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Nicky Hayden taken to hospital following cycling crash
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Nicky Hayden has been hit by a car while training on his bicycle along the Rimini Coast in Italy. Hayden was in Italy following last weekend’s Superbike World Championship round at nearby Imola and was riding around the city of Rimini, on the Adriatic coast, when he was involved in a collision with a car.…
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Limited edition Marco Melandri Nolan X-802RR Helmet revealed
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In celebration of this weekend’s round of World Superbike racing at Imola, Marco Melandri is donning a special Nolan X-802RR ‘Italian Tourist Tour’ helmet – and if you fancy getting your hands on one, there are only 15 available. Marco Melandri is celebrating the first Italian stage of the WSBK Championship with a special version…
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Video: Laverty’s horrific World Superbike fireball smash at Imola
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In case you were out in the sun at the weekend instead of watching WSB, here’s something that happened that you might fancy a peak at – the fireball that engulfed Eugene Laverty’s Miwaukee Aprilia. Click on the image below to watch a video of the huge crash: https://youtu.be/zoWBR-NoqUA The crash happened on the second…
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WSB: This weekend it’s Imola for the diesels. Here’s the rundown of which manufacturers perform well around the technically demanding Italian track
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Aprilia‘s only win at Imola came with their previous model – the twin-cylinder RSV1000 – back in 2001’s Race 2. Since then, ten more podiums followed: the last ones were three 3rd places in the second Races held here from 2013 to 2015. Last year the best result for Aprilia was recorded by Lorenzo Savadori,…
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WSB: Manufacturer’s ups and downs at Assen – Which team should you keep an eye on in The Netherlands?
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Aprilia has won twice at Assen, with Eugene Laverty in Race two, 2013, and Sylvain Guintoli in Race one, 2014: which was the factory’s last podium finish here. Last year the best Aprilia results were provided by Lorenzo Savadori: sixth in Race one and fourth in Race two. The best result for BMW at Assen…
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WSBK: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s Assen round in Holland
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The Superbike World Championship is heading back to the Assen circuit in the Netherlands this weekend – and in preparation for the action packed weekend, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about WSBK racing at the iconic Dutch track. Assen has held 50 WSBK races over the years, and is second only to…
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Oooh, yes… this is the Ducati 851 Superleggera
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It’s only a computer-generated image, so don’t get too excited, but we love this and figured that you’d probably love it, too. This picture is from the guys at WorldSBK.com and is their take on what a factory-fresh Ducati Superleggera would look like with the sublimely beautiful bodywork bodywork of Raymond Roche’s 1990 World…
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Meet the Ducati Panigale R Cafe Racer – ‘The Blue Shark’
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You all know the 2016 Ducati Panigale R pretty well. Out last year, and costing just shy of £30,000 – the Panigale R is pretty much state of the art as far as buyable Ducatis go… Now, imagine cutting one up and making this…’The Blue Shark’. In 2016, this bike rolled straight off the Ducati…
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Final WSB 2017 calendar released – Jerez now included, Donington still in May
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Final WSB 2017 calendar released – Jerez now included, Donington still in May. Here’s the final, confirmed, absolutely-positive-that-this-is-the-last-one calendar from the WSB bosses. And you can see that Jerez is in the schedule now, on October 20-22. Just one UK outing in 2017 with Donington Park on May 26-28.
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Chaz Davies’ 2017: No MotoGP wildcard. At all. According to Ducati boss
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Chaz Davies’ 2017: No MotoGP wildcard. At all. According to Ducati boss. So Chaz Davies is getting his shot in MotoGP with a wild card ride, is he? No. He’s not. What’s actually happening, according to Ducati Corse Sporting Director and MotoGP Project Director, Paolo Ciabatti is that Chaz is being tasked with a full-on…