Any time I cannot race to win is disappointing. I will say though, the Belgian team did very well and we were all drinking champagne after the race, we did not win, but we did our best and finished in the podium alongside American and Italy. Every year at the des Nations Bervoets and Bartolini are competitive, same with Darryll King and Shayne King, the 500 class is strong enough. You know when I was growing up DeCoster was a big hero of mine. I had posters of him on my walls and he was somebody that not only me, but also all of Belgium loved.
Championships are great, but it s always been each race that is more important.
Stefan Everts looks at championships, while I try not to put too much pressure on. You and Stefan Everts have both won four World Motocross championships, this year you will lock horns for that fifth title. He is a great rider, a rider with no weakness. I followed him in a race early in the year it was in Belgium. I expect him to beat me in some races, at those moments I have to be strong and take defeat on the chin.