World Superbike Championships: Suzuki Dominates again

Norick Abe again showed speed and promise and crashed in the first race trying to pass Chris Vermeulen for second spot with less than two laps to go.

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Corser again, giving him five wins from six starts so far this year.

Kagayama goes 'oh so close' to joining the spectators during race two.

Corser played for the final laps of both races, drifting, wheelying and smoking the bags u...

Nori Haga was Yamaha's best on the day with fifth and fourth.

Andrew PItt has had appalling luck so far this season, having been a contender in almost e...

Still the scariest bloke out there - Chili rode his usual gutsy race, with a pinned collar...

Laconi still sits fourth in the title despite not starting a race at Valencia. Though four...

World Superbike Championships: Suzuki Dominates again

Race one and already Troy Corser is in the lead

MotoGP star Carlos Checa came down to end moral support to the Ducati team

Chili rode himself to exhaustion with a broken collarbone. Once he returns to full fitness...

Neukirchner stretches his new leathers prior to race two

Karl Muggeridge is another due for a change of luck in his first year in Superbikes. Last ...

The end of race two and Troy Corser is congratulated by Chris Walker and Chris Vermeulen

Ben Bostrum showed some speed on the weekend and as his bike gets set up correctly, we may...

Part of the superpole ceremonies with Karl Muggeridge in the spotlight

The rostrum after race one - Vermeulen, Corser and Kagayama

A few seconds on from the race start pic higher on this page - Corser and Pitt are already...

The promising Neukirchner had a dreadful weekend, crashing on the first lap of race one, a...

Chris Vermeulen has emerged as the main threat to a Suzuki championship win. His four wins...

Toseland tried, but the best he could do on the day was an eighth place

Ducati has built a special two-seater for demonstration and promotional purposes. Fancy a ...

Back in Europe and the familiar race transporters return to the paddock

If he had a duck, it would drown - poor James Toseland has had the most wretched beginning...

Katsuaki Fujiwara (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) second, Ronald ten Kate (Team Manager ...

Katsuaki Fujiwara (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) second, Sebastien Charpentier (Winston...

Katsuaki Fujiwara rode his ten kate Honda 600 all the way to the rear wheel of his team ma...

Thirty eight year old Kevin Curtain continues to ride like the wind, putting his Yamaha R6...

Article Summary

April 24, 2005 World Superbike Championship leader Troy Corser raced his Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSX-R1000 to a double race victory at the third round in Valencia today as his main rivals dropped away in the championship chase. Only Honda CBR1000RR-mounted Chris Vermeulen and Corser’s Suzuki team-mate Yukio Kagayama now look to stand any chance of remaining in touch with the runaway points leader. In the World SuperSport race, Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR team again streeted the field.

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