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
Tom Sykes did everything he could to wrestle the WSB crown away from Italian Max Biaggi, but was ultimately denied the title by just 0.5 points. In a tense finish to the 2012 WSB season, Biaggi finished in fifth place which was just enough to secure the big prize and his sixth world title and second WSB crown. Sykes said: ...
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- World Superbikes
- 07 October 2012
Frenchman Jules Cluzel secured his fourth win of his rookie World Supersport season with a convincing victory at Mangy Cours onboard his PTR Honda. Cluzel rode the drying track superbly to make it the third French winner of the day following Sylvan Barrier’s victory in Superstock and Sylvan Guintoli’s WSB win. Cluzel said: “This weekend my team have done a ...
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- World Superbikes
- 07 October 2012
Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes closed within 14.5 points of championship leader Max Biaggi after taking third position in damp, tricky conditions at Magny Cours. Factory Aprilia rider Biaggi crashed at the end of the long back straight, uninjured on lap two. BMW’s Marco Melandri finished second in the dramatic wet race and is still very much in the title fight, only ...
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- World Superbikes
- 07 October 2012
Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes secured pole position, smashing the lap record with an outstanding Superpole lap, while championship rival Max Biaggi struggled finishing an unexpected 10th. Sykes took his ninth pole position of the season, setting the new circuit best lap with a 1.36.950. Factory Aprilia rider Biaggi failed to make Superpole three, unable to link a hot lap together in ...
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- World Superbikes
- 06 October 2012
Marco Malandri, improved from yesterday’s third position to top the time sheets in second qualifying knocking Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes back to second. Sykes couldn’t improve on Friday’s time and had to settle for second spot. Athea Ducati’s Carlos Checa improved from Friday’s time but moves from provisional second to third, with Honda’s Jonathan Rea moving up from fifth to fourth, ...
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- World Superbikes
- 06 October 2012
In perfect sunny conditions Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes set the fastest time of the first 45 minute qualifying session, with a 1.38.200. Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa joins him on the provisional front row followed by an injured Marco Melandri third with Checa’s team mate Davide Giugliano rounding off the front row. Championship leader Max Biaggi was seventh, followed by Haslam in ...
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- World Superbikes
- 06 October 2012
Welshman Chaz Davies has taken his maiden superbike win in the second race at the historic Nurburgring circuit today. Davies got off to a good start and was immediately at the front of the race behind early leader Tom Sykes and title hopeful Marco Melandri. After Melandri crashed out of race one, Biaggi took the lead in the championship standings ...
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- World Superbikes
- 09 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
