What rider could get off the couch today, train hard until the first national and get podium or close?

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Edited Date/Time 4/21/2018 7:03am
Obvious Choice:
Ryan Dungey

Second Choice:
Ryan Villopoto

Wildcard:
Ryan Sipes

I'm particularly interested in your wildcard choices.

EDIT: Maybe a better version is: "Who could run upfront for the first 5 laps."
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Townley.

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Windham
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BobKerr 4/19/2018 7:48am
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May 19th is 4 weeks away. Whoever is chosen will have to already have been riding and training for a minimum of 2 months as of today (April 19th) to get on the podium or close. RD and RV are probably the only two who could do it since it seems like they are both still in good shape and have been riding.
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Motofinne 4/19/2018 8:13am
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RD, RV and Townley are probably the only ones that would have a chance.
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Superdave19 4/19/2018 8:35am
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BobKerr wrote:
May 19th is 4 weeks away. Whoever is chosen will have to already have been riding and training for a minimum of 2 months as of...
May 19th is 4 weeks away. Whoever is chosen will have to already have been riding and training for a minimum of 2 months as of today (April 19th) to get on the podium or close. RD and RV are probably the only two who could do it since it seems like they are both still in good shape and have been riding.
This^ Talent wise, lots of guys got it, but it's the investment of training/time that puts them on the box..

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Kennyfreemoney 4/19/2018 8:53am
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Carmichael might weigh twice what he did at his last race, but I'd bet a lot of money he'd run with the top guys.
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Jt$ 4/19/2018 9:03am
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With 3-4 weeks of training, RD would be the only one with a chance at all.
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ATKpilot99 4/19/2018 9:16am
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Jt$ wrote:
With 3-4 weeks of training, RD would be the only one with a chance at all.
C'mon, you know you could.
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Jt$ 4/19/2018 9:17am
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Jt$ wrote:
With 3-4 weeks of training, RD would be the only one with a chance at all.
ATKpilot99 wrote:
C'mon, you know you could.
I wouldn't even get top 5 in the A class on Friday.
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Jt$ wrote:
With 3-4 weeks of training, RD would be the only one with a chance at all.
I second this. Plus for you guys saying Windham, you're nuts. He told DMXS that hes 225 and doesnt even think about riding at all right now so even though I like K-DUB just as much as the next guy it would be ugly.
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Falcon 4/19/2018 9:21am
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The biggest wildcard ever: James freaking Stewart.

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BobKerr 4/19/2018 9:56am
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Windham hasn't raced an outdoor National since the summer of 2011.

If this post was made back in January, which would give 4 months to prepare, there would be a lot more guys who 'could' do it. I think RC would be one of them.
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BroFoSho 4/19/2018 10:03am
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No one.

That's like saying which one of us could start training now for a marathon in May and go sub 3-hours.
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Some of you are seriously living in the past.

Dungey could llikely do it. The rest? Not so much.
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ATKpilot99 4/19/2018 10:06am
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GuyB wrote:
Some of you are seriously living in the past.

Dungey could llikely do it. The rest? Not so much.
DeCoster could for sure.
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One-Hander 4/19/2018 10:13am
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Maybe a better question is: "Who could run upfront for the first 5 laps before fading."
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GuyB 4/19/2018 10:18am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
DeCoster could for sure.
Stop it. Tongue
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ATKpilot99 4/19/2018 10:20am
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One-Hander wrote:
Maybe a better question is: "Who could run upfront for the first 5 laps before fading."
Back in the early 2000s Guy Cooper did that . He was on a KTM 540 and he'd get some great starts then drop back . Not sure if he was off the couch though , I think he prepared some.

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