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Decoster was not happy last night! Man wants to win!
Never thought I would hear those words out of Roger DeCoster's mouth... "Give up". There is not ONE other person that can go?
wht would be the absolute deadline to ship everything overseas 🤔 logistics wise I kno this shit could be a pain in the ass
No telling. Customs is always a gamble in all countries regards to hold ups.... Anyone remember the year when the Italians put the wine and cheese in their bike crates and they got held up until the last minute?
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They should be scrambling rite now ...back up rider after back up rider...before giving up...
Anderson can't go due to Kawasaki.
J-Coop opted out when asked.
There's a small chance Tomac could go...
HRC Honda
Jett Lawrence - Australian
Hunter Lawrence - Australian
Star Yamaha
Cooper Webb - Dropping down to MX2
Justin Cooper - Opted out
Eli Tomac - Maybe
Red Bull KTM
Chase Sexton - Injured but still could go
Aaron Plessinger - Banged up but sitll going in MX3/Open
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
Malcolm Stewart - Possibly injured his shoulder last night
Christian Craig - Unknown
Monster Energy Kawasaki
Adam Cianciarulo - Retired
Jason Anderson - Team won't support it
HEP Suzuki
Ken Roczen - German
Colt Nichols - Not great outdoors on the Suzuki...
Kyle Chisholm - Love Chiz but no.
TLD GasGas
Justin Barcia - Team is disbanding after this weekend, staff is moving onto new positions
Phoenix Honda
Dylan Ferrandis - French
ClubMX
Phil Nicoletti - Retired
I asked Jeremy Coker last night and he stated that Webb's bikes haven't left yet. Even though air freight only takes one day of travel, the time in customs seem to have some I spoke to a bit nervous. They need to decide by Monday afternoon if we're still competing so bikes can be shipped.
Webb's bikes will need to be air freighted.
If Tomac says yes, they need to build two bikes on Sunday/Monday and probably have them air freighted by Tuesday.
Put Ty on a 250 and move Webb to 450..
Ty rides a Kawi. Do PC Kawi want to go?
Let's see if vital loses their collective sh*t if Eli turns it down like they did when you know who turned it down.
Hopefully, Chase isn't injured and can go. It'd be a shame to not go and take the opportunity away from AP and Webb.
Or even Julien on a 250. I'd assume KTM could swiftly have a bike to lend him over there.
In the context of his answer, I took the “give up” comment to be more of a logistics comment vs finding a body
Thanks for the insight
Sounds like nothing broken for Chase so hopefully still going .
Can Julien ride Chase’s 450 that’s there already? Would he want to go?
plenty to choose from 250s no? You already have 2 450 riders so why look for a 3rd one. Webb would be in a class he is currently racing on for once haha
Lets put JuJU on Chase's bike.
Phil.
Love Decoster and he is a legend but imo it is Mitch Payton’s turn at the helm
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Juju on 250 and get Webb on 450.
What makes you think Mitch will have more luck combating riders getting injured? I don’t see why Deegan choosing not to race, Tomac being injured most of the year, Hymas getting injured or Sexton getting injured has anything to do with Decoster. We all know Sexton, Tomac and Deegan would have been our best team. No one can force any rider to go or prevent injuries. I just don’t see the logic behind people thinking Mitch would’ve done anything differently.
And how do you even know Mitch would want to do it? Especially with the lack of respect people give Decoster over this.
It would kind of suck being the team manager but not able to select your own riders for the team.....
Not everything is about just this current issue. It is simply time for a change and Mitch deserves it more than anyone. IMO it should be a legit panel that discusses and works with the OEMS. Per usual, we can't get it figured out
Barcia’s bike, mechanic and suspension tech are all still available. If they wanted to send that crew, they could. They could literally crate up his current bikes on Monday and ship them with his outdoor settings. In Europe they could test and have JR (suspension tech) set-up something specific for the race…just like they do all year.
Barcia rides pretty damn good in that sort of terrain & weather.
Because there’s nothing to figure out. Our best team would have been Sexton, Tomac and Deegan. Tomac originally pulled out of consideration due to his respect for Plessinger. Deegan did not want to go. Our next best team was Sexton, Plessinger and Hymas. All 3 were on board and ready to compete. Hymas gets injured, Sexton gets injured (maybe) so now we’re left scrambling for the next best team.
The only issue is Kawi not sending riders. Given the fact that all the other teams don’t seem to have an issue with sending riders and working with Decoster I’m gonna go ahead and assume it’s Kawi that’s the problem, not Decoster.
So you want the guy who works for the one manufacturer who refuses to send riders to the MXdN to be the manager of team USA. That makes… total sense 🙄
He's riding in England anyway at the Weston Beach Race the weekend after MXoN and said he'll probably be at Matterley to watch.
Zach Osborne is in shape and ready and will ride anything.
Last time at Matterly I seem to remember an Italian off-road racer cracking the top three in a moto.
I think that wouldn't be an issue any longer if Roger/KTM weren't the ring leaders of Team USA.
You’re so blinded by Danger Boy love that you forget about the entire industry losing their minds for years when Tomac didn’t go (I believe first declined offer was him and then following years was Kawis decision until his move to Star). Getting bent out of shape over declining the invite is most definitely not exclusive to Deegs
Just tell Kawasaki that the event will be held at redbud and they will be all in 👌🏻
Alternate riders should have been asked long ago...it's done in everything else ...makes zero sense (nonsense)
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