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Title kinda explains it. Does Kenny come into a season more prepared than everyone else and the late season drop off isn't actually him getting slower, rather his main competitors iron out the issues with their program later?
It doesn't seem like he has slowed down at all, seems more like Webb and tomac have hit their peak a little later.
Thoughts?
It doesn't seem like he has slowed down at all, seems more like Webb and tomac have hit their peak a little later.
Thoughts?
I don’t buy this narrative that Kenny somehow loses speed and Webb just “out races him” like everyone wants to spread. I think we have seen it 3 years in a row now where Ken has had a better start only to see Webb win more and do better on the backend. He’s getting better and his season long peak level is just higher than KR in Supercross right now.
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In fact back in the 250 days it was the same Kenny would get out front and the race was all about could Tomac real him in before the end. This was Eli start problem not talent. Kenny is faster than Cooper but Cooper can sustain for longer which probably means he is working harder on fitness than Kenny.
As they say better to have a rider that is willing to work hard than a rider with talent that is not. Not to say Kenny does not work hard but just does not have the stamina that Webb has for what ever reason ... mostly like in fitness mental edge training. Mental edge Cooper owns Kenny !
11:58
https://youtu.be/VVN9VByqPmU?t=719
This 3 week break benefits Kenny and Honda most and we’re in for one of the best season endings in a long time.
When it comes to race craft, Eli have proven plenty that he lacks it. If he cant rely on pure speed and railing past other riders on the outside he just struggles. In the second arlington round he rode with webb and in some turns webb hold the inside line and Eli went outside and lost time.
Okay you cant pass being in the same rut, but at least he would have kept the gap smaller and could have been close enough to pass at some other part of the track. But instead of running the same line as webb where we could see that webb were faster he continued to go outside and give up time.
When it comes to Ken he starts to remind me of Chad Reed. When he is on top and ”knows” that he can win, he wins. But as soon as a little doubt starts to grow, he loses it quick.
Coop has nothing on either Eli or Ken when both of them ride at their best, but now neither of them are and Coop makes the best of it..
The dude is fast and has as much speed as anyone else on a SX track. People need to start giving him credit there, regardless who wins the title this year.
My opinion of why this narrative is happening is this.
Cooper Webb “looks” slow.
Kind of like Dungey did. Just cruising around and not really hanging it out. Whereas Ken has a beautiful style that looks quick and tomac is balls to the wall.
I’ve noticed for example that when tomac or Ken are behind cooper they always appear to be catching and closing the gap. But then you look at timing and scoring and the gap may have actually grown.
I think this is due to consistency. It’s like CW has a lower all out speed, but his average speed is higher. He “flows” better.
This is a credit to cooper. Which is a lot for me to say, I’m a big tomac fan and would love to see roczen get one this year.
Anyway, just my opinion.
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