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Didn't one of the GP boys allude to wanting drugs tests after Ward was caught out?

If she is his physio, then of course she has a reason to be there. I agree there should not be an entire party in the pits area, but within reason a rider is entitled to have mechanics, manager and physio.

You mean like Holder spitting water at the camera? Spitting water at a camera is far worse IMO! Pedersen showed some anger and frustration in his own pit area, not his fault some twit put a camera on him.

Not at all, you provided reasoned argument about him, unlike many on here. I do agree with you in the respect that he is so lucky to be given continued GP chances, what's worse is I am struggling to think of any other British rider capable of replacing him, maybe Nicholls, but he had his fair share of chances too. This part I disagree with, I think winning Cardiff shown he can do it, and on occasions at each GP he seems to have one good race where he can beat the best, but where I agree is it is not consistent, so usually he will have four bad GP rides and one good GP race. So where we disagree is I think Harris can do it, but I agree with everything else you wrote, he is lucky and he is inconsistent.

Was Ward the only rider tested that day? Were other riders tested too?

He is an enigma. Kelvin called it on Saturday, he won a race superbly, and Kelvin stated he hopes he follows that up in his next race because all season he will have one good GP race and then be totally off the pace next time out. We know Harris can do it, but why does he only have one good race per GP? A lot of Harris haters on here, but I like him, he is a racer not just a rider and we need to see him in the mix more to be able to prove that theory.

I dunno, lots of riders were picking up throughout the rest of the meeting. I'm not sure we can clearly say Nicki did that on purpose.

I agree on one hand, a ref should be able to bring all four back for such difficult calls. However we see it in cricket with the run-outs, rather than make a call the umpires now throw everything to the TV umpire in a cop out. So I think you are right, some referees will simply cop-out and put all four back.

To be fair he did touch the tapes, so I think he was right to be excluded and even Tai admitted that too. What was wrong is another rider touched at the same time, so both should have been excluded. So Tai was only unlucky to be the only rider to be excluded.

Thank you.

What channel are you guys watching?

Ha, not just me then called fat four eyed baldie

I don't doubt it

. Based off your others comments about NP it makes you a plonker.

Sorry I edited whilst you were posting. I agree that riders are better judges, but I added to my post to point out that two other riders on commentary suggested that Nicki was hard done to. To many of the GP boys seem to have problems with Nicki, so I suspect every incident he is ever involved in many of them will blame him, regardless of the facts,

Doesn't mean they're right. Many of them are anti Nicki anyway as previous interviews have shown. Two other riders, Nichols and Tatum both suggested Nicki was unlucky to be excluded.

No just stick to his line he had ridden himself onto, not turn into the rider who was already through the gap that Batch left.

*yawn* at all these Hancock love-ins. Great rider without question, but is he a great racer? I think there is a difference, and for me Pedersen is a racer. Give me a Pedersen over a Hancock every time.

No, it shows he cares about winning, nothing wrong with that.

I suppose Pearson will bang on about it all night tomorrow.

That is actually pretty good and does make sense, and simpler to understand. Bound to be rejected and ridiculed!

You are spot on, but somewhat comically, some of them still try and defend him which is the irony. Does anybody know how Ward's actions/suspension is being viewed at his other clubs across Europe?

True, but it is being widely criticised.

No news then about him riding at Vojens? Is he definitely out for Vojens?

Robert Nagy after Matousek ran over him at Sheffield. How Nagy was ever considered to be the cause of the stoppage remains a mystery. Not that it mattered to Nagy, because he was not fit to race again for a long time, I think we are all just relieved he survived. Anyone at Long Eaton the previous night will tell you, that was a crash waiting to happen. I will always ask the question, was that a racing accident or something more sinister? Only one man knows the answer to that.