As many of you I am sure are aware, Ben Spies in his rookie year took the World Superbike crown for 2009. I believe that is Yamaha’s first WSBK Championship. One of my favorite races this season was the last lap of Assen when Spies stole the win from Haga at the last possible moment. He will soon join the ranks of the worlds most elite when he takes on MotoGP with Tech 3 Yamaha. I personally look forward to the team of Texans and what I hope is a great battle for the Championship for Yamaha.

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Testing for the 2008 MotoGP season has begun in Australia at Phillip Island. Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi and teammate  Jorge Lorenzo will not participate in the testing in Australia. Having overall great weather here are the times :

Phillip Island 2008 Testing D1

1. Edwards - Yamaha Tech 3 - 77 laps - 1′29.566
2. Stoner - Ducati Marlboro - 73 laps - 1′30.178
3. De Angelis - Honda Gresini - 70 laps - 1′30.688
4. Dovizioso - JiR Team Scot - 79 laps - 1′30.701
5. Toseland - Yamaha Tech 3 - 81 laps - 1′30.864
6. Melandri - Ducati Marlboro - 99 laps - 1′30.869
7. Nakano - Honda Gresini - 91 laps - 1′31.111
8. Hayden - Repsol Honda - 107 laps - 1′31.226
9. Capirossi - Rizla Suzuki - 82 laps - 1′31.274
10. Vermeulen - Rizla Suzuki - 99 laps - 1′31.317
11. De Puniet - Honda LCR - 103 laps - 1′31.436
12. Hopkins - Kawasaki Racing - 88 laps - 1′31.623
13. West - Kawasaki Racing -72 laps - 1′31.786
14. Guintoli - Alice Team - 68 laps - 1′32.484
15. Elias - Alice Team - 90 laps - 1′32.573

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I hate the winter months, a time of wet weather riding, soaked pants and sometimes unpleasant comfort.  It is also the time of no racing, with the seasons over and waiting for new ones to start.  Theres been some news, but nothing to exciting or new.  For those that have been checking in we’re sorry that there hasn’t been any updates, but the new seasons are now about to start and the news will come back.  Check back everyday to see if there are updates to the site.  Thanks, from the Sportridersblog.com crew.

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For the 2007 MotoGP season their was 117 crashes, 36 occurred during a race, the rest during practice and qualifying times. Randy de Puniet was the rider with the most crashes this year, having hit the track 12 times. He had the most in 2006 as well with a total of 14, showing a slight increase for the Frenchman. Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner both posted 6 crashes each, a big improvement for the Ausie rider Casey Stoner who had 14 crashes in 2006. Rossi however increased from his 4 crashes in 2006.

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During his month off of testing in December, Hopkins returned to America, more specifically Las Vegas and the Hard Rock Hotel, and tied the knot with his fiancee Ashleigh. Colin Edwards attended along with a few other MotoGP riders. The happy newly married couple will spend their honeymoon in French Polynesia so Hopkins will be ready for testing to resume for 2008 in Sepang.

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