Riders were finally greeted by a dry track in Assen for the World Superbike Superpole sessions. From the fifteen riders from session one, only twelve progress and although there was little by the way of surprise to see Clementi and Iannuzzo drop off from the boards going into session two, it was an afternoon of disappointment for the champion of ...
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- World Superbikes
- 27 April 2013
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Aprilia) surprised the leading pack at Assen by posting the fastest combined qualifying time in the only truly dry qualifying session of the weekend so far. Giugliano goes into Superpole 0.069 seconds ahead of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) and his Bol d’Or winning KRT team-mate Loris Baz. Jonathan Rea did his best to raise the ...
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- World Superbikes
- 27 April 2013
Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) suffered a left lower leg fracture (not right as we previously reported) after he crashed at turn seven in the first timed practice session at a wet Assen circuit. Initial tests at the local Assen hospital indicated that he had suffered breaks in his tibia and fibia quite close to the left knee, which will ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) extended the advantage he already had in wet conditions in the first qualifying session at Assen to record a lap of 1’57.190 and push himself fully 1.634 seconds ahead of second place rider and championship leader, Sylvain Guintoli. The Frenchman’s fellow Aprilia Racing rider Eugene Laverty was third, one place ahead of Marco Melandri (BMW ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
Christian Iddon made good use of his three-cylinder MV Agusta F3 675 in a fully wet first qualifying session at Assen, going second fastest overall and only held back from the status of provisional pole sitter by a late charge from Andrea Antonelli on a Goeleven Kawasaki. Mathew Scholtz (Suriano Racing Suzuki) pushed on in the wet to go third, ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
UPDATED 1612 Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) suffered a left lower leg fracture after he crashed at turn seven in the first timed practice session at a wet Assen circuit. Initial tests at the local Assen hospital indicated that he had suffered breaks in his tibia and fibia quite close to the left knee, which will require specialist surgery ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
With four wins in the last three years at Assen, Jonathan Rea and his Pata Honda have been the WSB benchmark at the Dutch track. But heading into this year’s race at the weekend, Rea’s sense of anticipation for success has been muted by the epically frustrating start he has had to the 2013 season. A fourth at Aragon was ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
Leon Camier will be out on track this morning in the opening Free Practice session at Assen after being declared fit to ride. The Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider suffered a serious knee in the Aragon WSB first qualifying session two weeks ago and underwent surgery to repair a deep cut that required internal stitches. Doctors at the onsite Clinica Mobile will ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
Last weekend was a momentous moment for Welsh World SBK rider and FreestyleXtreme sponsored athlete Chaz Davies. After just his second race for the factory BMW GoldBet Motorrad Team, he managed a double race win at the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain. Chaz takes a few moments out to talk to us... Hi Chaz. What a weekend! Your first victory ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- World Superbikes
- 25 April 2013
After sustaining a serious cut to his knee in a qualifying crash at Aragon one week ago, Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider Leon Camier is focussed on making an incredible return to racing action next weekend in round three of the World Superbike Championship at Assen. Camier underwent surgery on the cut in Spain immediately after the accident with a number ...
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- World Superbikes
- 19 April 2013
