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Metzeler Competition Winner Rides Portimao at World Launch!
Yesterday
Metzeler ‘Gimme 5’ Competition winner Tom Stono has recently returned from the trip of a lifetime after he rode at the World launch of the groundbreaking Metzeler Sportec M5 Interact™ at Portimao, Portugal.
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World Superbike Official Testing Summary
26 January 2010
The first official competitive tests for the series, this year complete with more new riders/team combinations than ever.
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Winning Yamaha Team Wrap Up First Test with Crutchlow and Toseland
30 October 2009
Today saw the second and final day of the first test for the Yamaha World Superbike 2010 riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland. Both riders spent a second full day testing their new R1 machines as they worked to bring the settings in line with their riding styles.
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The Ducati Xerox Testing Underway at Portimao in Preparation for 2010
28 October 2009
Just two days after the final round of the World Superbike Championship 2009 and the Ducati Xerox Team begins testing in preparation for the new season. Noriyuki and Michel, second and third at the end of this year’s campaign, and both already confirmed with the Ducati Xerox Team for 2010, were back on track this morning with most of the other Superbike team for the first of two days of testing.
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Suzuki Alstare Debuts its New Team
28 October 2009
The first day of the Portimao tests saw new signings Sylvain and Leon Haslam together in Suzuki Alstare colours for the very first time. Sylvain had raced the bike during the recent World Superbike race here last weekend and continued to get more familiar with the GSX-R1000 K9. Despite a sore left elbow and ankle, caused by the crash last Sunday in the warm-up, Leon soon got on the pace and started to understand his new bike.
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Gino Rea, 2009 WSBK Superstock 600 Champion
27 October 2009
Ten Kate Honda's Gino Rea clinched the European Superstock 600 Championship by a single point ahead of Frenchman Vincent Lonbois after a three-way dice for the race win at Portimao.
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Double Podium Delight for Rea at Thrilling SBK Finale
27 October 2009
Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s Jonathan Rea took an impressive double podium in today’s final two World Superbike championship races at Portimao in Portugal.
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BMW Motorrad Happy with their First Year and Looking Forward to 2010.
27 October 2009
Despite bad luck in Portimao today, Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport are more than happy with their first year in the Superbike World Championship and are already looking forward to 2010.
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Parkes and Tamada Save the Best for Last...!
27 October 2009
In their final rides for the Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team, Broc Parkes and Makoto Tamada posted their best cumulative score of any race meeting this season together when they contested the final round of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship at Portimao in Portugal today.
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Guintoli Races to Top-10 Finish in Alstare Debut
27 October 2009
New Alstare Suzuki rider Sylvain Guintoli raced to 10th place in the second race at today's World Superbike 14th round at Portimao in Portugal after failing to finish the opening leg. Both he and team mate Yukio Kagayama were forced to pull out of race one due to technical issues and in Kagayama's case, being hit from behind, before both bounced back to take 10th and 11th places respectively in the second leg.
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A Courageous Haga Loses the WSB Title by 6 Points; Fabrizio Wins Race 2
27 October 2009
A bittersweet finale for Noriyuki Haga and the Ducati Xerox Team today when they lost the World Superbike riders title by just six points, after the Japanese rider crashed out of Race 1, to then finish on the podium, second, in Race 2.
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Spies Claims the All Time WSB Superpole Record, Crutchlow on Front Row
25 October 2009
Any doubt of Ben Spies' claim to all-time rookie fame was squashed today as he took pole position ahead of tomorrow's races with an incredible flying Superpole lap. - Yamaha World Supersport rider Cal Crutchlow continued to show the fast consistent pace needed to claim the title this weekend in today's Supersport qualifying session.
Tags: fim, sbk, wsb, wss, ssp …
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Superb Start for Sylvain
25 October 2009
Suzuki Alstare new boy Sylvain Guintoli continued his steeping learn curve today at Portimao and managed to secure a superb third row grid position after posting the fifth fastest time in Superpole 1. Although he couldn’t progress any further than Superpole 2, Sylvain showed that he has quickly come to grips with his GSX-R1000 K9 and will undoubtedly go even faster once he has become more familiar with the bike.
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Difficult Qualifying for Haga at Portimao, Solid Third Place for Fabrizio
25 October 2009
Championship contender Noriyuki Haga and his Ducati Xerox squad experienced a difficult day, and a difficult Superpole, at the Portimao circuit today, closing in tenth position, while Michel Fabrizio and his Ducati 1198 had more success, qualifying on the front row, alongside Spies (Yamaha), Byrne (Ducati) and Rea (Honda), for tomorrow’s crucial races.
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Kiyonari Withdraws from Portimao
24 October 2009
Ten Kate Honda Racing’s Ryuichi Kiyonari has reluctantly been forced to withdraw from the final round of the 2009 World Superbike championship at Portimao in Portugal. The Japanese ace broke his right collarbone in race one at the previous round in Magny-Cours, France and returned home for an operation. It was the same collarbone that Kiyonari broke at the French circuit during a test last season.
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Kawasaki Duo Looking for Portuguese Swansong
21 October 2009
The final round of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship takes place this forthcoming weekend with the Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team looking to end the season on a high note in Portimao.
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Spies Prepares for Big Showdown, Crutchlow Has His Eyes on the Prize
21 October 2009
The clock is ticking down to the 14th and final round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship at the Portimao circuit in Portugal. With just ten points separating championship leader Haga from Yamaha World Superbike rider Ben Spies everything is to play for on race day. - British rider Cal Crutchlow heads to Portimao this weekend with the championship title firmly in his sights.
Tags: fim, sbk, wsb, wss, ssp …
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Guintoli to Make His Debut in Portimao
19 October 2009
Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli will make his Team Suzuki Alstare debut in the last round of this year’s Superbike World Championship at the Autodromo Algarve in Portimao this coming weekend. Sylvain has already finished his season in the British Superbike Championship and joins the Suzuki Alstare this week, as a replacement for the injured Max Neukirchner, and will begin his preparation for next year’s Superbike World Championship with the team.
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Soak Up Some Sun, Burn Some Rubber!!!!
05 September 2009
Last few places at Jerez and Portimao...
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Miss Yamaha Racing 2009 is Live!
11 June 2009
The Yamaha World Superbike Team is excited to be able to bring the glamour and adrenalin fuelled action of the 2009 World Superbike Championship to a lucky handful of girls*.
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