5. Greg Albertyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxD5OWovePQ South African Greg Albertyn had an incredible career, winning championships against some of the sports most legendary riders on both sides of the Atlantic. Albertyn first made his mark on the European motocross scene in 1990. He showed his speed and potential enough at European Supercross events that a small Belgian dealership gave a 17-year-old Albee the chance to contest the 1990 World Championship on a 125cc machine. In an interview with motoxaddicts Dan Lamb, Albertyn remembered his first GPs. He said: Well, I got over there in 1990 which was a rude awakening being the best in South Africa. You know, Im winning consistently every week and then all of the sudden now Im one of 25 guys that can go just as fast. It was a quick learning process for the Albertyn. He suffered a season ending injury early in the 1990 season. However, the following season he was picked up by Dutch team owner Jan de Groot, and by the end of the 1992 season he was a 125cc World Champion. The following season Albertyn stepped up to the 250cc class. He would win the World Title two years running, beating Stefan Everts, now the winningest World Championship rider ever, twice in succession. Albee made the move to America in 1995, but suffered little success in Supercross, crashing his was out of numerous races. This also affected his outdoor performance. It all came together for Albertyn in 1999, and he won the 250cc National title in what is now seen to be one of the most competitive seasons ever with riders such as Kevin Windham,
Mike LaRocco, Doug Henry, Ezra Lusk,
Jeff Emig,
Sebastien Tortelli,
Mickael Pichon,
Jimmy Button and
John Dowd competing. He retired late in 2000 after a competitive season which is now notable for the emergence of Ricky Carmichael. Albertyn suffered with a femur injury for the year. He is now a successful property developer.