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This year we've seen a real soap about the Americans but also other teams getting riders in line for the Motocross des Nations in Matterley Bassin. Someone like Marvin Musquin didn't wanted to go because the season is already long enough, Eli Tomac said the same thing and most others didn't said it but where thinking it. Riders like Jeremy Martin, Aaron Plessinger, Adam Cianciarulo, Joey Savatgy didn't seem to be interested, neither were there teams?!
Someone like Cooper Webb said he got to much testing to do with the new Yamaha and the list continuous with riders who aren't interested riding. So Zach Osborne, Cole Seely and Thomas Covington put there balls on the line, they will extend their season with more then a month, for ama riders and a few weeks for Covington.
But next year the Motocross Des Nations returns to the USA, and very possible Red Budd!! Are you guys OK with selecting Tomac or one of the riders who doesn't really have a great excuses then? Because the 2018 season will be just as long and grueling, 2018 will have as much gate drops then 2017 and training with pappa or with Aldon will be just as hard too. Or would you Americans be OK selecting: Osborne, Seely, Covington and possible riders like Jason Anderson (injured now), Cooper Webb (OK Testing is important), Alex Martin (Going from injury to injury made him jump off the mxdn bandwagon, Not?), Justin Barcia (never said no, when he was on it), ...
Someone like Cooper Webb said he got to much testing to do with the new Yamaha and the list continuous with riders who aren't interested riding. So Zach Osborne, Cole Seely and Thomas Covington put there balls on the line, they will extend their season with more then a month, for ama riders and a few weeks for Covington.
But next year the Motocross Des Nations returns to the USA, and very possible Red Budd!! Are you guys OK with selecting Tomac or one of the riders who doesn't really have a great excuses then? Because the 2018 season will be just as long and grueling, 2018 will have as much gate drops then 2017 and training with pappa or with Aldon will be just as hard too. Or would you Americans be OK selecting: Osborne, Seely, Covington and possible riders like Jason Anderson (injured now), Cooper Webb (OK Testing is important), Alex Martin (Going from injury to injury made him jump off the mxdn bandwagon, Not?), Justin Barcia (never said no, when he was on it), ...
The Shop
I also get why people choose not to go. A few of the guys I've talked to who have gone in the past said that it ends up costing them money. There's about zero financial incentive. If they don't win, they also catch a ton of crap from fans.
JMart seemed pretty interested on a podcast I listened to last week.
I assume logistics played a significant role in Covingtons selection.
Also team US makes it very expensive because they wanna import bikes and make there crew very big, that something myself, DV12, Paul Malin talked about on Twitter after lasts years event. I saw in Italy Arnaud Tonus kick ass on a borrowed bike from Dixon with only a few parts bolted on. Same goes for those Australian riders. So @Jamma if Jeremy Martin wanted to go, but his team wasn't up to it, he could make something work with HRC in Europe. Don't think that a Martin Honda HRC MX2 bike will make him faster neither make him slower.
Same goes with almost all those riders, and if you ask DV12 then he will tell you that the American riders will be privileged by the European setup those bikes have. Because US setup bikes don't always work on European tracks.
As far as Eli goes , I've been a fan of his for quite some time , but I'm a little disappointed he turned this race down this year. Mad ( a little ) , but more disappointed then anything else.
Factory teams tend to help each other out at the MXdN and I assume Honda will be there with Gajser and possibly Bobryshev, surely the extra cost would be negligible?
Might want to get your facts straight on Muqsuin, Baggett, and Webb before you spew more misinformation.
Ha.
I have to laugh at all the folks from other countries worry so much about how the US team is chosen........
Pit Row
Also Todd Waters and Dean Ferris were already riding in Australia back in 2016. Just to set things straight. About the sponsorships conflicts. There are a lot of things in a bike that nobody sees, as long as people think you ride with your usual sponsorship parts...
@APLMAN99 You know it or not, but MXSports and FELD are paying a piece of the pie. Or that was at least the case when the Junior team rode in Liernieux. But I guess Davy Coombs can share a more clear insight.
ET3 - Flat out wrong he refused his countries call.
MM25 - French
BB4 - Injured
Webb - Back riding now but during the run up to the team selection was injured
JM6 - After his 450 ride at Daytona I think he should have been selected to ride a 450....
If the promoters want the top US riders then MX Sports and MXGP need to get together and come up with a schedule that works better.
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