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Ductalk: What's Up In The World Of Ducati
Ducati News Roundup  Curated by Vicki Smith for Ducati.net |
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Valentino Rossi is the only motorcycle racer present on a Forbes top ten list for the highest earning Motorsport competitors..
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If you haven’t heard of Riders for Health, it is the official charity of MotoGP, and also happens to be Asphalt & Rubber‘s favorite cause to support. Last year I had the supreme opportunity to attend Rider’s biggest fundraising event, the Day of Champions, which was held the Thursday before the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. While unfortunately I missed this year’s event (David and Scott got to attend though), I was very pleased to hear that British MotoGP fans raised £216,249 (over $336,000) for the charity.
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Valentino Rossi believes Cal Crutchlow's chances of success at Ducati will depend largely on whether the Italian factory can 'raise the level' of its Desmosedici motorcycle.
Rossi endured the only winless seasons of his career at Ducati during 2011 and 2012, prompting a return to the official Yamaha team.
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Dainese are releasing a brand new film starring three motorcycle legends and a very exclusive race circuit in Tavullia, Italy.
On a sunny summer day, Supermoto World Champion Thomas Chareyre and road racing icon Guy Martin visited nine-times World Champion Valentino Rossi on his private Motor Ranch near Tavullia.
Despite coming from different disciplines, the trio battled on their bikes and bonded off them, exchanging styles and ideas, and ultimately uniting by a simple love of two wheels.
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Valentino Rossi's Ducati MotoGP bikes will the headlining act at a classic bike festival at Donington Park over the weekend of August 11 alongside Loris Capirossi's Desmosedici. -
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What to do? This beautifully written editorial is drawn from the perspective of a journalist but makes no effort to hide the love and sadness of a true fan looking at the potential end of an era....
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Another Italian GP at Mugello, and another special AGV helmet for Valentino Rossi.
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Picks battle with Capirossi and the Ducati in 2006
"It is the only time in my career that I don't remember the last lap" - Valentino Rossi..
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Wrinkly Rumours 2 - How Long is Rossi For MotoGP?
Two weeks ago, we exclusively broke the latest MotoGP rumor, gossip and fantasy analysis from Jerez via my unsurpassed network of aged GP groupies - who just happen to have very good connections in the Grand Prix world.
Fourteen days is a long time in GP racing and many things, it seems, have moved on. First, let me deal with the rumor which other, less well informed, fantasists are brokering: Cal Crutchlow riding a Suzuki.
Younger journalists, without the wrinkly connections, are writing about this as if it is a done deed and Crutchlow has already put pen to paper. This is utter, complete and total tosh and nonsense and not worthy of even a decent fantasy.
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Formula One icon Lewis Hamilton has opened up about one of his secret loves, MotoGP and motorbikes.
In his latest column for BBC Sport, the 2008 champion explained that he has always had a passion for motorbikes from a very early age.
He explained that every Christmas as a child he would always ask for a motorcycle but his dad said they were "too dangerous" and bought me a go-kart instead.
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Kind of funny, story about him meeting Rossi. Even heros have heros...
Lewis shares his passion for motorbikes and motoGP . . .
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Perhaps we deluded ourselves, two months ago, when in Qatar he played a race in his usual style. But it was justifiable, Rossi had brought the sun under the artificial lights, it wasn’t the final second place to make us think he was finally back, but how he achieved it. A remounting race, made of overtakings, the struggle with Marc Marquez. While riding the Doctor was lissom, he didn’t fight against the motorcycle like in the previous two years but finally he rode it. Austin had tempered attitutes, as we expected . As Crutchlow also noted, the boy from Pesaro needs time to assimilate the new circuits and Texas should have remained an isolated event. Because Europe was arriving.
Read more: http://www.gpone.com/en/2013052110266/Valentino-Rossi-from-Doctor-to-patient.html#ixzz2U7dDGb8s
Very well presented article on the state of Rossi today...
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When last year the Ducati has decided to bet on Dovizioso to start a new path in MotoGP, after Rossi's goodbye, many wondered if that was the best choice. The rider from Forlì seemed a to similar rider to his predecessor, grown up on the Japanese bikes, like Rossi first with Honda, then with Yamaha and with a style too clean for Desmodieci. In few words, not someone like Stoner,able to ride in a totally opposite way and, teorically, more suitable to the Red. Besides, he didn't have the curriculum of his predecessor, only a victory in the premier class but on his side he had a widely recognised high sensibility and ability as a tester .
Dovi surprised, he threw himself headlong into the new adventure, he didn't let himself to be demoralized by the news that he would have started the season with the 'old' material , which is something that would have discouraged more than one of his collegues. He has been able to stand out in the garage, as a leader should do, without arguing but not surrending or complaining too much. We saw the results and he would deserved without any doubt the podium at Le Mans.
Read more: http://www.gpone.com/en/2013052210273/Rossi-and-Dovizioso-compete-on-the-Ducati.html#ixzz2U5Nv7qxD
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Valentino Rossi lapped quick enough to be in the top half of the NASCAR Nationwide Series field as he tried Kyle Busch's Toyota stock car in a promotional event for sponsor Monster Energy Drinkon Monday.
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Seven-time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi made waves late last week when he told English media that Ducati never made substantial progress during his ill-fated two-year tenure with the team because team management didn't trust his criticism of the GP11 and GP12.
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Valentino Rossi has revealed more about his fractious relationship with Ducati in MCN's exclusive new interview (out on Wednesday).The 34-year-old's comments throw new light on the team's inability to make progress back up the grid – a problem he says stems from their inability to trust its riders when they point out a problem with the bike.
Huh? The Japanese LIKE criticism??? We remain fans of Rossi but find ourselves wondering how he knows so little about the nature of being Italian...
Looking foward to the full interview
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Valentino Rossi’s high-profile return to Yamaha has raised more than a few famous eyebrows, not just in his homeland but all over the world. Many want to be him, or at least boast such motorcycle-riding talents.
Is this the Best.Cover.Ever? It hit the stands the same day Pope Francis was elected. Talk about Crazy Perfect Timing.
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Luca Marini rumoured to be in line for a debut Moto3 appearance at the San Marino Grand Prix.
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Valentino Rossi failed to come to grips with the Ducati Desmosedici during his ill-fated two-year stint on Borgo Panigale because Rossi couldn't adapt to the bike's unique riding style, new Ducati boss Bernhard Gobmeier said to English media.
Seven-time MotoGP World Champion Rossi fled back to Yamaha this season after a disastrous spell with Ducati. He scored no victories and just three podium finishes in two seasons. Retired World Champion Casey Stoner is the only rider who has produced consistent success with both the trellis- and carbon fiber-framed Ducati machines, winning 23 races and the 2007 World Championship for the team between 2007-10.
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Valentino Rossi was unable to master Ducati’s fearsome Desmosedici machine because the bike behaved in a way that was totally alien to the riding style the nine-times world champion honed for almost two decadesMotoGP paddock.
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Editor's Note: This continues a series counting down the top 15 stories in MotoGP in 2012, as determined by the Soup staff.
This was the year Valentino Rossi was supposed to sprinkle his magic pixie dust at Ducati. Instead, clouds of smoke and ash were the only matter floating in his garage after the 2012 MotoGP season.
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Jorge Lorenzo feels Ducati's struggles over the past two MotoGP seasons have masked 2013 Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi's true pace
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It’s the Valencia MotoGP test in November, 2010 and the wave of optimism sweeping through Ducati’s factory garage is so powerful it could almost knock you off your feet..
Livio Suppo weighs in on the transfer of Preziosi off the team...
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(Merry Christmas everybody!for this special day we prepared the new YouTube 46 channel with a lot of funny video!
Merry Christmas from Valentino Rossi, he ups the new YouTube 46 channel. Lots of good footage of Rossi, friends and family at his MotoRanch
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Motorcycle racing legend Giacomo Agostini believes it is inevitable that Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi will renew hostilities over the course of the 2013 MotoGP season.
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