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You can try to spin it any way you like, but both said this very specifically on several occasions. I very deliberately said in the face of your mentally weak quitter talk that the way Stoner rode required great commitment and bravery, not that Rossi lacked these qualities btw
I am happy to debate these things all day, it doesn't offend me at all, but you were the one who was talking big pre-race on the basis of qualifying and one of those posting provocatively post race, often on the fallacious basis of what you thought your opponents might say, so crying foul yourself is a little rich imo.
The only thing I did have a strong issue with was your questioning of Jorge's courage, I am still amazed from a medical perspective he managed to ride the Assen 2013 race. It was called unprecedented and heroic when Edwards did it 9 days after a similar injury a couple of years before.
Is there a rider on the grid that does not display a great commitment and bravery when it comes to the way they ride a motorcycle? The criticism directed at quitting/retiring while in his prime is not in any way related to racing ability.
Talking big pre-race? I brought up that when Rossi got in MV's slipstream at Mugello, he was called a coward. He was slow and needs a tow. Dovi got pole position at Assen because he was towed by Rossi, some time passed, nobody had anything to say about it. Pointing out the hypocrisy is considered "big pre-race talk"? It's 2nd or 3rd time you have brought up the pre-race talk, something got under your skin. Odd because I don't recall my pre-race talk being negative toward Lorenzo. I remember stating that it was too early to count him out of the race because all the top riders have had a weekend where they struggled in practice and qualifying, but go on to finish well in the race.
Perhaps Jorge should not have raced Assen with a fractured collarbone. Maybe that caused more mental anguish than the bad crashes he had at other tracks. He managed 5th place, but if he was in excruciating pain the entire race it's possible that had a traumatic effect on his psyche.
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