World Superbike News

The Reitwagen BMW rider Roland Resch is unlikely to make the second round of the 2010 World Superbike championship after his free practice accident at Phillip Island in Australia.
Resch broke his collarbone in two places and underwent surgery to have a titanium plate fitted to secure the bones as he recuperates at his home in [...]

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Chris Vermeulen now has a race against time to be fit for round two of the World Superbike championship after his spectacular crash in the second race of the day at Phillip Island in Australia.
The Kawasaki rider was thrown and narrowly missed by his own bike, hitting the tyre wall at speed and injuring his [...]

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The FIM have now released the provisional calendar for the World Superbike Championship of 2010, with no Qatar round for the first time in five-years.
February 28                                 Australia                                                               Phillip Island
March 28                                       Portugal                                                               Portimão
April 11                                             Spain                                                                   Valencia (*)
April 25                                          Netherlands                                                           Assen
May 9                                               Italy                                                                          Monza
May 16                                            South Africa                                                          Kyalami
May 31                                            United States                                                        Salt Lake City
June [...]

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The two-times British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne, has signed a contract to ride for the Althea Ducati team in 2010 alongside Carlos Checa.
Byrne made the switch to the World Superbike series last season riding for the Sterilgarda Ducati team where he finished the year eighth overall.  The British rider came second in the first race [...]

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The World Superbike teams ended their first three-day test session of the season on Sunday at the Parkalgar circuit in Portugal.
On Thursday, the Formula One testing session had to cancelled when extreme weather conditions deemed the track too dangerous with standing water and poor visibility.
The riders faced full wet conditions for the Friday morning slot [...]

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