Prado and Team Spain

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Edited Date/Time 10/9/2019 8:09am
With The Netherlands coming into full form the past few years, it got me thinking. I'm not sure if anyone saw team Netherlands being the dominant force a few years ago when Herlings was rising up as the top dog. IMO Herlings being the best MXGP guy acted as a catalyst to the whole team to rise up, and we've seen that with The Hoff and Vlaanderen.

Then I thought about how Prado will soon challenge for that same spot Herlings fought for.

Who does Spain have coming up that may join Prado on the MXdN team? Could team Spain join the front runners soon? I could only think of Iker Larrañaga and José Butron as other fast Spanish riders, but I do not know about these guys propelling the team to the top (Iker finished 22-28 in Assen). I'm interested in hearing what you guys who follow closer than I do think.
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Check the final standings from EMX125 this season, Spain had the most amount of riders inside the top-20 of any nation (Oriol Oliver, Guillem Farres, David Braceras & Samuel Nilsson) with Gerard Congost finishing 21st despite missing the opening two rounds.

Add into that even younger guys like Raul Sanchez, Edgar Canet and Joel Canadas and there is a very bright future ahead for Spanish motocross.
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Honestly. I think Spain will be regular top5 contender in the future but i wouldn't be surprized if Switzerland or Denmark got their MXoN win before they do... Prado is like Tony of Spain and Tony didn't taste the Chamberlain trophy... yet. Wink
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Having finally seen Prado race on a 450, I am impressed and convinced that he will soon be pushing Jeffrey over there. I believe 2020 will be a learning's and growing year for Jorge, but wow did he take to that 450 fast!

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Prntscrn 10/7/2019 7:06am
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Marco15UK wrote:
Check the final standings from EMX125 this season, Spain had the most amount of riders inside the top-20 of any nation (Oriol Oliver, Guillem Farres, David...
Check the final standings from EMX125 this season, Spain had the most amount of riders inside the top-20 of any nation (Oriol Oliver, Guillem Farres, David Braceras & Samuel Nilsson) with Gerard Congost finishing 21st despite missing the opening two rounds.

Add into that even younger guys like Raul Sanchez, Edgar Canet and Joel Canadas and there is a very bright future ahead for Spanish motocross.
Wth thought Samuel Nilsson was a typo. With that name atleast one of his parents is Swedish
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Not easy. With no teams, it will be difficult for new spanish talent to make It to the top.
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Prntscrn wrote:
Wth thought Samuel Nilsson was a typo. With that name atleast one of his parents is Swedish
Yep, his dad Mattias Nilsson former european 250 champ. Hes been living in Spain for as long as I can remember.
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JFerry wrote:
Not easy. With no teams, it will be difficult for new spanish talent to make It to the top.
Lot of money/support going into Spanish youngsters. Lots of riders in the EMX classes with RFME (Spanish federation) support
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I have no idea on the MXoN's front and where the Spanish team may finish over the years....BUT , Jorge , if he stays healthy , will go down as one of the best riders to ever throw a leg over a bike. JT$ said it best......Jorge is a once in a generation type rider. There will be plenty of championships for that kid over the next 10 years. He's not even an American , but he's my favorite racer out there right now! I dig that kid a lot.
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thepelican 10/8/2019 1:19pm
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RG1 wrote:
Lot of money/support going into Spanish youngsters. Lots of riders in the EMX classes with RFME (Spanish federation) support
Gladly RFME with the new president is supporting the riders again after a very long decade of pure cancer with the former rider Josep Alonso ahead. Parents are also making a big effort trying to give them kids the best to be as good as possible.

No big names or future Champions but surely at least a couple of the names (Ruben Fernandez and Oriol Oliver probably) mentioned before could be luckily riding top 10in the upcoming years.
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JFerry wrote:
Not easy. With no teams, it will be difficult for new spanish talent to make It to the top.
RG1 wrote:
Lot of money/support going into Spanish youngsters. Lots of riders in the EMX classes with RFME (Spanish federation) support
Federation putting some money on the kids of some friends, but ignoring the rest and charging lots of money for licenses and races. A license in Spain costs about 300€ against the 60€ for a Basis licentie in Holland. The MC club or district motocross in Holland is about 15€ per race. Races, federation support, training facilities, circuits, teams, etc, etc. Most riders move to Belgium or Holland to have a chance. Ruben Fernandez is the next young talent.
Spain always had good riders in the 85 or 125 class. For instance Jorge Zaragoza, but they had problems to find enough support after that.
KTM saw that Prado was special and took him out of Spain when he was 13 and moved to Belgium.
So yes, Spain will improve with Prado, but to be a real contender for the title I dont see It.
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Marco15UK wrote:
Check the final standings from EMX125 this season, Spain had the most amount of riders inside the top-20 of any nation (Oriol Oliver, Guillem Farres, David...
Check the final standings from EMX125 this season, Spain had the most amount of riders inside the top-20 of any nation (Oriol Oliver, Guillem Farres, David Braceras & Samuel Nilsson) with Gerard Congost finishing 21st despite missing the opening two rounds.

Add into that even younger guys like Raul Sanchez, Edgar Canet and Joel Canadas and there is a very bright future ahead for Spanish motocross.
I totally forgot about Oliver, he looked promising in the races I watched him in this year.
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JFerry wrote:
Not easy. With no teams, it will be difficult for new spanish talent to make It to the top.
RG1 wrote:
Lot of money/support going into Spanish youngsters. Lots of riders in the EMX classes with RFME (Spanish federation) support
JFerry wrote:
Federation putting some money on the kids of some friends, but ignoring the rest and charging lots of money for licenses and races. A license in...
Federation putting some money on the kids of some friends, but ignoring the rest and charging lots of money for licenses and races. A license in Spain costs about 300€ against the 60€ for a Basis licentie in Holland. The MC club or district motocross in Holland is about 15€ per race. Races, federation support, training facilities, circuits, teams, etc, etc. Most riders move to Belgium or Holland to have a chance. Ruben Fernandez is the next young talent.
Spain always had good riders in the 85 or 125 class. For instance Jorge Zaragoza, but they had problems to find enough support after that.
KTM saw that Prado was special and took him out of Spain when he was 13 and moved to Belgium.
So yes, Spain will improve with Prado, but to be a real contender for the title I dont see It.
My hope would be, with Prados' success, the RFME will start to back the Motocross / Offroad side a things even more.

As it is, they have so much going towards Road Racing (and, my goodness, that's been successful for them) , they could stand to be more supportive of the Dirt side of the sport.
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RG1 wrote:
Lot of money/support going into Spanish youngsters. Lots of riders in the EMX classes with RFME (Spanish federation) support
JFerry wrote:
Federation putting some money on the kids of some friends, but ignoring the rest and charging lots of money for licenses and races. A license in...
Federation putting some money on the kids of some friends, but ignoring the rest and charging lots of money for licenses and races. A license in Spain costs about 300€ against the 60€ for a Basis licentie in Holland. The MC club or district motocross in Holland is about 15€ per race. Races, federation support, training facilities, circuits, teams, etc, etc. Most riders move to Belgium or Holland to have a chance. Ruben Fernandez is the next young talent.
Spain always had good riders in the 85 or 125 class. For instance Jorge Zaragoza, but they had problems to find enough support after that.
KTM saw that Prado was special and took him out of Spain when he was 13 and moved to Belgium.
So yes, Spain will improve with Prado, but to be a real contender for the title I dont see It.
Bearuno wrote:
My hope would be, with Prados' success, the RFME will start to back the Motocross / Offroad side a things even more. As it is, they...
My hope would be, with Prados' success, the RFME will start to back the Motocross / Offroad side a things even more.

As it is, they have so much going towards Road Racing (and, my goodness, that's been successful for them) , they could stand to be more supportive of the Dirt side of the sport.
Well Spain kind of owns Road Racing at the moment and has had the Trials world sowed up for a decade or so Dougie Lampkin being the exception. No reason they can’t become a MX powerhouse if they use the same system that they use in road racing.
thepelican 10/9/2019 8:09am
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JFerry wrote:
Federation putting some money on the kids of some friends, but ignoring the rest and charging lots of money for licenses and races. A license in...
Federation putting some money on the kids of some friends, but ignoring the rest and charging lots of money for licenses and races. A license in Spain costs about 300€ against the 60€ for a Basis licentie in Holland. The MC club or district motocross in Holland is about 15€ per race. Races, federation support, training facilities, circuits, teams, etc, etc. Most riders move to Belgium or Holland to have a chance. Ruben Fernandez is the next young talent.
Spain always had good riders in the 85 or 125 class. For instance Jorge Zaragoza, but they had problems to find enough support after that.
KTM saw that Prado was special and took him out of Spain when he was 13 and moved to Belgium.
So yes, Spain will improve with Prado, but to be a real contender for the title I dont see It.
I'm from Spain and this is sooooo true. Specially the first sentence.
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