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Luke888 on 25 October 2015
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Faelco said:
Luke888 said:

Oh God... I've never liked Valentino Rossi, he's always been praised when he didn't win anything and now that he (finally) races decently people praise him even more here in Italy... guess they all forgot the dozzens of lawsuits he received in recent years for tax evasion...


Wut? "Finally" races decently? I didn't follow the Moto GP for years (maybe even 10 years, I don't know), but before a lot of his competitors even rode a bike in competition, that guy was winning races and was the world champion so easily it wasn't even interesting to watch... 

 

Valentino Rossi is one of the greatest bikers of the last 10-15 years. You can hate him and he can be a jerk or even a tax evader, it doesn't erase that. He won his praises. 

 

EDIT: In 2001, world champion (500 cc), with 11 wins out of 16 races. "Finally" races decently.... 

I was talking about the last 5 or so years when he didn't win any GP but was praised even more than he used to when he won. If you look back in those years he didn't win almost anything... you can't really understand how much hyped people get about him in his country of origin but imho he didn't deserved what he got in the last years...