Tom Sykes, top BSB rookie, has joined the ranks of the Rizla Suzuki Superbike team along side his new team-mate, two times Japanese Champion Atsushi Watanabe. The 22-year-old from Huddersfield had an impressive rookie season in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, riding to sixth place overall. He was runner up in 2006 in the British Supersport Championship and graduated to the Superbike class with a calm and calculated approach which saw him make steady progress through the season. In his first year in the premier class Sykes claimed six front row starts, one pole position and five podium finishes.