These guys eat breath and live bike racing from the time they are 5 years old and the huge majority of them have nor want to do with anything else. I would put big money on most of the posters here, especially ones like Arrabiata in a Wonderlic test showdown. They [riders] may travel the world, but that doesnt make them worldly.
While that may be true, does the fact that one is not worldly truly measure the capacity for intelligence? I get what you're saying, in that usually people with a singular intense focus in life do so because their intellect doesn't cry out to learn other things. However, to my knowledge, none of us really know how intelligent any of these riders really are.
And I'm surprised I'm saying this but...Rossi's english seems far worse than some of the other riders, and the ability to learn a language is certainly an indication of intellect. So who knows...
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