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Wow, just stunned.
I thought that we had one of the strongest teams in recent memory but end up getting our asses handed to us. Do I just think that the Americans are faster than they really are? The track looked worse than any Red Bud track I've ever seen was that a factor? Did we choke? Was this a fluke due to rain, bad starts, Eli DNF'ing Saturday? The recent results say we should do a lot better.
Just last year at the MXGP in Jacksonville R.J. Hampshire waxed the field and so far in his career here he has been just a "guy." Not taking anything away from him because I wished I had his skills but he has not shown championship capability yet. Aaron Plessinger has Hampshire covered most every weekend and R.J. goes 1-1 in his one race against those guys. At this same race Eli and Herlings split wins which says Eli should be able to run with him and TC.
Two years ago in Charlotte Cooper Webb beats Herlings straight up and Forker beats him in a race, while Eli crushes the field.
Glen Helen Herlings takes first followed by Jeremy Martin and Mitchell Harrison of all people while Eli is once again crushing.
I just don't understand why we can't seem to put it together even when the deck is stacked in our favor. We were at home. We were at a quintessential American style track even though it didn't look that way. The French team that won was far and away not the best team they could of fielded and the Netherlands were down a guy. You could say that Americans have focused too much on Supercross so their motocross skills have diminished but you would be ignoring that the country that buts the next highest emphasis on SX is France and they are doing great on the world stage.
I'm at a loss, as I said I know nothing.
I thought that we had one of the strongest teams in recent memory but end up getting our asses handed to us. Do I just think that the Americans are faster than they really are? The track looked worse than any Red Bud track I've ever seen was that a factor? Did we choke? Was this a fluke due to rain, bad starts, Eli DNF'ing Saturday? The recent results say we should do a lot better.
Just last year at the MXGP in Jacksonville R.J. Hampshire waxed the field and so far in his career here he has been just a "guy." Not taking anything away from him because I wished I had his skills but he has not shown championship capability yet. Aaron Plessinger has Hampshire covered most every weekend and R.J. goes 1-1 in his one race against those guys. At this same race Eli and Herlings split wins which says Eli should be able to run with him and TC.
Two years ago in Charlotte Cooper Webb beats Herlings straight up and Forker beats him in a race, while Eli crushes the field.
Glen Helen Herlings takes first followed by Jeremy Martin and Mitchell Harrison of all people while Eli is once again crushing.
I just don't understand why we can't seem to put it together even when the deck is stacked in our favor. We were at home. We were at a quintessential American style track even though it didn't look that way. The French team that won was far and away not the best team they could of fielded and the Netherlands were down a guy. You could say that Americans have focused too much on Supercross so their motocross skills have diminished but you would be ignoring that the country that buts the next highest emphasis on SX is France and they are doing great on the world stage.
I'm at a loss, as I said I know nothing.
I guess that's why we line up and race because you never know.
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I also think that any year Cairoli wasn't in championship contending form was a down year for the GPs.
When Cairoli and Herlings are upping the pace, it brings the entire class up to try and match.
Gajser and Febvre's years were kind of down for MX1.
Remember how many guys got hurt the year Febvre won?
My thought process this year was that Herlings and Tomac were the two best riders in the world each one could beat the other at any given time and we would never know the best unless they raced each other over a season. The next two I had as Musquin and Cairolli. I pretty much thought those 4 were head and shoulders above the rest of the world. With MM not even racing when I consider him one of the 4 fastest men in the world I thought France didn't have a chance.
I'll say something that is rarely ever said about the French, they refused to surrender..........
Hahaha had to do it.
Please show any denial that I posted.
Yes it was this.
Multiple riders have been saying it for yrs, and multiple riders have since said it in regards to yesterday's race.
The AMA guys are exceptional on AMA prepared tracks, but generally struggle to varying degrees on any deviation away from that. It can be fixed over time (2 or 3 yrs) by prepping the circuits differently.
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