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Does anyone find it strange that Tom is leading MXGP and that Farres is top 4 and leading races? I don't want to start a war but these guys wouldn't be top 5 in their classes in the AMA. I'm surprised the guys with elite speed are trailing these guys. Tom's a great guy and I wish him the best...I'm just surprised
No! I think it’s sick! Shows how fast Tom is and how strong the American series is.
Tom is just a different rider with a full off season and focus on MX and on MXGP tracks. I also think he wasn't that comfortable overriding that 250 like Deegan did, also not sure about the 250 KTM in the US. Do I think he would have smoked Deegan on another bike outdoors? Hell no. But we have truly never seen the 2020-2022 Vialle outdoors.
Still blows my mind he won 2 SX titles but only like 2 or 3? outdoor overalls over the past years.
Farres never even got a chance to show himself. Nasty injury due to a bike malfunction and then gets written off. Very glad he got signed to ride MXGP.
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How in the world do you know farres or vialle wouldn't be top 5 in the US? I'd say Farres is better than Marchbanks who was 3rd in points, but who knows. Hampshire was 5th in 450 points (30 pts short of 3rd) and has never beaten Tom in points in any championship indoors or out. Not even in Tom's rookie season
Tom is easily a top 5 guy here. I think you have a screw loose if you think RJ or J Coop have anything for him outdoors, and they were fourth and fifth last year. When he wasn’t hurt, he was the number two 250 rider here.
This feels revisionist. In each of their last three full years in the 250s:
- Cooper: most consistent with 2 overall wins
- RJ: very inconsistent with 2 overalls
- Tom: pretty up and down, more cooper than RJ...with 2 overall wins.
Farres had good showings in the amount of time he was over here. Basically all top 10’s aside from Thunder valley. I think there series are pretty well matched, the difference is that Pro motocross consistently has 40 man gates. Makes good starts a little more difficult.
It all but makes sense. MXGP is more or less a development series with a few riders every decade making the jump to the U.S.
Vialle was leading mxgp a few hours, between race 1 and race 2 because Herlings and Coenen got 0 points in race 1. Vialle got 6th place in race 2 when they were back.
Take the only season that Tom was healthy, second in the series, one win, and eight podiums. That’s pretty impressive stats.
Sure, but Justin's last 250 season had 8 consecutive podiums, a 4th and a 5th. It's very comparable to Tom's best season. I would have expected Tom to do about as well as Cooper or RJ have been doing in the big bike class, based on their previous results in the 250s, so his results so far are a fun surprise.
I forgot how fast justin was on a 250. It has been fun, I’m rooting for him.
Oh man! You gone and dunit now!😂
Farres got kicked out by Star hours after breaking his arm in a complicated way, after a crash that was a freak accident. They did keep Trasher and a few others over him, while I think (with all respect to the other riders in that team) that Farres has a way higher ceiling then most of them.
Then he broke his leg due to a bike malfunction on the Husky. KTM group was tight with their budget and the other riders still had years on their contract. He had a few good options in the US (which is cool because he didn’t race much those two years), but choose the 2 year Triumph deal in MXGP’s. The Triumph team - along with Desalle being the team trainer - gave him room to get comfortable, build on factory equipment and in a great atmosphere. From regular top 10s, to top 5s and even a moto win in 2025 and now in 2026 a regular podium threat and candidate for the title. He had this talent since his EMX125 days, where he won multiple moto’s and a GP against riders like Bonarcorsi, Braceras and other MXGP riders. The only problem was lack of budgets in the teams he was riding for. A German team picked him up and he was immediately a top 3 rider in EMX250. That same German team owner got him in contact with Star racing and that was his opportunity to ride. Now you see what a few years of opportunity and trust can do.
Now, talking about Vialle. Deegan was on another level the two years he was riding against him. No doubt. Vialle never was 100% comfortable enough to push, or just wasn’t fast enough. I don’t know. One thing I do know, in the GPs (or GP tracks) he seems to be able to push a lot more and he is an absolute wizard in picking up race pace and making wise descisions during these races. Yesterday he got cleaned out by Fernandez. Today he had a small uncharacteristic tip over in moto 2.
Yeah I think that was the year haiden and Hunter were going back and forth and Coops results got forgotten, haha
Vialle really took a step forward as soon as he got on the Honda 450. Was obvious right from the first clips.
Inspired choice by them - he was far from an obvious pick.
You also have to take into consideration that Vialle has been riding these tracks pretty much his entire life, aside from the time he was in the US.
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Its not too crazy if u think about vialle was deegans top competition in the us and even beat him in sx and deegans is one of the fastest in the world rn. Kinda makes sense tbh.
I must have missed it when did Vialle race a 450 in the States? 250 results dont set in stone what you're going to be on a 450. Who knows what he could have done on a 450 here
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