The World Superbike teams head off to the classic Dutch TT circuit this weekend at Assen for the fourth round of the Championship.
Troy Bayliss is leading the Championship at the moment after two second places at the Valencia round increased his lead by 48 points, but he now being challenged by a number of other riders.
The second place man Fonsi Nieto, however, the Alstare Suzuki rider has not had a good finishing position since Losail and is now coming under pressure from third and fourth place men, Troy Corser on the Yamaha and Carlos Checa on the Ten Kate Honda which are both on 72 points.
Ruben Xaus on the Ducati is on 68 points after finishing the first four races of the season in the top four followed by Noriyuki Haga on the Yamaha on 47 point.
Max Biaggi on the Ducati is in seventh place overall and with the three week break in between rounds three and four it has given his wrist fracture more time to recover.
Lorenzo Lanzi for the RG team already has three wins to his name and is only two points behind Biaggi and three points ahead of Max Neukirchner, who should hopefully be fit for Assen. The Ducati rider, Michel Fabrizio is in tenth position at present.
Here are the points standings after the Valencia race;
Troy Bayliss AUS Xerox Ducati 128
Fonsi Nieto ESP Alstare Suzuki 80
Troy Corser AUS Yamaha 72
Carlos Checa Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 72
Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarga Go Eleven 68
Noriuyuki Haga JPN Yamaha 47
Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarga Go Eleven 44
Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Team Ducati 42
Max Neikirchner GER Alstare Suzuki 39
Michel Fabrizio ITA Xerox Ducati 37
Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda 32
Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 30
Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 22
Karl Muggeridge GER DF Racing 20
Yukio Kagayama Alstare Suzuki JPN 18
Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 18
Jakub Smrz CZEGuandalini Racing Ducati 17
Regis Laconi FRA Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse 16
Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 13
Russel Holland AUS DF Racing 10
Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha 7
David Checa FRA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 5
Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 3
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