World Superbike News

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
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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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The final calendar for the 2009 World Superbike Championship has now been released, with of course, the British round taking part at Donington Park.
March 1             Phillip Island                 Australia
March 14           Doha/Losail                 Qatar
April   5             Valencia                       Spain
April   26           Assen                          Holland
May    10           Monza                          Italy
May    17           Kyalami                        South Africa
May    31           Salt Lake City               USA
June    21          Misano                         San Marino
June    28          Donington [...]

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Troy Bayliss ended his career in World Superbikes by winning both races on Sunday in the final round of the championship at Portimao, Portugal.
Race One
Bayliss took the lead on the first lap on the Xerox Ducati and sailed off into the distance.  Michel Fabrizio, team-mate of Bayliss, tried to pass Max Biaggi on the Sterilgarda [...]

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