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We don't have any rider to replace him. Can put GVal on a 450 and add a 250 rider. But podium will be difficult (not that it would have been easy with Arnaud on the team).
Strijbos also crashed out of the GP this weekend. Seems like he's still going to be lining up for Belgium.
The race for P3 could be WIDE open this year. Even Spain could have a shot if Prado does very well in both motos
Nathan Watson MX1, Sterry MX2 and Simpson Open. UK with a fulltime enduro rider, just like France with Charlier at Matterly Basin.
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On Filip Bengtsson, he hasn't raced MXGP for a few years but he's been killing it in the Swedish championship, winning the title (even had a broken collarbone mid-season) very convincingly over likes of Gole, Strijbos and Brylyakov. On sand he is just unbeatable in Sweden.
He's also riding a Husky 350 and has been pulling tons of starts over the JWR Yamaha 450s.
I have a feeling he can turn some heads at Assen, just like he did a few years ago on the KTM 350 in MXGP.
With his proven stamina winning long beach races Watson would surely be the better pick for the back-to-back Open class races.
Neither Tonus nor Guillod are sure to race at the moment. Tonus broke his hand and Guillod injured his collarbone at the German ADAC last weekend.
If both do race, they will not be 100%. Keep in mind Guillod will have to race the 250 (support by 114 Honda), but without preparation time it will be hard to be competitive.
And Seewer cut his face twice at the China GP. Great weekend for the Swiss
After Team Germany fell apart, I thought at least the swiss team will do good this year and was looking forward to see them on the podium. But well, these hopes went south after last weekend.
Still not sure if I can make it in person to the race this year. And the fact that nearly all "good MX nations" have to send their B or even C team does not really pull me more into driving the 8 hours to Assen.
The fact that sand in general is our kryptonite is something else to consider.
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Cornelius Tøndel is being replaced by Henrik Wahl.
https://www.facebook.com/TeamBelgiumMXon/videos/390026001917947/
But i hope they have learned a lot and come back stronger in 2020!
Belgium is the dark horse. I think that they will land on the podium if the riders perform as they should and who knows what could happen if Netherlands and USA has more than one bad moto.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2qlJdsIXzM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
They are fielding a good bunch of bikes this year and the more rides the merrier.
Its also a Swedish team, which is unusual to have in the GPs, and that can be a great springboard for potential young Swedish talent which to be fair, has not been very prominent the last 10-15 years.
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