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I think he was getting really tired, more than ever because he was going so fast in the beginning to keep away from jett that it took too much energy from him to be able to hang with jett in the second half of the race.
Thanks for giving that type of insight, If he does some outdoors and all three smx rounds, does that help him get his speed back for next supercross season or does that hurt him?
I really think he's very fit. Watch his Dallas main event. My opinion is that his riding style is not sustainable. He's trying to compensate his tiny lack of speed compare to Jett by being overly aggressive & twisting the throttle. His first few laps in the heat and the main are insanely aggressive kinda like how he would ride a 125 for a few laps to have fun with. No one who has ever lived can last a 20 minute SX moto riding like this, not even the goat. We've seen him smoother and using his momentum in the past and being more efficient. It looks like he's trying hard to win & close the gap with Jett but I don't think he's doing it the proper way to get the maximum potential out of himself.
Also, I think his very soft forks take a lot of energy from his upper body...
Just my 2 cents...
Well… yeah. That’s exactly what I said. “Stop acting like nothing happened and he just lost a step”.
He’s a step behind and it’s due to the injury. If he comes back next year, I think he’ll be back to form. Look how good he is this year with the circumstances. That injury is not a small one. It affects day to day life, training, riding, etc.
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Thanks for your insight DV. I will have to study this main and watch races in the past were he was smoother and more efficient. Do you know what races he has been more efficient in that I can watch on youtube? Thanks for the english version of you podcast man.
The guy is 30 racing a 20 year old. He would have won hands down last night if not for Jett . What do fans not understand about prodigy racers. RC , James RV to name a few.
Coming back too hard without building up slowly can lead to burn out. 50/50 on whether outdoor hurts or improves his results. However, if he does a lighter load over the summer and gets extremely fit/healthy I think we could see something special for ‘25 SX. But, does he want it that bad at this stage? He’s accomplished so much already.
I think he wants to prove to himself and everyone else that he can battle and beat Jett straight up. I want to see beastmode, even if its for a few races. i want to see Jett's body language when eli is riding that 450 like its a 125. I think we are in for something special this summer and next supercross season. Also he wants redemption from what happened last season, I think he wants to win one more supercross championship before he hangs up the boots.
This is a prime excample why Deegan is trying to smooth out his riding style now.
You can’t beat the best by being worse at something. You guys talk about fitness but nobody beside DV talk about how much energy Tomac waste on the bike, and he always has.
The difference is that now we have the most perfect rider ever on a bike up on top and Tomac’s style won’t cut it anymore.
Haiden is like a little Tomac on the bike and they know now that if he want to be a winner in the 450 class within a couple of years he need to clean up his riding. Even if RC think that’s wrong…
Like someone else said, remove Jett from last race and the talk in here would be ”BEAST MODE IS BACK!” Etc…
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Right. Take Jett out of the equation and he wins that race Saturday by 7-8 seconds over Coop and we're all saying same ole Eli. What percentage does everyone think he's off fitness wise? And if he's at 100% does he then win? Jett is just younger and faster. I really love to know if he's doing outdoors. I see so many people talk so confidently that he's definitely doing them.
Eli and Kenny were hauling those opening laps and gapping Jett. Then the Ole Suzuki had to fail just like that '97 turd MC rode... Kenny was pretty much a blocker for Tomac. If he didn't crash I easily see Kenny holding off Jett until there's 5 mins left. And by then it would've been too late to catch Tomac. Jett was gifted the pass for the lead during a yellow flag. I still say that shouldn't be allowed.
Was Jett gifted the 7 second gap too? He was passing Tomac regardless of the yellow flag.
What color is the sky in your world ?
He could have pushed that gap to 15 or 20 seconds over Tomac too probably but started cruising when it got to 7-8 .
I thinks its Jett's pace is just superior to the field right now. He passes easily once in position. Tomac just read the tea leaves, not sure its a fitness issue right now, but a pace/risk issue.
How many times have you seen the faster guy catch the leader, but have no way to pass him once he gets there? A hell of a lot. Its happened to sexton quite a bit. Even last year it happened maybe 2-3 times. He was gifted the pass for the lead and got a gap instantly and Tomac couldn't latch on after that. He lost the carrot out front. Jett got to see all of Tomac's lines after Roczen went down. An actual pass for the lead never happened...
I think those of you saying this are crazy.
Eli is in fantastic shape and always has been. He's not Webb or Reed where they put on lbs each winter and then always get into far better shape as the season progresses. I think the beginning of the season was the old pre-yamaha Eli again. Super good, but not great. Hot and cold. You have to be great if you want to beat Jett. The speed level is higher in 2024 than it was in 2023. We want to act like Eli is goated like RC and MC and he is a legend, his stats are amazing, but the truth of the matter is that Eli's bad days have always been far worse than RC or MC's and during his Kawi days he missed out on MULTIPLE championships by not being good enough on his off days. I saw some of the old hot and cold kawi-Eli early on this season, especially when he was dealing with the ankle injury. (It's understandable considering the big injury he's coming back from in record time). But, to say Eli lost Nashville due to fitness is just simply not true.
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Beast mode won’t be a problem for Jett. Eli and sexton went all out in Outdoors 2022. They were so close in speed and Jett dog walked sexton the entire outdoor series last year.
Fitness is not an issue for ET but his experience might stop him from the risk of going over the comfort zone.
I've lost count how many times Jett has passed Eli this season. Saturday was going to be the night Eli held him off, I'm sure though.
I don't know how anyone watching sx thinks mx is going to be any different. In case they've forgotten, Jett is even better outdoors. It's probably a pipe dream but I'm holding out hope Sexton can step up
I believe he did the same thing last year, he was leading that race on a fast pace then the track went away and started to slow down and got caught by Chase
“unwilling to hang it out that last fraction of a percent”
Noticed this last year as well. Training by yourself may not be the best for results. He’s lost that fire/intensity and rightfully slow at 30 yrs old and 25yrs of racing. I’m a scream at the tv tomac fan. Lol.
DV is right that Tomac uses a lot of energy the way he rides. But that is not new. Beast mode is that way. Eli said, 'I have to do better in the 2nd half of the race' admitting that he slowed the pace. It could have been risk factor but I think it was he got tired.
Yes, he got tired riding 'all out'...in the past he was able to do that though. Maybe it is age. But I think it is the long period of time not racing due to the injury. Only Eli and his Dad know for sure though.
How do you know fitness is not an issue for ET right now? Tomac's own comments seem to say otherwise. Just because he used to be the 'fittest' guy out there does not mean he is now.
I'd say his fitness is fine, its those 50 second laps Jett reeled off in the middle of the main that hurt him.
I tend to raise my voice at the tv too, I think having a strong passion for this sport and ADHD play a part in that.
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