Capirossi sees off Rossi in Japan
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Loris Capirossi retains his Japanese Grand Prix title, but Valentino Rossi closes the gap on championship leader Nicky Hayden.
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Valentino Rossi reflected positively on the first day of qualifying at the Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix despite being relegated from provisional pole position to third place by Makoto Tamada and Sete Gibernau right at the end of the session.
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Yesterday&#39;s MotoGP race at Estoril in Portugal proved to be a turning point, as the challenge from Honda riders Gibernau and Biaggi faded,whilst Yamaha&#39;s Valentino Rossi scored a crucial victory.
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BRNO (Czech Republic): World champion Valentino Rossi is 22 points clear in the title race but the Yamaha rider will not be taking it easy at this weekendâs Czech Grand Prix.
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Newly-crowned world MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has admitted his surprise at winning the title in his first year with new team Yamaha.
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Valentino Rossi began his attempt to clinch the MotoGP world championship here in Australia tomorrow by taking provisional pole position in yesterday&#39;s one-hour qualifying session on this 2.76-mile circuit near Melbourne.
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After a season full of races labelled &#39;significant&#39; or a &#39;turning point&#39;, Sunday&#39;s Malaysian Grand Prix looks to have been the real thing: Valentino Rossi&#39;s victory, combined with seventh for Sete Gibernau, means that the Italian now has one hand on
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Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau will go head to head in the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, and they began the battle by dominating the first qualifying session at Phillip Island this afternoon.
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Valentino Rossi was content to settle for second place in the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi after moving a step closer to his fourth consecutive world championship.
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World champion Valentino Rossi will be unbeatable in Sunday&#39;s Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, according to Australian Troy Bayliss.
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Max Biaggi, top, takes a tumble on lap one as Valentino Rossi rides on ahead of Loris Capirossi at Estoril. Picture:AFP. The amazing Valentino Rossi roadshow rolls on, and the flamboyant Italian now seems set
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Newly-crowned world champion Valentino Rossi expects his Yamaha factory bike will be faster next season to meet the challenges of Honda.
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Italy&#39;s Valentino Rossi, riding a Yamaha, won the Portuguese MotoGP race for the fourth year in a row to close on the world championship crown.
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Former champion Valentino Rossi was quickest in the second free practice for the Catalan MotoGP on Friday while local favorite Dani Pedrosa set the early pace and then crashed spectacularly.
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Decimo tempo per Valentino Rossi nel warm up della Motogp del Gp del Qatar. Il piÃ¹ veloce &egrave; s...
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Valentino Rossi ha ottenuto il miglior tempo nella prima sessione di prove della categoria MotoGP su...
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NO track is further from home for motorcycle racing star Valentino Rossi but the Italian could not pick a circuit where he feels more comfortable than the windswept Phillip Island as he chases a historic sixth world championship.