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If he's ever been guilty of riding dirty it was the way he used to bully his way past Tommy Searle on occasion, so really I should have more reason to dislike the guy than a skeptical American. But I don't, he's no hero of mine, but I respect him in the same way that I respect any foreign rider, be it James Stewart, Ryan Dungey, Christophe Pourcel or Chad Reed.
Cairoli finished with just a 1.6 second gap on Reed, and it never really got much much bigger during the race. It seemed like at various points of the race Reed could close the gap at will, but like you said, couldn't make the pass, kinda like the year Reed beat RC at Daytona. RC himself said he was fast enough to catch him, but not fast enough to pass.
That being said, AC is a bad dude, and I believe is a threat to win most anytime\anywhere outdoors.
As for Joe101uk's comment on Dungey as Desalle, Desalle finished 16 seconds back of Dungey. Not sure how RD was holding him up???
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Desalle was much faster than Dungey....believe that.
My point was, less than 2 seconds is not really a comfortable gap. Nevertheless, AC seemed in control of the race.
I think in this side of the pond, early on AC had a reputation for riding dirty. It was probably furthered at the 2007 des nations when he very deliberately tried to cut over on RV on the starts. This was talked about in the post race interviews and reports. I don't really see this in recent years, but I don't watch all of the GP's either.
I dont think either of them veered across intentionally.
I still like him though...and I think he'll give Dungey a run for his money at the MXdN....IF he can actually finish two motos at that event.
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The battle between the two ended when AC´s bike was reduced to scrap metal
And do you all americans want understand that Desalle was at the same level of Dungey at Dilla or not? Just he gave up when Dungey pass him. Cairoli will smoke Dungey, that's for sure.
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