Cianciarulo
2nd: Ferrandis
3rd: Cooper

Yup, stuck my neck out on McAdoo.

Well, in the 450 i see Tomac again for the title but he will have to battle KR / CW /MM harder than the previous years, they are all healthy and ready to beat him !

In the 250, i would love to see AC jump back from what happened in Vegas and get the title. IMO, it will be between him and Ferrandis. But if he is mentally affected by the title loss i see Ferrandis dominate the series

I’m banking on this prediction

250s
Justin Cooper
Ferrandis

450
Tomac
Roczen

250
Ferrandis

450
Tomac

If Tomac is mentality sound he will smash it, outdoors is suited for his overiding style, however we will see if he holds up to the pressure of points or being shown a wheel, so far he has not been able to break that.

Last year in outdoors he made it a lot harder than it had to be, his worst enemy is himself.

I don't see anyone with Tomac's speed outdoors. Bagget is too inconsistent, Marvin and Roczen don't have the speed.
Webb was fast outdoors on the 250, he may be able to give Tomac a run. Osborn should also be in the mix, I believe he has more raw speed than either Marvin or Roczen.
250's Ferrandis is so good outdoors. AC will give him fits as will cooper. In the end I believe Ferrandis will win it.

Food for thought, plessinger was untouchable outdoors last year and Ferrandis didn’t have much for plessinger. Everyone is betting on ferrandis while Lawrence last year at nations beat plessinger quite comfortably. Lawrence has had a lot of time to practice mx while ferrandis is busy doing supercross..

450:
Mousecan
Tomac(blows it)
Webb
250:
Ferrandis
AC(blows it)
Sexton

Only person who was gonna beat Eli outdoors wasnt allowed to come over so KTM can suffer the consequences!!

According to this thread Anderson and Barcia don't exist anymore