Ouais, enfin pardon, quand dès ta première course tu te pointes avec LA goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase (le légendaire T-shirt « Believe the hype » avec la cible dans le dos) déjà bien plein après ta carrière amateur (des années d’arrogance idiote), tu te la fous toi-même, la pression…
Pour mémoire, ce que Motocross Action a écrit de son début chez les pros ( direct en 450, parce que les 250, c’est pour les pinpins)…
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« Previous mini-cycle champions have been hyped, touted and ballyhooed as they made the transition from amateur to pro, but never with the angst, vitriol and ire that Alessi’s coming out party stirred up. Mike had done in a few weeks what it takes most people years to do. He had made enemies. He had badmouthed, directly or indirectly, literally every racer that he would face (and those that Mike had failed to irritate, dad Tony finished off). There is no doubt that people came to see how good Mike would do while hoping that he would fail. And fail he did. In a big way! I’m glad. That may sound mean coming from someone who considers himself a friend, but it was just what Mike needed. It was a dose of reality. Mike set his sights high and talked a good fight, but now he knows that he didn’t set them high enough and that talking is meaningless prattle without results.
To say that the Alessi clan would have been unbearable if Mike had had a good day at Millville is an understatement. A top-five finish would have stunted his growth, not as a racer, but as a human being. Losing is the first step to understanding what winning is all about. »
https://motocrossactionmag.com/flashback-friday-the-2004-millville-national-remember-what-happened/
, le il y a 4 mois et 3 semaines.
