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I think those handshakes were beyond showing respect and made Rossi to know they are with him, but the riders felt this race was something special. They had the chance to experience as a legend ride as he gives all what he got and made him the best rider ever and they took a part in it. If we recall those glory memories when The Doctor fought agains those magnificent rider back in the day and those battles what he won were all relived in Valencia. This race was more than a battle for a title. This race was a statement and proof, Valentino Rossi is the the rider who personalize everything what motorcycle race about and what a rider should be to reach the highest level in racing. And if we watch this race, without any preconceptions and not to make any theory about conspiracies, makes it all clear. To compete as Rossi did in his age after 16 years of top class racing is amazing. To judge him negatively or not respect his acheivements is not else but jealousy by people who doesn't feel themself wise, confident and persistant enough to be as successful as Valentino. It is nothing about how good rider Jorge Lorenzo is. Jorge got everything to be champion as he proved it already with 5 titles. But without any sarcasm. The other champions on the grid can't be compared to Valentino Rossi yet. Not because he won 9 chamionship, not because he has more than 100 trophies, but because how he did it. He had good days when wins came easy like it did for any great young rider. He had bad days, when everything went wrong. He was really loved and hated over more than a decade. Then he stood up again and won the greatest title again. He defeated uncertainty what built up by people who tought Rossi is not good enough to be champion again. I hope he feel the same about it as I do and this race gave him some extra strenght to fight for his crown next year again, as he does since 1996. I respect Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez too. I do not want them to fail or wish their title would be Rossi's. But what I saw in Valencia, even I never lost my hope in Valentino, was mesmerizing. To see someone fight until the last second even everybody in the world knows he can't win without a miracle and he does not give up whatever happens is unbelieveable. Maybe in 10-15 years time we think about Marc or Jorge in the same way. But that's insanely far away.
