For me its Rossi will win and Hopper will be in the top 5, amongst some other seemingly obvious results. How's Daytona Bob?
Well, I watched the race. Stoner was REALLY strong and Hopper was in the top 5.(4th actually ) I obviously know alot of those guys are awesome riders and of course everyone likes Rossi (Including me.) I'm going to focus my energy rooting for Hopper this year though. 8) Just because I know he's got an awful lot of talent, he's American, and I know he's been stuggling for a couple of years with the bike he had. It's nice how things have been switched up from the 1000's to the 800's. I feel it made things interesting. Just my .02 cents though.
In addition to being a very talented rider, Stoner seems like a such a genuinely great kid and I was happy to see him win. But it was obvious that if they had been on equally powerful machines, Rossi would have run away from him. Stoner's Duc just had too big an advantage in that long front straight. What was so impressive to watch was how Rossi overcame the limitations of his bike to make a competitive race out of it. Of course that was nothing new, and it's what really sets Rossi apart from everyone else.