AUSTRALIAN CASEY STONER will be sidelined for the next three MotoGP events to help him overcome a mystery virus that has plagued his performance in recent races.

The former World Champion has struggled to overcome bouts of fatigue since the Catalunya Grand Prix in Barcelona, where a visibly distressed Stoner had difficulty dismounting his motorcycle.

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2007 WORLD CHAMPION Casey Stoner’s mid-season slump has continued after a disappointing performance in the British MotoGP at Donington Park.
Stoner finished a lap down in 14th place and was the second last bike to cross the line after he was punished for an early tyre gamble which ultimately proved costly.
With the race declared a wet [...]

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CASEY STONER has been diagnosed with mild anaemia after the Australian underwent medical testing in the United States to determine the cause of his recent bouts of illness and exhaustion.

The 2007 MotoGP World Champion has struggled with his physical fitness since the Catalunya Grand Prix, when a visibly exhausted Stoner struggled to dismount his motorcycle [...]

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AUSTRALIAN STAR CASEY STONER is set to undergo further medical testing after again struggling with illness at the Laguna Seca round of the MotoGP championship.

The 2007 World Champion has struggled with a mystery ailment since the Catalunya Grand Prix, fading in the last three events with an onset of fatigue.

While the illness wasn’t the sole [...]

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AUSTRALIAN CASEY STONER has taken the lead in the MotoGP championship after clinching a rain-affected Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, recording his second win of the season.
The Australian broke Valentino Rossi’s seven-year stranglehold on the event, benefitting after pitting from a switch to a softer slick tyre than his rivals.
After starting from second on the [...]

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Photo by Ty Dany.

Australian Troy Bayliss will make a surprise return to motorbike racing after reportedly accepting a role with Ducati to test the team’s MotoGP bike.

Bayliss retired late last year after securing his third World Superbike Championship, returning to Australia with the intention of launching a career in V8 Supercars.

While he was linked with [...]

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Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo has secured the second premier class win of his career, leading home Yamaha team mate Valentino Rossi at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Rossi made a stunning start to the race, establishing an early advantage over the opposition before Lorenzo clawed his way back, bouncing back from a shaky start to win by 1.304 [...]

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News from Bologna friends is that Ducati’s ’supernaked’ Streetfighter has been voted the “best-looking bike at the 2008 Milan show”. True, it’s as pleasing to the eye as Mariacarla Boscono’s left tit… (she’s the supermodel friends, the gorgeous Dolores keeps The Dirk appraised of things in the world of high-flying fashion)… but it also goes [...]

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It’s been a huge week for Ducati, with multiple model and update announcements. In fact, there has been such a plethora of Ducati news, that our very own Dirk B went three hours without thinking about breasts, and that’s never happened before.

Next cab off the Ducati rank is the 2009 Multistrada family of sport bikes. [...]

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Do you ever gaze around the room friends and look at all the things you’d like to sell? Like the neighbour’s kid, the one who is always fishing around in your fridge or sitting in your chair. (”Yo… just checkin’, got anything to eat?”)

It’s a wonderful thing eBay, point at anything in any room, and [...]

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Remember the 70’s? What a decade. Big cars, rough bars and stylish bikes. A good decade is one you can barely remember for all the right reasons. Fortunately, Ducati remember the 70’s. It is in fact the inspiration behind its SportClassic range: a family of bikes that recreate the original minimalist style from the ‘Café [...]

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"A pure concentrate of lightness, power, design and exclusivity…" That’s Ducati marketing-speak for the new Ducati Monster 1100 and 1100 S. And that’s why ‘marketing departments’ were invented, friends: to see how many unlikely, meaningless and unrelated words can be squeezed into a single sentence without actually saying anything. It’s about as [...]

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