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It wasn’t my fault - Carlos Checa

HannSpree Ten Kate’s Carlos Checa has hit out at accusations that he rode into Max Neukirchner at the Valencian round of the World Superbike Championship at the weekend.
Speaking to Spanish press, the former MotoGP star has blamed his rival for the clash that robbed the pair of a safe first and second in Spain. […]

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Max robbed of debut win at the last corner! - Suzuki Racing

Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner was heading for his first ever World Superbike win, but was taken out on the last corner on the last lap of the first race today. He had led the race from the start and even though Carlos Checa (Honda) closed in on his rear end on the last lap, […]

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Neukirchner On Valencia Pole!

Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner stunned his rivals by storming to his first ever Superpole win this afternoon at the Ricardo Tormo circuit, Valencia, smashing the lap record by well over a second in the process.
Neukirchner’s Superpole was something special, but to make it an even better day for the Belgian based team, Suzuki Alstare […]

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Biaggi looks set to return in Valencia

Max Biaggi has confirmed this morning that he will brave the pain of his broken left wrist to try and claw his way back into the World Superbikes Championship by competing in this weekend’s round at Valencia.
The Sterilgarda Ducati rider broke his left wrist in a 170mph crash in race two at the Phillip Island […]

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WSBK - Fonsi Nieto excited about home race

After the flyaway trip to Qatar and Australia, the Superbike World Championship returns to European soil with his weekend’s third round in Valencia.
The race will be a special one for Team Suzuki Alstare rider Fonsi Nieto, as it will be his home race, and will also be an important one for one of the […]

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Yukio Kagayama to miss Phillip Island

After their win in Qatar last weekend, Team Suzuki Alstare headed to Australia in good spirits, with Fonsi Nieto and Max Neukirchner, but without Yukio Kagayama.
The Japanese rider crashed in the second race and broke his left collarbone and is forced to give the Phillip Island round a miss, but he will be back […]

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Nieto takes his first win in Qatar

Team Suzuki Alstare rider Fonsi Nieto took his maiden World Superbike Championship victory in the second 18-lap race at the Qatar season opener today.
Despite having to start from the third row of the grid, Nieto stormed through the field to take the lead just four laps from the end. Ruben Xaus and Max Biaggi […]

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World Superbikes 2008 - Qatar - A tale of two Troys

The first day of the 2008 World Superbikes season went to the Australian pairing of double world champion’s Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss as they took the top positions in the opening qualifying session amid tricky track conditions. Violent gusts of wind made the Losail track conditions extremely difficult, the two Troys were the only […]

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Bayliss fastest in final WSBK test

The first race of the World Superbikes season gets underway in Qatar on Saturday and Aussie Troy Bayliss has fired a warning shot across the bows of the other competitors as he set the fastest lap of the final pre-season at the Qatar circuit.
Second spot went to an ever improving Noriyuki Haga onboard the Yamaha […]

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