The Doctor

[Tony]

Been following Valentino Rossi from his beginning, arguably the fastest and most popular motorcycle racer in the history of Grand Prix and the MotoGP.
For those interested here is one of five episodes from Rossi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMQDqh6YcE

[ofcounsel]

Good find! My fave has always been, and always will be, Colin Edwards. But Rossi is truly the GOAT.

[onsight512]

Yeah, nice find.
I'm a huge Rossi fan, but I'll also agree with ofcounsel about Edwards. He never pulled any punches. He was great.

[choke]

But Rossi is truly the GOAT.Vale is an amazing racer...but IMO he'll never be the 'GOAT' even if he breaks Ago's record. Race wins alone don't tell the whole story and back when Ago was racing it was common for riders to do it all....GPs, the Isle of Man, racing multiple classes in the same year, etc. A bicycle analogy would be comparing Eddy doing everything to the riders of today specializing in the TdF or classics.

FWIW, my GOAT is Mike Hailwood with Ago a close second. http://www.superbikeplanet.com/mikehailwood.htm