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Preface…I would like to see Prado be successful here in the states….If I were his handlers….find a reason to skip SX and focus on outdoors for the upcoming season….
Outdoors ain't the reason why he went to the US. I know it's hard for some people to understand, but they legitimately go over there because they want to race SX, wether we fans like it or not.
I like Weege but the way people put him on a pedestal of greatness is weird. It’s like they enjoy his shrieking during the broadcast anytime something happens and poo poo his deflection of any ideas to improve the production of this sport.
I understand this concept….but he needs a hard reset and SX is a meat grinder….hopefully he can survive SX …
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don't factory race programs actually make riders pass a physical exam before any contract offered/signed instead of just taking the word of the rider? I would think there would be an insurance rider attached as well so both sides are covered in the event a rider can't fulfill the contract for specified reasons.
I wish Prado would stay off social media until he has some success. Then he can do a big “I told you so” once it is so.
Last year was weird jumping right into 450SX. Tortelli was the last premier class (2T 250cc) world champ went straight to premier class supercross I think. Also DV, Albertyn with both SX and MX success.
Would have been better for Prado to take the 250 route like Roczen and Ferrandis, but rules and ego wouldn’t let him step down.
So you're suggesting he withheld injury info so he could collect more money......in my book that's just as bad as purposely trying not to qualify...neither is a good look.
Wasn’t the shoulder injury from 2021 and the crash in 2025 was finally the reason to have it fixed? I thought he won both MXGP titles with the bad shoulder.
He won't beat Jet outdoors nor will he beat Hunter, Eli, or Chase.
The funniest outcome is that Prado was completely right and Chase was completely wrong.
So that's what I want to see
Can’t believe more people don’t see it this way. That was a suck fest.
He had to race 450SX because he was an MXGP world champ I believe??
This is Jorge in damage control. He knows that pretty soon Chase will be putting that Kawi on the podium every weekend proving it wasn't the bIke or the team, so now Prado has to change his excuse.
Well, he has beaten two of them before, in his last race on the Gasgas:
Correct. Definitely a dumb rule though. I get it for outdoors, but for SX? Doesn't make a lot of sense.
Though I still think Prado looked pretty decent in his first few SX races on the GasGas. 13-7-11-12, holeshots, won a heat race, battled with Jcoop and Hunter most of the time, he just took it easy and never looked out of control.
I think the majority here would agree that the 2023/2024 version of Prado would absolutely do some damage. But this was a healthy Prado who raced MX the whole year and was completely dialed in on his bike. Now he will have limited time to get ready for MX, on top of that he has to get healthy through SX. Big question mark if we will see that exact version back again imo, hopefully because it would definitely be better for the sport.
He really is an sx rookie. He hasn’t ever had a full offseason to prep for sx.
No need honestly. I think he genuinely plans on being a champion here and when he becomes one I don’t think he’ll even be that “in your face” about it.
honestly if (when) he wins, he’s probably just gonna say “yeah this was the plan.”
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Sorry, but that limited time to get ready for outdoors nonsense isn't going to fly. We act like when guys get to these teams there's no base settings , a base package already. He's raced a season, knows the tracks, the format exc. outdoors 26' will be time to put it on the box consistently. Herlings went 1-1 with no testing time on an ama spec bike whatsoever. Tortelli went 1-1 his first national after casing his way though the entire sx season.
Yeah maybe not. Or maybe he does.
Considering that Gajser had just come back from injury and beat Eli at Ironman I wouldn't say it's a stretch that Prado can do the same. Or maybe he doesn't like the bike either and rides around with one hand off the bar blocking roost. Who knows
Yeah, Guillod made it work just fine. And in his own words, he's too old to even practice during the week because he needs the extra recovery
I couldn’t get past looking at Weeges eye 👁️
To me it sounds like more excuses and no accountability again from Prado. It was no secret he had a dodgy shoulder, injured it again and had to get surgery to fix it before outdoors. He never reference it once during interviews all season. Why use it now as a reason for not performing??
The excuse for 2025 doesn't matter now that he's moved on. He should be fully focused on 2026 as all of his chips are now on the table.
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