iris123 Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Another one that springs to mind was the Sky team constantly talking about Emil riding a supposedly dodgy bike and I even heard it first hand from one Danish rider that Emil ‘was cheating’,but did anyone ever put it to the test ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Whatever we think of Madsen he certainly can beat anyone on the day and is very consistent in Poland ,I would give him aWildcard for GP if he wanted one.Reminds me of Rine Holta in his prime great gater and very fast in front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 48 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Whatever we think of Madsen he certainly can beat anyone on the day and is very consistent in Poland ,I would give him aWildcard for GP if he wanted one.Reminds me of Rine Holta in his prime great gater and very fast in front. Runa Holta, the Norwegian Pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rabbit Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, Tsunami said: Runa Holta, the Norwegian Pole. Rune 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonh Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Bumped into Leon in Vetlanda, he was guesting in mid August, with my son with autism. He was really professional. Polite, patient and understanding. Really impressed. He also rode really well and scored paid 14 from 5 against good quality riders. Be great to see him in the UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Yorker Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 On 9/12/2018 at 6:18 AM, Simonh said: Bumped into Leon in Vetlanda, he was guesting in mid August, with my son with autism. He was really professional. Polite, patient and understanding. Really impressed. He also rode really well and scored paid 14 from 5 against good quality riders. Be great to see him in the UK. Hi Simonh, It's hard to know how and why we pick our favorites but Leon has been a favorite of mine for quite some time. I'm sure that your son's meeting with Leon will be a memorable experience......for you as well. If the SGP really wants the best riders in the world I say give him a wild card. He is repeatedly beating the "best in the world" now and I think he would bring a lot to the series. Would love to see him win the SEC!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 1 hour ago, New Yorker said: Hi Simonh, It's hard to know how and why we pick our favorites but Leon has been a favorite of mine for quite some time. I'm sure that your son's meeting with Leon will be a memorable experience......for you as well. If the SGP really wants the best riders in the world I say give him a wild card. He is repeatedly beating the "best in the world" now and I think he would bring a lot to the series. Would love to see him win the SEC!! Definitely in the Worlds Top Ten given he performs so consistently at the highest level... And has done so for a decent length of time.. Would bring something to the GP's no doubt.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Congratulations Leon on another fine victory. Proof that you have what it takes to make your mark in the GP. Is it only politics that is preventing you from being admitted? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Connor Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Hard to look past him now. He 100% should get 1. If Chris holder gets in again over him it will be an outrage. He deserves it. Ahead of Pedersen, Lambert, Jack holder and max fricke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 48 minutes ago, Danny Connor said: Hard to look past him now. He 100% should get 1. If Chris holder gets in again over him it will be an outrage. He deserves it. Ahead of Pedersen, Lambert, Jack holder and max fricke. WOULD take a complete U-turn by the FIM who insist these days that a rider who doesn't enter the qualifiers for the SGP cannot get a wild card. Chris Holder won't get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 3 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: WOULD take a complete U-turn by the FIM who insist these days that a rider who doesn't enter the qualifiers for the SGP cannot get a wild card. Chris Holder won't get one. It is a fair point ,would open can of worms if they gave him a wild card.He is GP material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Connor Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 7 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: WOULD take a complete U-turn by the FIM who insist these days that a rider who doesn't enter the qualifiers for the SGP cannot get a wild card. Chris Holder won't get one. That’s a shame though as the point of a world championship is to have the best in the world. They should u-turn ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 minute ago, Danny Connor said: That’s a shame though as the point of a world championship is to have the best in the world. They should u-turn ? THEN why have qualifiers and instead use a competition that is not open to all riders in the world? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRacer Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 8 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: WOULD take a complete U-turn by the FIM who insist these days that a rider who doesn't enter the qualifiers for the SGP cannot get a wild card. Chris Holder won't get one. I've not heard that before. How long has that been in place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 10 minutes ago, OldRacer said: I've not heard that before. How long has that been in place? FOR a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRacer Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said: FOR a while I think I am missing something. Last year's wildcards were Vacilik, Holder, Hancock and Pedersen. Of them only Vacilik entered the qualifiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, PHILIPRISING said: THEN why have qualifiers and instead use a competition that is not open to all riders in the world? They give a wildcard to Chris Holder last year and he didn't do the qualifiers. He assumed he could qualify via the top 8 but didn't, surely that's unfair on the other gp riders that do the qualifiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 RIGHTLY or wrongly, riders who have completed in a SGP season are considered for wild cards the next whether or not they have participated in qualifying rounds. Different scenario to Madsen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Any rider who doesn`t even attempt to qualify by right should never be considered for a GP spot. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) 47 minutes ago, OldRacer said: I've not heard that before. How long has that been in place? It must be a recent introduction because in 2013 both Tai and Darcy Ward were given wildcards without doing the qualifiers and they were both not in the GPs. Edited September 16, 2018 by eric i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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