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Second Place for Pedrosa
Dani Pedrosa finished the Pramac Grand Prix of China in Shanghai in second place, extending his lead in the overall standings. In 250cc KTM celebrated a one-two with Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama.
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Twenty princes and one king
In five or ten years’ time to be a MotoGP monarch and wear the crown of the world’s best motorcycle rider: this is what every rider in the MotoGP Rookies Cup dreams of. At the opening race in Jerez a real king gave the 20 participating talents his best wishes for their goal.
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"My friends won't have any excuse to miss this one"
When the first Red Bull Indianapolis GP takes place on September 14 former World Champion Nicky Hayden won’t have far to travel to get to the circuit. Last weekend on an original 1909 Indian he christened the newly conceived track – where the last motorcycle race was held 99 years ago.
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Twitch hunt
Rio was expecting a showdown between Mat Rebeaud and Dany Torres – and what they got was Jeremy Stenberg’s big day out. Now the bad boy even seems a possible title contender in the Red Bull X-Fighters field. But who actually is the comprehensively tattooed Californian whom everyone calls Twitch?
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"... not a hero, just a down-to-earth guy"
Since 2004, when Dani Pedrosa moved up to the 250cc class, the Austrian Mike Leitner, 45, has been his Chief Mechanic. In an interview the one time 125cc rider talks about ‘his’ rider, his role in the team and relaxed racing Sundays.
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