Hi there, first time on the forums for me today and this appears to be the best ongoing discussuion.
Have to agree with 'nickday1' here. Jordi Tarres is an absolute trials god who has to be the best rider ever.
Dougie is a great rider but Tarres is the best of all.
Here's why I think this - Jordi always had 3 or 4 other riders who were ready to win the title if he slipped up - Michaud, Saunders, Bosis, Miglio, Bilbao, Ahvala, Colomer to name a few and came back twice after losing the title where Doug has only ever had 1 rider at a time pressurising him for the title - Colomer (98-02) and Fujinami (02-03)
Let us not forget that 3 years have passed since he last won the title, cant see it happening again.