I'm not sure Tony has raised the bar. Is he really a better rider now than he was 4 or 5 year ago. I just think the following pack are having a pathetic GP series. I have looked at most of the finals Tony has won this season and cannot think of a time in the last 10 year when he would not have won them. Bjarne Pedersen. Hans Andersen, Antonio Lindback and Jarek Hampel at this stage of his career are no match for Tony. And that is no disrepect to them.