Thomas Covington

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Edited Date/Time 4/20/2014 5:06pm
Its gonna be fun to watch Thomas Covington this year in the GP's

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PressPassP 4/14/2014 2:37pm
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They said he was running different suspension to the last few rounds,it is a bit different bike now he's with CLS
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machine 4/14/2014 2:51pm
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I hope he can pull it together, 20th place is not going to get him far especially considering the weak depth in mx2. Not sure what happened to him he started so well.
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machine wrote:
I hope he can pull it together, 20th place is not going to get him far especially considering the weak depth in mx2. Not sure what...
I hope he can pull it together, 20th place is not going to get him far especially considering the weak depth in mx2. Not sure what happened to him he started so well.
Hes there to learn as long as theres progression the team wont mind if hes still getting 20th next season then there will be an issue.
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machine wrote:
I hope he can pull it together, 20th place is not going to get him far especially considering the weak depth in mx2. Not sure what...
I hope he can pull it together, 20th place is not going to get him far especially considering the weak depth in mx2. Not sure what happened to him he started so well.
I wouldn't characterize MX2 as having "weak depth". There are at least a few guys who ran Herlings pace this weekend (even though he may not have been 100%).

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philG 4/14/2014 3:23pm
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Weak... Yeah, of course
TripleDigit 4/14/2014 3:27pm
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machine wrote:
I hope he can pull it together, 20th place is not going to get him far especially considering the weak depth in mx2. Not sure what...
I hope he can pull it together, 20th place is not going to get him far especially considering the weak depth in mx2. Not sure what happened to him he started so well.
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I wouldn't characterize MX2 as having "weak depth". There are at least a few guys who ran Herlings pace this weekend (even though he may not...
I wouldn't characterize MX2 as having "weak depth". There are at least a few guys who ran Herlings pace this weekend (even though he may not have been 100%).
MX2 has a pretty deep feild,excellent to watch this year,so many different guys running upfront,Herlings is ahead of the pack,although he wasn't the fastest this week,there's a dozen guys he's having to struggle with,the gaap has closed so much
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PressPassP 4/15/2014 4:24am
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Suprised to see him running so low down the order,mind you there were a whole heap of guys running a crazy pace upfront
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I think that podium early on may have created some unreasonable expectations. He had a fairly solid amateur career, but he wasn't a standout and I don't think he's the type of talent you would expect to instantly be top 10 in any professional series. If he's going to make it as a pro, it's most likely going to take some time to develop.
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PressPassP 4/16/2014 9:25am
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GrapeApe wrote:
I think that podium early on may have created some unreasonable expectations. He had a fairly solid amateur career, but he wasn't a standout and I...
I think that podium early on may have created some unreasonable expectations. He had a fairly solid amateur career, but he wasn't a standout and I don't think he's the type of talent you would expect to instantly be top 10 in any professional series. If he's going to make it as a pro, it's most likely going to take some time to develop.
It will be interesting to see how McElrath and Bisceglia do in their first full year of Outdoors,I don't follow US Amatuer MX too much but from what Iv'e seen of all these guys racing together, wasn't Covington only a click off their pace?
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Sunhouse 4/16/2014 9:46am
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The Qatar track was pretty much a Loretta Lynn`s or Freestone type track. Very American. Italy this weekend was more GP-like and maybe a little bit unfamiliar to him.
He will come back stronger. he`s young and will learn the GP-way quickly.
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mohammed 4/16/2014 9:59am
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Its great to have a american in the GPs but i dont think hes a steady top 10 guy. Seems off the pace , yeah i know its a learning curve but CLS kawasaki is a premiere team not a learning curve team i was suprised they signed him, way more faster riders than covington. Can he improve? time will tell but as decotis said the mx2 boys are fast and the tracks brutal. Its going to be very tough for him.
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ayearinmx 4/16/2014 10:54am
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try the fact that Covington had brand new suspension this weekend (WP) having been on Pro Circuit pretty much his entire life

i believe he rode with it for the first time ever on thursday
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Conkey 4/16/2014 11:32am
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Why would they switch to WP? Isn't CLS the PC team of Europe?
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Jefro98 4/16/2014 11:48am
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Conkey wrote:
Why would they switch to WP? Isn't CLS the PC team of Europe?
Nope, not anymore.
No more PC parts on the CLS bikes.

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Huckster 4/16/2014 12:01pm
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GrapeApe wrote:
I think that podium early on may have created some unreasonable expectations. He had a fairly solid amateur career, but he wasn't a standout and I...
I think that podium early on may have created some unreasonable expectations. He had a fairly solid amateur career, but he wasn't a standout and I don't think he's the type of talent you would expect to instantly be top 10 in any professional series. If he's going to make it as a pro, it's most likely going to take some time to develop.
Ditto!!! Who is the teams major sponsor? Opportunities arise for different reasons. I hope this works out for him.
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MX2 - Qualifying Race - Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Time laps Diff. First Diff. Prev. Bestlaptime in lap Speed
1 200 Tonus, Arnaud SUI FMS Kawasaki 26:06.452 11 0:00.000 0:00.000 2:08.639 7 48.554
2 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 26:07.660 11 0:01.208 0:01.208 2:08.048 11 48.779
3 461 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM Husqvarna 26:12.488 11 0:06.036 0:04.828 2:09.299 6 48.307
4 122 Ferrandis, Dylan FRA FFM Kawasaki 26:24.700 11 0:18.248 0:12.212 2:10.524 9 47.853
5 911 Tixier, Jordi FRA FFM KTM 26:31.874 11 0:25.422 0:07.174 2:11.046 7 47.663
6 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV Suzuki 26:36.044 11 0:29.592 0:04.170 2:11.485 10 47.504
7 119 Pocock, Mel GBR ACU KTM 26:52.290 11 0:45.838 0:16.246 2:12.157 4 47.262
8 99 Anstie, Max GBR ACU Yamaha 26:52.793 11 0:46.341 0:00.503 2:11.623 3 47.454
9 152 Petrov, Petar BUL BMF Yamaha 27:03.606 11 0:57.154 0:10.813 2:13.485 8 46.792
10 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FMS KTM 27:06.953 11 1:00.501 0:03.347 2:10.906 3 47.714
11 33 Lieber, Julien BEL FMB Suzuki 27:10.317 11 1:03.865 0:03.364 2:13.755 4 46.697
12 26 Styke, Luke AUS MA Yamaha 27:11.466 11 1:05.014 0:01.149 2:13.814 5 46.677
13 17 Butron, Jose ESP RFME KTM 27:13.199 11 1:06.747 0:01.733 2:13.194 3 46.894
14 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 27:13.305 11 1:06.853 0:00.106 2:13.257 9 46.872
15 59 Tonkov, Aleksandr RUS MFR Husqvarna 27:13.892 11 1:07.440 0:00.587 2:13.205 10 46.89
16 151 Kullas, Harri FIN SML KTM 27:19.958 11 1:13.506 0:06.066 2:14.578 10 46.412
17 128 Monticelli, Ivo ITA FMI KTM 27:36.566 11 1:30.114 0:16.608 2:16.070 11 45.903
18 141 Desprey, Maxime FRA FFM Honda 27:37.591 11 1:31.139 0:01.025 2:15.696 2 46.029
19 64 Covington, Thomas USA AMA Kawasaki 27:39.252 11 1:32.800 0:01.661 2:14.630 10 46.394
20 195 Justs, Roberts LAT LAMSF Husqvarna 27:55.559 11 1:49.107 0:16.307 2:16.883 8 45.63
21 67 Klingsheim, Magne NOR NMF Yamaha 27:57.811 11 1:51.359 0:02.252 2:17.619 5 45.386
22 811 Cabal, George ROU FRM KTM 28:06.662 11 2:00.210 0:08.851 2:18.936 11 44.956
23 400 Yamamoto, Kei JPN MFJ Honda 26:00.437 10 1 lap 1 lap 2:18.739 6 45.02
24 30 Hjortmarker, Eddie SWE SVEMO KTM 26:09.359 10 1 lap 0:08.922 2:17.481 7 45.432
25 495 Plessers, Mathias BEL FMB Husqvarna 27:16.869 10 1 lap 1:07.510 2:24.797 2 43.136
26 300 Golovkin, Viacheslav RUS FMI KTM 27:47.412 10 1 lap 0:30.543 2:26.486 3 42.639
27 243 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS Honda 16:47.927 6 5 laps 4 laps 2:12.691 5 47.072
28 71 Valente, Christopher SUI FMS TM 7:54.906 2 9 laps 4 laps 2:22.223 1 43.917
Best lap: #84 Jeffrey Herlings Time:2:08.048 in lap 11
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Lamecake 4/19/2014 9:48am
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Seems the GP tracks are a bit tough on him, or perhaps he's not feeling at home on the CLS bike yet. (I'd expect them to be at least similar in terms of handling/power) 6 Secs off the leaders laptime is quite a bit to catch up to. He's a young, motivated and skilled kid, hope he can get his groove on during the next few GP's!

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philG 4/19/2014 10:56am
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This is what makes GP's hard, each track is nothing like the last one..... Will take him a season to get used to it, Albertson, and Decotis both came and didn't adapt, they aren't bad riders., it's just tough
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500guy 4/19/2014 11:18am
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philG wrote:
This is what makes GP's hard, each track is nothing like the last one..... Will take him a season to get used to it, Albertson, and...
This is what makes GP's hard, each track is nothing like the last one..... Will take him a season to get used to it, Albertson, and Decotis both came and didn't adapt, they aren't bad riders., it's just tough
I think it's more about what goes on during the week and in between the races. Some Teams seem to be able to make American riders feel at home and some team people have a chip on their shoulders about USA riders in general.

Steve Dixon seems to have it figured out.
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philG 4/19/2014 11:34am
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Covington was full of praise for the CLS family and team, and that was one of the reasons he stayed.. Fair play for wanting to do something different
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Bogger 4/19/2014 11:37am
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It is good to see an American taking on the series, but he better get closer to the leaders than 9 seconds per lap or his stay there will be as short as Decotis' was.
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500guy 4/19/2014 11:39am
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Covington was full of praise for the CLS family and team, and that was one of the reasons he stayed.. Fair play for wanting to do...
Covington was full of praise for the CLS family and team, and that was one of the reasons he stayed.. Fair play for wanting to do something different
That is awesome, I wasn't trying to say CLS wasn't a good fit sorry if it came off that way.
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scott_nz 4/19/2014 12:25pm
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500guy wrote:
I think it's more about what goes on during the week and in between the races. Some Teams seem to be able to make American riders...
I think it's more about what goes on during the week and in between the races. Some Teams seem to be able to make American riders feel at home and some team people have a chip on their shoulders about USA riders in general.

Steve Dixon seems to have it figured out.
I think sometimes the riders themselves create the barriers as well, I think Dixon being based in England helps as well,
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PressPassP 4/19/2014 1:43pm
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500guy wrote:
I think it's more about what goes on during the week and in between the races. Some Teams seem to be able to make American riders...
I think it's more about what goes on during the week and in between the races. Some Teams seem to be able to make American riders feel at home and some team people have a chip on their shoulders about USA riders in general.

Steve Dixon seems to have it figured out.
scott_nz wrote:
I think sometimes the riders themselves create the barriers as well, I think Dixon being based in England helps as well,
Definately,the Brits and Americans have lots in common and plenty of banter etc,Covington is based in France
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MCR 4/19/2014 2:28pm
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PressPassP wrote:
Definately,the Brits and Americans have lots in common and plenty of banter etc,Covington is based in France
Covington is based in Holland! Same like Decotis last year!
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DonM 4/19/2014 2:36pm
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Just to clarify.....from RacerX

Lastly, how determined are you? You could be injured or depressed with UK or Dutch weather … there are other U.S. riders who have struggled to adapt to life so far from home. Are you the kind of kid who will embrace it as much as he can?

I’ve definitely got a tough journey ahead but I'm determined to be one of the top guys here. I want to be consistently in the top five as soon as possible and as far as the living situation goes I have a little bit of advantage in knowing Tommy [Searle] and Jamie [Dobb] for a quite a while so they’ll be my European family while I’m here. They have been very cool to me and after the Dutch GP I’ll go to England and settle there for a little bit.
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PressPassP 4/19/2014 2:47pm
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PressPassP wrote:
Definately,the Brits and Americans have lots in common and plenty of banter etc,Covington is based in France
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Covington is based in Holland! Same like Decotis last year!
Ok,Malin said somewhere he was in France,testing or what?
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philG 4/19/2014 4:15pm
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Well if his is with Dobby and Tommy he will be based. 30 mins from here, and will probably use a few local tracks.... searle was out locally today, can't wait to see what Covington makes of what we have to ride here.. Luckily they have a good private place to ride.
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mx317 4/19/2014 6:40pm
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I wonder about the WP suspension though...................

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