Australian MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner romped to his second win in a week at the Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday while Spain's Dani Pedrosa seized the overall lead from Valentino Rossi.

Ducati's Stoner, runaway winner at Donington Park in Britain last Sunday, was again in a race of his own at the Assen circuit as he powered from pole position to his third victory of the season.

Pedrosa was second on a Honda...

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Slow-talking Bruce Anstey, who never says three words when one would be sufficient, will be looking to grab the glory as the countdown begins today to the Ulster Grand Prix, sponsored by the Belfast Telegraph in August.

Already Anstey has chalked up a win at the Isle of Man TT this season and was "robbed" of victory in another race where he had passed the finishing post in first place...

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They came to pay homage to James Toseland at a blustery Donington Park yesterday. But as 88,831 fans drove away at the end of the day’s racing, it was 15-year- old Scott Redding who had turned heads and captured hearts.

The unassuming schoolboy from Gloucestershire became the youngest Grand Prix winner in the 59-year history of the sport by steering his Aprilia to victory in the 125cc class. So shocked was he that when he took the chequered flag, his reaction was born of ignorance of how to celebrate — ‘I thought: “Whoa, what do I do now?” I’d never been in that position before.’...

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In what turned out to be a dream week, the Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing team ended the 2008 Isle of Man TT races victorious in virtually every solo category last week, taking Superbike, Supersport and Superstock wins on their Suzuki GSX-R race machines.

Starting with a perfect result on the first race day (Saturday 31st May), Australian Cameron Donald took his GSX-R1000 to victory in the coveted ...

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Steve Plater rode a scintillating race on Monday to take his maiden victory in the Relentless Supersport Junior TT run over four laps of the 37.73-mile Isle of Man mountain course. But Ian Hutchinson suffered more bad luck as he retired at Sulby Bridge with a blown engine on lap two.

Plater opened his account with a strong 10th place in Saturday’s Dainese...

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Valentino Rossi of Italy won the French Grand Prix on Sunday for his 90th victory in all classes, tying Angel Nieto for second place on the all-time list and moving into the Moto GP overall lead.

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SONOMA -- Ben Spies put together a dominating performance on Saturday, leading the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown at Infineon Raceway from nearly start to finish to earn his third straight Superbike victory of the season.

But Spies' effort on the track was overshadowed by Mat Mladin's outburst after the race, as the six-time AMA champion sounded off on new series owners Daytona Motorsports Group and the changes it has proposed for next season.

"You saw the best riders in America on the best bikes," Mladin told fans as he was being interviewed in the winner's circle. "Hopefully next year you won't see a bunch of piece of crap motorcycles with...


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Finnegan had just won the Open race, his first Tandragee success and his 43rd Irish road race victory, when he suffered fatal injuries in a crash in the Supersport 600cc race.

The Dubliner began his two-wheel career by competing in motocross, cultivating a spectacular style of riding that would go on to thrill many thousands of fans when he moved on to his first love, real road racing...

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MOTORCYCLING supremo Valentino Rossi rode his Yamaha to victory at the China MotoGP today to snap a seven-race winless streak, beating Spain's Dani Pedrosa and Australia's Casey Stoner.

The five-time world champion from Italy completed the Shanghai race, the fourth of the season, in 44min 08.061sec, with Pedrosa's Honda nearly four seconds behind, and Stoner, on a Ducati,...

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Motorcycle groups today welcomed Boris Johnson as new London Mayor – and called on him to keep his promise to let motorcyclists use bus lanes.

Johnson swept to victory with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes compared to 1,028,966 for former Mayor Ken Livingstone – who had flatly refused to open bus lanes to motorcycles despite a...

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