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Tomac is a mystery isn't he? Classic sports legend imo. Who knows
Villopoto was in 4th place, 27 markers back in the standings when he was hurt.
All the teams are full of riders, and all the teams have mx2 riders waiting for a GP ride.
they will not put those riders aside because of a American rider that have passed his prime want to race.
Remember that a Tomac in prime would have a REALLY hard time to brake it in to the top 3 at a full mxgp season.
And Cairoli was at his prime in his early 30’s, but Tomac ain’t…
And it's crazy to think the "Ghost of RV" with one foot out, won his 2nd event in the GP's ever. I don't subscribe to the narrative that he wasn't going to be in the running. But what ifs are dumb, it didn't happen and that's all.
I was rooting for Cairoli heavily that year and it didn't happen for him either.
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This. 2013 mx version of RV would have been a different story
please don't hold me accountable for my failed memory. we have legal pot in my country.
I think it would be disrespectful for the 2015 MXGP riders to imagine that the "ghost" of RV would have been in the running for the world title that year...
1. he won 1/3 of the rounds he finished
2. he was ahead of Febvre at the time he exited the championship
3. Febvre was only about cooper webb's speed at glen helen. pretty damn sure RV had more speed than cooper webb
considering those three items, by no means "disrespectful" to think he was in the runnning. however what ifs and coulda shoulda doesn't vibe with the sport of MX at all
Except for when he rode US GP in 2017, he went 1-3 for 2nd overall.
I thought he took the overall that day. my memory is seriously F'ed.
Alright I feel a full blown AMA vs GP pissing match brewing... c'mon guys you can do it !
It's definitely going that direction with the RV comparisons.
The thread was supposed to be pure speculation if ET would give it a go, since he just said a GP race was a "bucket list" over the weekend.
I'm not sure about you, but if I say something is on my "bucket list," I'm more or less planning on doing that thing eventually.
Then again there are people who want to go skydiving and never actually do it.
#LEAVETOMACALONE!
No, seriously.
It would be cool if he was in his prime, but at this stage of his career I can’t see it. He’d need at least one season just to get used to the tracks, then add in all of the international travel and it seems super unlikely. He’d get better results in the US if he wants to race outdoors again
He was one of the best racers ever, but he IS a dirt bike rider, and at some point age and reality catches up forcing retirement. Please, just let it go!
He's 31 this year. He still has 2 more seasons if he wants it. At 34/35, point taken and its time to move on.
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Dude doesn't even like to leave Colorado unless he has to....0% chance he's doing a season in the GPs and living in Europe.
I'd wager any amount of money on it.
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I love how people shit on RV in MXGP when he went 1-1 at his 2nd race
There is a long list of people that I would pick to do an MXGP season before Tomac lol
He went 1-3 that day for 1st overall.
Lets agree to disagree on that one.
oh shit my bad. still though he would have won more if he didn't get hurt
As disinterested in MXGP that RV was, the other riders were as disinterested in the GP that RV won (was it Thailand??)
it was said that the usual suspects were furious about fuel quality making their bikes run like shit and lack of medical services, therefore were not going to take any risks.
seemingly RV went for it and won..
Always have wanted to see Tomac or Barcia give it ago.
Barcia infinitely more likely than Tomac. Which is 0.1% chance.
The whole RV 2015 performance argument is hardly even tangential to a Tomac 2025 potential performance. He would have no Prado to deal with. He's looking at Febvre, Herlings, and Gajser. The only one of the three who probably has a clear speed advantage would be Herlings, who is probably also less consistent.
I would put Tomac's title chances incredibly high. Shoot me.
You're wrong about Gajser.
I can see Gajser and Febvre having a speed advantage on very hard pack (central european) tracks. Czech, France, Italy tracks. Beyond that, I think these three are pretty evenly matched.
I think in 2022 this would be true, but not anymore. Also Tomac has never ridden any of those tracks, it would take a year to adjust. Look at most GP guys' first year in America. It's usually an adjustment year
Yes there is quite a bit of muscle memory that the euros would have that Eli wouldn't have. But they have a full qualifying day in MXGP, so that would true that up a bit.
To your other point, is Tomac really any worse this season than he was in 2022 or is Jett just better? Jett ran down everyone in the quali at mxon last fall handedly. If you compare Tomac to Sexton instead of Jett, he seems to be about the same in 2024 as 2022. These are very subjective comparisons since Jett is involved.
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