World Superbike News

Troy Bayliss is set to retire at the end of this season, which leaves the question of who will replace the retiring double world champion at the Ducati Xerox team.
Max Biaggi, currently riding for the Sterilgarda Ducati team in 2008, has shown interest in the riding seat but confessed to not having had much direct [...]

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At round eleven, of the Hanspree World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, Leon Haslam, Cal Crutchlow and James Ellison will all be racing as Wild-Card riders.
Ellison, currently running in sixth and riding the Hydrex-Bike Animal Honda in the British Superbike Championship, is to use a World Superbike engine while the HM Plant Honda riders in [...]

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Round ten of the World Superbike Championship took place today at Brands Hatch with Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda taking victory in both races.
Race One
Kiyonari was way back in seventh place by the end of lap one, but by lap seven he was on the tail of championship leader Troy Bayliss on [...]

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Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati, took the pole position today in the Superpole session at Brands Hatch ahead of tomorrows race.
Noriyuki Haga on the Yamah YZF-R1, was in second followed by Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Honda CBR1000R in third.
Jakub Smrz, the Czech rider, took fourth place for his Ducati team ahead of Yamaha Italia [...]

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This weekend the World Superbike Championship is at Brands Hatch in Kent for the round ten and today was the first qualifying session.
Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda, only days after winning the Suzuka 8 Hours, took the provisional pole position ahead of Noriyuki Haga on the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB, who had [...]

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