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PS: Is he already signed by TLD, because I see him tagging TLD and not Orange Brigade anymore.
It's not when " you start your career "...........it's how you finish it. Ask someone like MC , he would know.
Back to mid zeros in Holland 85 class. Coldenhoff won the Dutch title with 16 years. Look where he is now.. Back then al the fast dutchies where still 15/16 riding a 85, until 2006 when a kid called Jeffrey made a change in the scene with 11 years at that time!
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Still being on an 85 did
He will be 17 in a few weeks.
In contrast, Jorge Prado is 2 years and 2 months older . And has 2 MX2 world Championships.
EMX 125 is ages 13 to 17 , so he has to do it this year as he will be aged out.
He could have done it in 2016.
None of those facts is a criticism, just a fact. I thought he was young. He isn't.
Still excited to see him race.
Either way , the point is well made. He is due to step up.
Only the best make the race, we saw Larry Reyes JR over here last year , and he didn't make the cut, and in the brief chat I got with him , he said he was blown away by the speed and depth of field, compared to the US . He wasn't slow , buy any stretch, but its a 5 lap dash to stick a time in and he didn't manage it.
IMO guys in the US are left in Amateur too long, ( the top guys) and by the time they are pulled up , they have to leap from a 'facility' life , straight into SX , unless they are lucky enough to get to do the nationals .
Thus you get guys who aren't ready , and have no SX experience, having to be 'the guy' . And if they don't hit the ground running, they are already too old .
While the MX2 age limit sucks , what it does for the classes below is create a ladder you need to get on , and be at the right place at the right age, its no good hitting MX2 at 21 because you are already too much of a risk if you have a bad season .
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