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Sunday, 17 June 2007 |
Misano Adriatico (Italy), Sunday 17 June: The Suomy racer Troy Bayliss (Ducati) bounced back into championship contention with a brilliant double win at a baking hot Misano World Circuit in front of 68,000 spectators. Troy had a terrific battle in race 1 before taking the win , with Troy Corser, Noriyuki Haga and the other Suomy rider Max Biaggi who crashed together with Haga.during the last laps.
In the second race of the day Bayliss led every lap from start to finish to hold off the challenge of Haga. With The British Suomy Toseland (Honda) only finishing fourth and sixth, Bayliss now moves into second place in the standings, 21 points behind the championship leader.
"That's exactly what we needed and exactly what I wanted" declared Troy Bayliss. "Misano is a very special place for me to come and win here for all the Italians. There's not much more to say, we changed one click for the second race just to make me a little bit more comfortable on the bike. I did some really fast laps and saw that Nori wasn't making any ground, I thought of letting him past to do some of the work but I've done that before and it didn't work so I really put my head down for a while and managed to get a little gap, then I could take it easy towards the end. I'm very happy for all our team and all our sponsors, it's been a great journey back towards the front of the field and we leave here hopeful for the rest of the year. Unfortunately I got the Australian flag caught in the clutch on the cool-down lap and stalled the bike like an amateur! I was lucky to get a ride back, but all is well and I'm happy! “
RACE 1: 1. Bayliss 2. Corser; 3. Kagayama 4. Toseland; 5. Rolfo; 6. Lanzi; 7. Laconi.
RACE 2: 1. Bayliss; 2. Haga; 3. Biaggi; 4. Kagayama; 5. Corser; 6. Toseland; 7. Xaus; 8. Rolfo; etc.CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS (after 8 of 13 rounds): Riders - 1. Toseland 260; 2. Bayliss 239; 3. Haga 234; 4. Biaggi 217; 5. Corser 182; 6. Lanzi 133; etc. |
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