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Estonia???
America can still shine in the MXON as a team because for Gajser, Jonas, Prado, etc, will be complex to get competitive team mates. But what some people have to realize is that an 18 years old boy on his first moto in a 450 can smoke any american star easily.
What next generation can offer I don´t know, but to beat Prado, van de Moosdijk, Geerts, etc, seems unealistic at the moment.
I imagine people know that Gajser turned just 23 few days ago.
The Shop
Team Aus were looking promising at one stage which was cool to see
I am a big fan of racing here and abroad but they are just two different animals and our riders always admit to it being different. I will always pull for Team USA but don't really see us going on runs like our teams used to.
America isn't crumbling. We're strong and badass. If you doubt that and you're worried about it, you should move to another country or shut the fk up.
Team USA was of course out of their element, but if not for some of the worst luck I have ever seen in 25 years of watching MXON (two team mates crashing into each other really HARD on the first lap of the first race for those that have not see the crash footage), they would have had a really good chance at 2nd, which would have been fantastic all things considered. Honestly Anderson and Cooper were lucky to even get up and keep racing.
I get it, most teams had a struggle of some sort, bike problems, goggles, etc. but that was pretty rough. Ruined Coopers entire day and JAs first moto. Not an excuse, just reality, but we all know bad luck is part of racing sometimes. Reminded me of NLD last year, they should have won back to back.
Also, they have hoods over cameras now a days that extend out several feet, there are also paper towels, camera towers that have roofs over them, etc. what the heck were they using? The footage from our last hurricane over here looked much better, not joking!
We don't have to realize shit. Is Prado impressive? Yes. But wtf are you talking about. You can't even compare Prado to Anderson in the first moto. And if you could, it's quite the stretch to jump to the conclusion that "smoke any American star easily", considering Anderson was our 4th place guy.
I haven't even heard of two of the guys you mentioned that are unrealistic to beat.
Your conclusion may or may not be right but your reasoning is dogshit.
that ferris fcked herlings chance of getting gajser, (accidentally) in a phenom ride from behind.
Mr. Anderson 4th overall, 2nd american. Mr Osborne, 3rd american, AMA 2019.
Realistically they were probably not going to challenge for the overall with the Netherlands, but they were definitely still capable of a podium had it not been a slop-fest.
Next year the MXdN is back to Ernee. In 2015 TeamUSA finished 2nd overall with just 16 points, narrowly losing out to France who finished on 14. I'll be very surprised if they don't do very well there again.
Pit Row
Also some guys seriously put themselves in the shop window: Kyle Webster, Regan Duffy, Hakon Fredriksen, Bastian Bogh Damm, Henrik Wahl and even Toms Macuks.
The problem is that individual results are very poor. Second moto, 3 official 450 riders (actually 2).. Coldenhoff, Jonas and Osborne. All others 250 or satellite teams. The worst Osborne should do is 3rd. He finished 5th, 1:30 min from Coldenhoff and Jonas.
It was basicly bad luck for team USA, it was absolutely not a 'riding in mud problem' like some say...
I know Americans set a very high bar for themselves but Zachs 5th is still a GOOD Moto finish at an MXdN, especially on an incredibly difficult track like that - as is the 8th that Anderson had in the final race. To get on the podium you normally need four top ten results and one top twelve-fifteen finish. They don't have to be exceptional.
The US riders could definitely have managed that without Cooper and Anderson both hitting the deck in the opening Moto.
Out it on any other track and it would be like a mudd SX when bikes get stuck and they have to be lifted out by 3-4 people. That did not happen all weekend.
its a ride on the ronny mac wave
funny for about a minute for anyone with more brain cells than sperm..
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