<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (michaelm @ Jan 29 2010, 05:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yes, but at estoril he could beat neither lorenzo nor stoner, and I don't think it is all that arguable that if he was worried about lorenzo then stoner beating him as well thereby improving lorenzo's position meant that he had reasonable motivation for beating stoner, and in the subsequent 2 races lorenzo who had been good enough all season on the same bike as rossi to still be in a position to be of concern to rossi could not beat stoner despite also having presumably adequate motivation to do so. This is fun
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It all adds up to stoner's performances in these 3 races still being fairly impressive whatever way you want to cut it, although as I have repeatedly said rossi has obviously been the best rider for the last 2 years since he won the two championships. In logic, rossi being really good does not have as a necessary corollary stoner being bad though, rather the contrary one would have thought
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It all adds up to stoner's performances in these 3 races still being fairly impressive whatever way you want to cut it, although as I have repeatedly said rossi has obviously been the best rider for the last 2 years since he won the two championships. In logic, rossi being really good does not have as a necessary corollary stoner being bad though, rather the contrary one would have thought
