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There are videos of Herlings floating around on a supercross track looking pretty spectacular.
There's nothing in the 2 series,the top 3 MX2 guys were out in Kegums but the rest were on par with Martin even before he hurt his foot,but he'd be right upfront in an MX2 series by not following a series doesn't make it inferior,although some will have it that way,outdoors I say both series are on par
RV is the best of the best coming to compete,he's had plenty of time to get things together,a house near the sand,his team,set up,even a team mate to train with,it'll be a shock if he doesn't win much,apart from the pos Qatar and Thailand tracks,I.m looking to the more traditional tracks in Europe for the best showdowns
Either way I'm so dang excited for this season to start I'm about to lose my mind!
And my mind is lost already .
still find it hard to believe that anyone would really think its going to be a walk in the park for RV. You would think the nations results over the last 3 years would have been enough to convince the muuuuuurcans that these gp riders are pretty good!
Biggest shame for me in this whole saga- herlings not being in mx1 (although we should see him at the later rounds) - and the lack of sand tracks this year. For me that will be the most intriguing part of the whole deal. How will RV do in the sand? Obviously lommel is still on the schedule, valkenswaard too (which isn't particularly deep sand) - such a great shame that lierop isn't on the schedule this year, of hyyvinka
if the championship is close, does rv let the sand specialists go? and ride for points, or does he try to take them on at their own game? personally I think he will do ok in the sand, but not be on the same level as cairoli. Like I say, the fact there is only one or two gps in the sand this year, will go in his favour.
I think the biggest shock for our friends across the pond, will be the other guys that will beat rv (ie not just cairoli) - nagl, desalle, strijbos, paulin will all win several motos this year- and there are another 10 riders in there that could all win on any given sunday....
its going to be a fantastic season, hopefully RV will enjoy it that much, that he decides to extend the contract for one more season!!!
And supposedly this new circuit at Assen will be a sandtrack no? Im only expecting Lommel to give RV concern though, he should be OK at Valkenswaard I would think.
'its going to be a fantastic season, hopefully RV will enjoy it that much, that he decides to extend the contract for one more season!!!'
Same, we can only hope...
agree with you 100% about valkenswaard- yes, its In Holland and its fairly sandy, but its certainly not the bottomless sand of lierop or lommel. Its actually quite hard underneath. I think RV will go really well there too!
Not sure what to expect at assen? obviously it will be sandy- will it be similar to zolder? we all know what rc did to everts at zolder. With it being a man made new track its more likely to be supercrossy than your traditional lierop type circuit, so probably not be the worst track for RV either!!!
lierop should be on the calendar- its my favourite gp. Amazing to watch the top guys float round there. Lommel is deep sand but doesn't have the same character and atmosphere as lierop. Such a shame rv wont get to experience the Benelux gp there!!
There is not other type of dirt around here, just sand and deep sand.
Pit Row
Sure it's a brutal track and awesome to watch these guys go so fast on it but not much fun to watch as a track itself.
It's a bunch of straights with a few 90 degree corners in it, you see them pass and wait for 2 minutes again.
Must be I'm from Holland, been there a lot and know lots of tracks here which are a better spectator viewing experience.
I'd choose Leirop over Matterly Basin every time. Matterly doesn't really offer much in the way of a challenge.
I like Matterley more for the exact same reason you gave, you can see 90% of the track.
That is very rare in Holland because most tracks are in a forrest.
Maybe me being a photographer at the races makes me think different about a track too.
we ride in Holland a lot- always look forward to going to lierop!
it blows my mind watching herlings/ cairoli ride around that track when its rough!! amazing to watch, would have loved to see RV race there
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