Happy Birthday Grandad Valentino (Rossi)
Today, on the 16th February 2021, nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi celebrates his 42nd birthday. For the last 20 years, he?s been ?Mr MotoGP?, winning titles in the 125cc, 250cc, 500cc and MotoGP category. Many men have come to try and best The Doctor. Very few have succeeded. But Valentino Rossi isn?t getting any younger, and his recent results would suggest he isn?t getting any faster either. So is it time Grandad Valentino stepped aside and left the bike racing to the young kids" Or is age just a number" Perhaps VR46 has got plenty left in the tank. This is what I think?
Some say you?re as young as you feel. Others say you?re as young as the woman you feel. In Valentino Rossi?s case, that woman is a smoking hot 27 year old. Fair play. Maybe Rossi feels as though he?s still in his twenties. I don?t know. He’s certainly not enjoying the wins he enjoyed in his twenties. But in amongst a grid full of twenty-somethings (and a few thirty somethings), the old boy doesn?t embarrass himself.
Perhaps one of the reasons Valentino Rossi still manages to ride like someone half his age is because of how well he?s looked after his body. Most 40 year old bike racers are physically fucked. If they aren?t riddled with osteoarthritis, covered in scar tissue and packed full of pins and plates, they?re doing pretty well. Either through luck or judgement, Valentino Rossi has managed to completely avoid smashing himself to bits. Throughout his illustrious...
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