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4/22/2014 10:25am
From Racerhead:
… which is the big question: What’s next for Ryan Villopoto? Unless you've been offline the past few weeks, you have read or heard the talk that the defending Lucas Oil 450 Pro Motocross Champion is not going to be racing outdoors. Various reports have him riding with a re-injured leg that knocked him out of the Motocross of Nations last year; others have him injuring his other leg. There's also the rather odd one that he's already exhausted Kawasaki's win-bonus budget for 2014. But no one has apparently talked to RV himself about what's really going on (or not going on), and his team hasn't said anything either. They appear to be getting ready for outdoors, business as usual.
This talk is not limited to online pundits, race reporters, and pit gawkers. It was a big topic of conversation at the Red Bull MotoGP last weekend at the remarkable Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, where much of the racing industry was gathered even while the Seattle Supercross was being run (and won by Villopoto). I have received calls here at the office from national promoters asking if it's true or not, and I don't really know what to tell them, as I haven't had the chance to speak with Villopoto either.
But here's what we think we know: Villopoto has a problem with his knee, but it's the other leg—not the one that needed ankle work and knocked him out of the MXoN last year. He injured it within the last month. While Ryan himself is not saying anything on the subject, the plan is apparently to try to go outdoors, beginning with Glen Helen on May 24, and then for as long as he can stand the pain or stay in the championship hunt. If he makes it through the season, that would be fantastic for everyone—at least everyone but Team USA and maybe even the Monster Energy Cup fans, because if he needs three or four months (a best-case-scenario for knee surgery), that puts him right up against the start of the 2015 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship in January. And no one can blame the man for keeping his eye on the SX record books and maybe doing something that even Jeremy McGrath never did: win five SX championship titles in a row.
… which is the big question: What’s next for Ryan Villopoto? Unless you've been offline the past few weeks, you have read or heard the talk that the defending Lucas Oil 450 Pro Motocross Champion is not going to be racing outdoors. Various reports have him riding with a re-injured leg that knocked him out of the Motocross of Nations last year; others have him injuring his other leg. There's also the rather odd one that he's already exhausted Kawasaki's win-bonus budget for 2014. But no one has apparently talked to RV himself about what's really going on (or not going on), and his team hasn't said anything either. They appear to be getting ready for outdoors, business as usual.
This talk is not limited to online pundits, race reporters, and pit gawkers. It was a big topic of conversation at the Red Bull MotoGP last weekend at the remarkable Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, where much of the racing industry was gathered even while the Seattle Supercross was being run (and won by Villopoto). I have received calls here at the office from national promoters asking if it's true or not, and I don't really know what to tell them, as I haven't had the chance to speak with Villopoto either.
But here's what we think we know: Villopoto has a problem with his knee, but it's the other leg—not the one that needed ankle work and knocked him out of the MXoN last year. He injured it within the last month. While Ryan himself is not saying anything on the subject, the plan is apparently to try to go outdoors, beginning with Glen Helen on May 24, and then for as long as he can stand the pain or stay in the championship hunt. If he makes it through the season, that would be fantastic for everyone—at least everyone but Team USA and maybe even the Monster Energy Cup fans, because if he needs three or four months (a best-case-scenario for knee surgery), that puts him right up against the start of the 2015 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship in January. And no one can blame the man for keeping his eye on the SX record books and maybe doing something that even Jeremy McGrath never did: win five SX championship titles in a row.
Period.
I could understand, COMPLETELY, his need to get things fixed and THEN worry about racing.
At the age od 50 and with sore knees, ankle, wrist and back...? I totally get it.
The Shop
one crazy cat...
Pit Row
This type of talk only comes about from fans.
In reality, they're both amazingly professional riders. This crap doesn't come from either camp, it comes from fanboys, like yourself.
Most likely the closest thing we will ever see to another Carmichael.
If you don't see it you're ignorant.
I think for the most part these top guys give the facts on why they struggle, its the fans that don't like them that call them excuses.
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