#1: MXGP of Great Britain - February 29th & March 1st

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Ray_MXS 2/26/2020 5:16am
2/26/2020 5:16am
philG wrote:
Whatever, its good that we have full gates . Shame there arent more British riders.
If you don't think there's "enough" British riders, you should try beeing a Swede for the last few decades 😂
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Press516 2/26/2020 5:21am
2/26/2020 5:21am
Press516 wrote:
3 US women in WMX, 1 US rider in EMX125 and 1 in MX2 and zero in MXGP... I hope some day we get that fixed...
3 US women in WMX, 1 US rider in EMX125 and 1 in MX2 and zero in MXGP... I hope some day we get that fixed. I'm fine rooting for TG, but I'd dig it if there was a US rider in there to root for.
Muscle-Milk-KTM wrote:
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t Thomas Covington from USA & he’s racing MXGP?
You are not wrong... I forgot about Covington.

Thanks. I sincerely hope he gets back to at least where he was in MX2. His US year was a complete disaster.
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Motofinne 2/26/2020 5:54am
2/26/2020 5:54am
philG wrote:
Whatever, its good that we have full gates . Shame there arent more British riders.
Ray_MXS wrote:
If you don't think there's "enough" British riders, you should try beeing a Swede for the last few decades 😂
Dude, you're golden compared to us Finns. 1(!) rider will line up this coming weekend and that is Sampo Rainio in EMX 125. It's depressing AF.
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Ray_MXS 2/26/2020 6:01am
2/26/2020 6:01am
philG wrote:
Whatever, its good that we have full gates . Shame there arent more British riders.
Ray_MXS wrote:
If you don't think there's "enough" British riders, you should try beeing a Swede for the last few decades 😂
Motofinne wrote:
Dude, you're golden compared to us Finns. 1(!) rider will line up this coming weekend and that is Sampo Rainio in EMX 125. It's depressing AF.
Haha touchè. But you at least had Vehveläinen and Kovalainen to cheer for during the 2000s! We haven't really had anything since Peter Johansson in the late 90s. Johnny Lindhe for like 1-2 years in the early 2000s and we were hoping Filip Bengtsson would rise up but it didn't quite happen.

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Motofinne 2/26/2020 6:32am
2/26/2020 6:32am
Ray_MXS wrote:
If you don't think there's "enough" British riders, you should try beeing a Swede for the last few decades 😂
Motofinne wrote:
Dude, you're golden compared to us Finns. 1(!) rider will line up this coming weekend and that is Sampo Rainio in EMX 125. It's depressing AF.
Ray_MXS wrote:
Haha touchè. But you at least had Vehveläinen and Kovalainen to cheer for during the 2000s! We haven't really had anything since Peter Johansson in the...
Haha touchè. But you at least had Vehveläinen and Kovalainen to cheer for during the 2000s! We haven't really had anything since Peter Johansson in the late 90s. Johnny Lindhe for like 1-2 years in the early 2000s and we were hoping Filip Bengtsson would rise up but it didn't quite happen.
Yeah the 2000s were good for Finnish MX! And to be fair, we've had a handful of talented riders come through in the 2010s too but pretty much all of them has had insane amounts of injuries (Sihvonen, Savaste, Weckman, Haavisto).
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Edge-Of-Adhesion 2/26/2020 7:56am
2/26/2020 7:56am Edited Date/Time 2/26/2020 7:57am
Could have a bit of hail on Saturday and a bit of rain on Sunday but hey, look on the bright side, at least it'll be above freezing.





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keinz 2/26/2020 8:13am
2/26/2020 8:13am Edited Date/Time 2/26/2020 8:23am
philG wrote:
Whatever, its good that we have full gates . Shame there arent more British riders.
Ray_MXS wrote:
If you don't think there's "enough" British riders, you should try beeing a Swede for the last few decades 😂
Motofinne wrote:
Dude, you're golden compared to us Finns. 1(!) rider will line up this coming weekend and that is Sampo Rainio in EMX 125. It's depressing AF.
Fortunately we have a Leok. So at least another ten years we will be fine
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Nighttrain 2/26/2020 8:45am
2/26/2020 8:45am
I’ve always pulled for Gajser in MXGP. Now I’m really looking forward to watching Prado on the big bike. It’d be cool to see Simpson do something special for the home crowd this weekend.
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Robgvx 2/26/2020 9:48am
2/26/2020 9:48am
Barrett57 wrote:
He did a good interview with mxvice as well if you fancy something to listen to. You can find it on Spotify. Who knew a trip...
He did a good interview with mxvice as well if you fancy something to listen to. You can find it on Spotify.

Who knew a trip to the supermarket could be so dangerous eh
Bearuno wrote:
Unless it's a really recent one, I must have missed it. I'll try to find it. I go to ViceMX pretty much every day. I really...
Unless it's a really recent one, I must have missed it.

I'll try to find it.

I go to ViceMX pretty much every day. I really like their GP podcasts - the boys Brit Bickering is entertaining enough in and of itself!

Spotify? Mate, I'm flat out barely dealng with technology in my (just) being able to turn on my phone, or computers........ Like Paddington, " I'm a Bear of Very Small Brain".
https://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Rob-Andrews-Podcast-talkin…
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Winfield 2/26/2020 9:58am
2/26/2020 9:58am
Top 5 MXGP
1# Gajser
2# Herllings
3# Cairolli
4# Prado
5# Evans

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jgmxdad251 2/26/2020 10:13am
2/26/2020 10:13am
Winfield wrote:
Top 5 MXGP
1# Gajser
2# Herllings
3# Cairolli
4# Prado
5# Evans

Prado has only been on the bike a week or so. Evans is better than Coldenhoff, Desalle, Fevre, Jonass, Jasikonis, Paulin and Seewer? I guess we will see.
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Winfield 2/26/2020 10:19am
2/26/2020 10:19am
Winfield wrote:
Top 5 MXGP
1# Gajser
2# Herllings
3# Cairolli
4# Prado
5# Evans

jgmxdad251 wrote:
Prado has only been on the bike a week or so. Evans is better than Coldenhoff, Desalle, Fevre, Jonass, Jasikonis, Paulin and Seewer? I guess we...
Prado has only been on the bike a week or so. Evans is better than Coldenhoff, Desalle, Fevre, Jonass, Jasikonis, Paulin and Seewer? I guess we will see.

About Padro, ok, you can even be my friend, but I'm very excited about Evans, he adapted well with the CRF 450 RW and just beat some of those guys days ago


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jgmxdad251 2/26/2020 10:26am
2/26/2020 10:26am
Thanks for the friend offer. 😀😀 I guess I’ll have to check Evans out, pretty impressive beating Gasjer.
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agn5009 2/26/2020 10:35am
2/26/2020 10:35am
Press516 wrote:
3 US women in WMX, 1 US rider in EMX125 and 1 in MX2 and zero in MXGP... I hope some day we get that fixed...
3 US women in WMX, 1 US rider in EMX125 and 1 in MX2 and zero in MXGP... I hope some day we get that fixed. I'm fine rooting for TG, but I'd dig it if there was a US rider in there to root for.
Muscle-Milk-KTM wrote:
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t Thomas Covington from USA & he’s racing MXGP?
Press516 wrote:
You are not wrong... I forgot about Covington. Thanks. I sincerely hope he gets back to at least where he was in MX2. His US year...
You are not wrong... I forgot about Covington.

Thanks. I sincerely hope he gets back to at least where he was in MX2. His US year was a complete disaster.
I do too but judging by the way he performed in the preseason I wouldn't expect much. It's crazy how quickly his career has tanked. He was a legit threat for wins in MX2 just a few short years ago.
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Finnish_Flash_62 2/26/2020 10:51am
2/26/2020 10:51am
Ray_MXS wrote:
If you don't think there's "enough" British riders, you should try beeing a Swede for the last few decades 😂
Motofinne wrote:
Dude, you're golden compared to us Finns. 1(!) rider will line up this coming weekend and that is Sampo Rainio in EMX 125. It's depressing AF.
keinz wrote:
Fortunately we have a Leok. So at least another ten years we will be fine
A Leok? Isn’t there like 10 of them, and a couple of their kids already growing up lol
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Muscle-Milk-KTM 2/26/2020 11:14am
2/26/2020 11:14am
People are forgetting Coldenhoff’s performance in the 2nd half of last season. Can’t see Evans beating him. Yeah he had a solid pre season but the competition wasn’t that strong & many riders use them events as testing. Coldenhoff will be top 3 this weekend.
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crusty_xx 2/26/2020 11:20am
2/26/2020 11:20am
If it rains I wouldn't be surprised to see the Hoff win this thing.

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Winfield 2/26/2020 11:22am
2/26/2020 11:22am
Muscle-Milk-KTM wrote:
People are forgetting Coldenhoff’s performance in the 2nd half of last season. Can’t see Evans beating him. Yeah he had a solid pre season but the...
People are forgetting Coldenhoff’s performance in the 2nd half of last season. Can’t see Evans beating him. Yeah he had a solid pre season but the competition wasn’t that strong & many riders use them events as testing. Coldenhoff will be top 3 this weekend.

For me, Coldenhoff is an end-of-season lion, so much so that he won the last 2 MXONs, in 2018 he made 9 in the first GP and in 2019 he made only 19 in the first GP
We will see
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jorgechavez 2/26/2020 11:25am
2/26/2020 11:25am
I’m excited to see how Coldenhoff starts the season out. He caught fire at the end of 2018 then got hurt real bad which I truly believe set him back quite a ways for 2019. He got back to that form at the end of last year and I’m hoping he can carry it into this season.
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keinz 2/26/2020 11:50am
2/26/2020 11:50am
Motofinne wrote:
Dude, you're golden compared to us Finns. 1(!) rider will line up this coming weekend and that is Sampo Rainio in EMX 125. It's depressing AF.
keinz wrote:
Fortunately we have a Leok. So at least another ten years we will be fine
Finnish_Flash_62 wrote:
A Leok? Isn’t there like 10 of them, and a couple of their kids already growing up lol
I was talking about TanelSmile


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Mugeneco 2/26/2020 11:53am
2/26/2020 11:53am Edited Date/Time 2/26/2020 11:54am
Winfield wrote:
For me, Coldenhoff is an end-of-season lion, so much so that he won the last 2 MXONs, in 2018 he made 9 in the first GP...

For me, Coldenhoff is an end-of-season lion, so much so that he won the last 2 MXONs, in 2018 he made 9 in the first GP and in 2019 he made only 19 in the first GP
We will see
he crashed pre season 2019 and had a very nasty injury , just a reminder for his poor start of season
he is now fit and ready , hope Rhyno can push him that last bit needed to be up front every race
kaidoddragon 2/26/2020 12:02pm
2/26/2020 12:02pm
Muscle-Milk-KTM wrote:
People are forgetting Coldenhoff’s performance in the 2nd half of last season. Can’t see Evans beating him. Yeah he had a solid pre season but the...
People are forgetting Coldenhoff’s performance in the 2nd half of last season. Can’t see Evans beating him. Yeah he had a solid pre season but the competition wasn’t that strong & many riders use them events as testing. Coldenhoff will be top 3 this weekend.
Winfield wrote:
For me, Coldenhoff is an end-of-season lion, so much so that he won the last 2 MXONs, in 2018 he made 9 in the first GP...

For me, Coldenhoff is an end-of-season lion, so much so that he won the last 2 MXONs, in 2018 he made 9 in the first GP and in 2019 he made only 19 in the first GP
We will see
Last year he had a violent crash before season started. We discussed about it and he told me he had a really tough time with pain, even caused a lot of sleepless nights for months to tell you how much he was hurt. His back really hurted him and I think even today he can feel some pain after the motos at training. Start of 2019 was really hard for him, you can believe me.
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keinz 2/26/2020 12:11pm
2/26/2020 12:11pm
For those people, who think that this nasty crash didn't ruin Hoffs 19 season, think again

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Winfield 2/26/2020 12:15pm
2/26/2020 12:15pm
keinz wrote:
For those people, who think that this nasty crash didn't ruin Hoffs 19 season, think again [embed][/embed]
For those people, who think that this nasty crash didn't ruin Hoffs 19 season, think again

Very hard ! Sad
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crusty_xx 2/26/2020 2:06pm
2/26/2020 2:06pm
I'm still in disbelief that Prado is really going to race that soon after breaking his femur.
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bayodome 2/26/2020 2:29pm
2/26/2020 2:29pm
Pumped for MXGPs. Has the field ever been this deep? A bunch of crazy fast racers with winning potential. Kinda glad it will probably be a mudder. Keeps it interesting and hopefully will prevent Herlings from putting the hurt on.
CalimeroFan 2/27/2020 12:23am
2/27/2020 12:23am
jeffro503 wrote:
Looking forward to this! Hey , no Kay De Wolf in 125?
Muscle-Milk-KTM wrote:
He’s moved up to EMX250.
He was very, VERY impressive in the pre season races. He'll be a title contender in EMX250.
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robkinuk 2/27/2020 4:56am
2/27/2020 4:56am
Team Gas Gas presentation for Friday now cancelledShocked

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