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Firecracker Finale Awaits San Carlo Gresini at Valencia
06 November 2009
The MotoGP World Championship paddock returns to Europe this weekend for the final event on the 2009 calendar, the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana. A firecracker atmosphere awaits the teams and riders on their return from a transcontinental expedition to Australia and Malaysia, which has seen San Carlo Honda Gresini riders Alex de Angelis and Toni Elias draw level in the championship standings on 105 points, tied for ninth place but just three points shy of seventh.
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Yamaha Unveils Ben Spies’ Livery for Valencia
04 November 2009
The Sterilgarda Yamaha Team have unveiled the special one-off livery for 2009 World Superbike Champion Ben Spies ahead of his wildcard ride at the final MotoGP race in Valencia this weekend. Spies will be riding the Yamaha YZR-M1 prior to joining the Tech3 Yamaha Team next Monday to start testing for the 2010 season.
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Fiat Yamaha Team Aiming to Confirm Triple Crown at Valencian Season Finale
04 November 2009
The highs and lows of another stunning MotoGP season draw to a close this Sunday at the traditional season-ending finale at Valencia in Spain. The Fiat Yamaha Team of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have swept all before them this year, dominating the season by taking ten race wins between them and putting on some of the most entertaining racing displays of recent years
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Canepa Obligated to Miss Valencia Race: Espargaro' on Track Again
04 November 2009
He hoped until the last moment but Niccolò Canepa, Pramac Racing rider, is obligated to skip the last race of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship after the injury suffered during the Australian Grand Prix last 16th of October. After surgery with the skin transplant at Melbourne hospital, the Italian rider had to miss the race in Malaysia
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Valencia Set to Host Final Chapter to 2009 Season and Prologue to 2010
04 November 2009
The Ducati Marlboro Team makes the relatively short road trip to Spain this week in preparation for the final round of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, the “La Comunitat Valenciana GP”
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Rizla Suzuki MotoGP in Spain for Final Round of 2009
03 November 2009
Rizla Suzuki has travelled back to Europe for the final instalment of the 2009 season with both riders in contention for seventh position in the World Championship. Loris Capirossi currently sits in eighth place in the championship race, but is level on points with current seventh place incumbent Marco Melandri, whilst team-mate Chris Vermeulen is only three points behind Capirossi in 11th place. With four other riders all in with a chance of seventh, the final round will certainly present a race within a race as the six will be going all out to get the best finish possible.
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Repsol Honda Team Targets the Win at Valencia Finale
03 November 2009
The Repsol Honda Team has its sights firmly set on closing out the MotoGP season this weekend with a race victory at the traditional year-end finale at Valencia. Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso head to the Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo circuit fully motivated to end the 2009 campaign on a high, and also to win their private battles for third and fifth places in the World Championship standings.
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San Carlo Honda Gresini Riders Chase Seventh Heaven In Sepang
22 October 2009
Last Sunday’s race at Phillip Island saw San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alex de Angelis return to the scintillating form he has shown throughout the second half of the season with a fantastic fourth place, as his team-mate Toni Elias rescued some positives from a difficult weekend. Both riders are now locked in an entertaining battle for seventh place in the championship that is providing an interesting sub-plot to the title battle
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Rossi and Lorenzo Head to Sepang for First Title Match Point
21 October 2009
This weekend the MotoGP paddock heads to the tropics for the penultimate round of the season, the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. Fiat Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have won 10 out of 15 races between them this year and there has only been one race when one of the pair has not been on the podium, making it the most successful season in the team's history
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Repsol Honda Riders Confident for Sepang
21 October 2009
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso come into this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix in bullish mood, each confident of a strong result in the penultimate race of the 2009 season. Both riders finished on the podium at Sepang last year - with Pedrosa in second place and Dovizioso in third - and they will be happy with nothing less than a repeat performance in Sunday’s 21-lap race.
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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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Canepa to Miss Sepang, Aleix Espargarò Will Take His Place
21 October 2009
After Monday's medical check up at Melbourne hospital Niccolò Canepa is unluckily obligated to miss the Malaysian race to be able to recover at the best and ride in the season final race at Valencia. The Italian rider, after the skin transplant done on Friday, will have to maintain the injured arm at rest so that the cut will not open again and it will not risk any infections.
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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.
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Ducati Marlboro Team Prepare For Malaysian Heatwave
20 October 2009
After spectacularly guiding his Desmosedici GP9 to the top step of the podium in his home Grand Prix on Sunday, Casey Stoner heads to Malaysia this weekend for what promises to be the ultimate test of his physical condition. Whist heavy rain is never far beyond the horizon at Sepang, intense heat and humidity are always guaranteed and it is a test of endurance for the riders out on track and the mechanics in the team garage.
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S1 and S2 Title Wrestles Move on to Thessaloniki
14 October 2009
Coming back to Thessaloniki's Drive Park this weekend the FIM SuperMoto World Championship sees this and the remaining two Grand Prix of the 2009 season get underway in just five weeks. The pressure remains high among the competitive S1 and S2 rankings including S1 series leader Van Den Bosch and S2 series leader Adrien Chareyre both from France.
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Home-Race Action Awaits Vermeulen in Australia
14 October 2009
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP is on its way over the equator for the only Grand Prix on the calendar held in the southern hemisphere, as the team embarks on its trip ‘down under' to Phillip Island for the Australian Grand Prix.
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Excitement Builds as Rossi and Lorenzo Take Title Tussle to ‘The Island'
14 October 2009
The victorious Fiat Yamaha Team make the long trip down under this week for the Australian round of the MotoGP World Championship, fresh from sealing the Teams' title at the last race in Estoril. Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have dominated the field this season and the moment of truth is fast approaching - one of the two is now guaranteed to win the title and with just 18 points lying between them this weekend's action in Phillip Island promises to be exciting.
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Ducati Marlboro Team Head for Friendly Territory at Phillip Island
14 October 2009
The Ducati Marlboro Team heads down under this week to the Phillip Island circuit for Casey Stoner’s home race, the Australian Grand Prix. Both Stoner and his American team-mate Nicky Hayden are huge fans of the track, which overlooks the Bass Strait, because it is fast, flowing and technically demanding.
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Repsol Honda Team Ready for Wild Phillip Island
14 October 2009
The high speed curves and spectacular undulations of the Phillip Island circuit provide the latest challenge to the Repsol Honda Team this weekend as MotoGP racing lands in Australia. Round 15 of the 17-race World Championship sees factory Honda pilots Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso once again going up against the best motorcycle racers on the planet at one of the favourite circuits on the calendar, as the 2009 season heads towards its climax.
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Laverty: “Time to knock Crutchlow down a peg”
23 September 2009
PARKALGAR HONDA ace Eugene Laverty goes to the 12th round of the World Supersport Championship at Imola in Italy knowing he needs to beat Championship leader and title rival Cal Crutchlow.
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