Lanzi And Haga Take Wins in Valencia World Superbikes
Lorenzo Lanzi (RG Ducati) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) took the wins in a spectacular day of action at Valencia in front of 60,000 spectators, a record attendance for World Superbikes at the Spanish circuit.

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Lorenzo Lanzi (RG Ducati) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) took the wins in a spectacular day of action at Valencia in front of 60,000 spectators, a record attendance for World Superbikes at the Spanish circuit. Race 1: Carlos Checa (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) and Max Neukirchner (Suzuki Alstare) were the protagonists of the first race. Neukirchner led every lap from pole position until the final corner, when Checa dived inside, but the Spaniard crashed and took his German rival down with him. Neukirchner suffered a broken left collarbone in the incident and failed to take part in race 2, while Checa remounted to finish fifth. The win went to Lorenzo Lanzi, the third in his career, after he passed Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) with one lap to go. Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki Alstare) were third and fourth, while Haga crashed out on lap 4 and Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) finished out of the points in sixteenth place. “For me it’s a fantastic result” declared Lanzi. “We worked very well throughout the weekend to get this result. The team is a new one in World Superbikes this year and it’s difficult for us. It was a hard-fought race today, Troy is a world champion and is very fast but you need a bit of good luck in racing and I certainly had it today.” Race 2: Bayliss led for seven laps but was passed by Checa. The Honda man then had a electrical problem on lap 12 and both he and Troy were passed by Haga on lap 12. The Japanese rider was able to hold off Bayliss until the end to take his first win of the year. Bayliss’s two second places increased his championship lead to 48 points over Nieto, who could only manage fourth and tenth today. Kiyonari (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) took his best result of the season in fourth, ahead of Corser, Kagayama, Xaus and Biaggi, who rode a heroic race to finish eighth. “Of course I am very happy for this result” declared Haga.”It was a fast race and unlike the first I actually had a good feeling with the bike. I lost the front and crashed with my first bike in race 1 and had to use my second bike for this one. Honestly today I was quite surprised for the win, but we know which is our problem and the team improvised and found the solutions to let me take the win. World Superbike - Valencia Race One Result 1 - Lorenzo Lanzi - R.G. Team - 37'01.894 2 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Xerox Team - 37'04.881 3 - Troy Corser - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 37'09.181 4 - Fonsi Nieto - Team Suzuki Alstare - 37'13.886 5 - Carlos Checa - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 37'14.718 6 - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 37'15.019 7 - Gregorio Lavilla - Ventaxia VK Honda - 37'15.085 8 - Régis Laconi - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 37'15.800 9 - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 37'19.148 10 - Roberto Rolfo - Hannspree Honda Althea - 37'20.500 11 - Nakatomi Shinichi - YZF Yamaha - 37'21.752 12 - Kenan Sofuoglu - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. - 37'25.244 13 - Russell Holland - D.F. Racing - Bertocchi - 37'25.471 14 - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing by Grifo's - 37'25.976 15 - David Checa - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 37'28.505 16 - Max Biaggi - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 37'43.062 17 - Ayrton Badovini - Team Pedercini - 37'46.299 18 - Luca Morelli - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 37'58.939 19 - Ortiz Diego Lozano - Honda Joe Darcey - 38'07.067 20 - Loic Napoleone - Grillini PBR Team - 37'33.689 Not Classified RT - Max Neukirchner - Team Alstare Suzuki - 35'15.897 RT - Ruben Xaus - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 17'20.307 RT - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 14'37.577 RT - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 6'34.235 RT - Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 4'52.502 RT - Yukio Kagayama - Team Suzuki Alstare - 4'54.706 RT - Carmelo Morales - L'Oreal Men Expert Laglisse - 4'58.891 RT - Sébastien Gimbert - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 1'45.886 RT - Sergio Fuertes - Team Suzuki Motorrad - 1'46.016 RT - Shuhei Aoyama - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 1'46.540 World Superbikes – Valencia Race Two Result Pos – Rider – Team - Time 1- Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 37'03.759 2 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Xerox Team - 37'05.310 3 - Carlos Checa - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 37'06.662 4 - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 37'11.036 5 - Troy Corser - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 37'11.810 6 - Yukio Kagayama - Team Suzuki Alstare - 37'12.982 7 - Ruben Xaus - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 37'13.923 8 - Max Biaggi - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 37'14.373 9 - Régis Laconi - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 37'20.993 10 - Fonsi Nieto - Team Suzuki Alstare - 37'21.859 11 - Gregorio Lavilla - Ventaxia VK Honda - 37'22.047 12 - Lorenzo Lanzi - R.G. Team - 37'22.585 13 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 37'25.529 14 - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing by Grifo's - 37'26.631 15 - Kenan Sofuoglu - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. - 37'28.983 16 - Shinichi Nakatomi - YZF Yamaha - 37'29.060 17 - Roberto Rolfo - Hannspree Honda Althea - 37'29.268 18 - David Checa - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 37'29.374 19 - Russell Holland - D.F. Racing - Bertocchi - 37'30.262 20 - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 37'38.930 21 – Ayrton Badovini - Team Pedercini - 37'57.383 22 - Ortiz Lozano - Honda Joe Darcey - 37'58.431 23 - Luca Morelli - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 38'04.296 24 - Shuhei Aoyama - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 38'28.711 25 - Carmelo Morales - L'Oreal Men Expert Laglisse - 37'44.756 Not Classified RT - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 11'26.235 RT - Loic Napoleone - Grillini PBR Team - 10'55.039 Championship Points After Race Two 1 - T. Bayliss - 128 2 - F. Nieto - 80 3 - T. Corser - 72 4 - C. Checa - 72 5 - R. Xaus - 68 6 - N. Haga - 47 7 - M. Biaggi - 44 8 - L . Lanzi - 42 9 - M. Neukirchner - 39 10 - M. Fabrizio - 37 11 - G. Lavilla - 32 12 - R. Kiyonari - 30 13 - K. Sofuoglu - 22 14 - K. Muggeridge - 20 15 - Y. Kagayama - 18 16 - R. Rolfo - 18 17 - J. Smrz - 17 18 - R. Laconi - 16 19 - M. Tamada - 13 20 - R. Holland - 10
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