Factory Aprilia rider Eugene Laverty prevailed in the second race at Monza today to take his sixth World Superbike victory and third of the season. It was another race long battle between Laverty, Marco Melandri, Tom Sykes and Sylvain Guintoli, with Laverty moving in to first place on the penultimate lap. The Irishman was able to hold his lead and ...
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- World Superbikes
- 12 May 2013
GoldBet BMW rider Marco Melandri took his first race win of the season in the first race at Monza after a race long battle with Tom Sykes, Eugene Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli. Melandri was third at the end of the penultimate lap but passed both Sykes and Laverty to claim the win. Sykes took advantage of Melandri's last lap move ...
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- World Superbikes
- 12 May 2013
Motocard Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes will start tomorrow's WSB races from pole position after setting the fastest time ever around the Monza circuit with a best lap of 1:41.223. Current championship leader Sylvain Guintoli will start from third on the grid after snatching the final spot on the front row from Pata Honda rider Jonathan Rea in the final moments of ...
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- 11 May 2013
In this week's MCN, out November 21, we bring you all the news and gossip from Valentino Rossi's return to the factory Yamaha squad at the Valencia test.. We also bring you all the information on the new KTM Super Duke 1290, as well as news of Honda's new 'bagger' Goldwing. Also this week, we take the BMW K1600GT SE, ...
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- 20 November 2012
In this week's MCN, out October 24, we reflect on the untimely passing of Marco Simoncelli one year on. We speak to rivals Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner, friends Loris Capirossi and Valentino Rossi, and Marco's dad, Paolo. Also in this week's MCN we ride the new 636cc Kawasaki ZX-6R on the road in California and ride the new Aprilia ...
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- 23 October 2012
The Aprilia RSV4 APRC will get ABS for 2013 as well as a power and torque boost, as was revealed today at the Cologne Show. The 2013 RSV4 will be the most powerful to date, with a claimed power output of 184bhp. The ABS system, named Multimap sport ABS system is said to be highly advanced and can also be ...
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- 02 October 2012
WFR Honda rider Alex Lowes will start tomorrow's first BSB race from pole position after seeing off competition from reigning champion Tommy Hill in the final qualifying session. Current championship leader Josh Brookes starts from the outside of the front row in fourth, with Kawasaki rider Shane Byrne heading the second row in fifth. The top five slots on the ...
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- 29 September 2012
2010 WSB champion Max Biaggi took advantage of a rare mistake by BMW rider Marco Melandri to take victory at the Nurburgring and the championship lead by 6.5 points. Melandri was in third place behind Tom Sykes and Biaggi when he crashed out after running wide on lap five. Kawasaki rider Sykes led for the first half of the race ...
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- World Superbikes
- 09 September 2012
Frenchman Loris Baz has won the first Superbike race at Silverstone in a tricky race which saw both wet and dry conditions. The first run of the race was red-flagged after several riders fell off on the opening lap. Ducati rider Carlos Checa got off to a good start in the race, which was declared wet, but the following pack ...
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- 05 August 2012
Brit Tom Sykes took his sixth pole position of the season in spectacular fashion at Aragon today. Sykes was 0.708secs faster than second quickest man Max Biaggi. Biaggi's team-mate Eugene Laverty will start tomorrow's races in third ahead of Leon Haslam in fourth. Marco Melandri heads the second row in fourth on the second factory BMW, ahead of Jonathan Rea, Carlos ...
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- World Superbikes
- 30 June 2012
