“It upset Valentino Rossi because it disrespected the reason for being there”
Marc Marquez feud "kept boilin𝓰g" after V𝔍alentino Rossi was irked, it is claimed

Fresh rumour has been thrown on the notorious day that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez spent at Valentino Rossi’s ranch.
The most heated rivalry in MotoGP history came after 2014, when Mﷺarquez made the trip to Tavullia.
It is widely believed that their relationship changed foreve𒅌r after a da✤y at Rossi’s ranch.
“It all started at the dirt track,🐲” explained Scott Redding to the Motorsport Republica podcast.
“I’ve never been but, from what I’ve heard, Rossi has different bikes, different manufacturers, for dif🏅ferent conditions. It wouldn’t surprise me because these guys go 10 out of 10 to get the best.
“Marc turns up with a HRC truck and a full crew! Full factory! It upset V🌄alentino because it disrespected the reꦇason for being there.
“That was the start of the tic, tac, tic, tac…
“It kept boiling more and more. But Mar﷽c won𝔉’t give an inch.
“Which riders would go through a brick wall? I’d say one or two,🌠 and one would be Marquez.
“He wouldn’🌼t even think about it, he’d commit to ܫthe cause.”
Tales of what truly happened on that 2014 day in Italy have bee𝓡n told over and over.
Chad Reed, the supercross rider, told at the time: “We rode there the Tuesday after Misano, Marquez in the leathers he had crashed in, Vale still hung over – an👍d they were literally ready to die to set the fastest lap!”
Marquez and Rossi’s rivalry remains relevant to this day because the 𝔉Spaniard is chasing down the Italian’s record of nine world championships.
And he’🌺s doing it as the teammate of Pecco Bagnaia, who was the first VR46 academy graduate to win the MotoGP title.
Motocross a serious business for Marc Marquez and Spanish riders
But Redding, who shared a MotoGP track with Marquez and Rossi, attempted to ⛦expl💙ain how seriously dirt track racing can be taken in Spain.
He recalled his own story, while living in Spain, of attending a motocross practice s▨ession only to realise the other riders were taking it far more seriously🧸.
“I turned up to a training day thing,” he explained. “I got the rule book, it says ‘lower the front fork, take the front mud guard off, 17-inch wheel, drill🍷 a hole🌱 to lower the rear’.
“It was very basic.
“I turned up and they had Ohlin⭕s suspensions on front and rear, and tr꧙action control!
“I thought: ‘what the f***!’”
Marquez was recently spotted training in 🌱motocross - on a Honda.
Riding a CRF450R, it is now the only time that Marquez will be seen riding Honda machine🤡ry.
But even that could be an era which is about to change, because Ducati have launched their Desmo450 MX. You’d expect Marquez to gi🌊ve it a tꦜry soon.
Dirt tꦍrack ꧋riding is more than just fun and games for Marquez.
It’s where he experim🍨ents with the limits of m💧otorcycle control, and where he practices manoeuvreꩵs which might eventually b🅷e seen on the MotoGP track.

James was a sporꩵts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ame✨rican sports, to football, to F1.