© Exposure. A Triumph Daytona 675 powered by bioethanol fuel today reached an astonishing track speed of 158.7 mph at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground! The biofuel used for this groundbreaking initiative was produced from windfall apples by A-level students from a local school.

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© FGSport. Series leader Troy Bayliss, who was due to arrive in Assen yesterday for the Dutch Round of the championship, suffered a major scare last wednesday when he crashed on his bicycle while training in Monte Carlo, and came away with cuts and grazes and a sore back in the process. The Aussie will have a check-up at the Clinica Mobile but will be fit to race this weekend.

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© J. van Oers. The longest timed section of the rally had plenty of surprises in store today, with in particular a deluge of penalties in the bike category. Casteau scored another stage victory, boasting a lead of 4'39" over the Chilean Francisco Lopez in the general standings.

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Rizla Suzuki MotoGP has released the first images of the 2008 Suzuki GSV-R accompanied by a technical specification and interviews with the machine's riders, Chris Vermeulen and Loris Capirossi.

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© Fiat Yamaha Team. Yamaha Motor Company Ltd. and Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. marked the second year of their MotoGP partnership today, at the official 2008 Fiat Yamaha Team Launch in Turin, Italy. The presentation was hosted by Italian TV star Simona Ventura and took place at the historic Lingotto building, which was Fiat's car factory from 1923 until 1982.

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Tech 3 Yamaha has announced the signing of James Toseland for the 2008 season.

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© FIM. Suzuki Yoshimura with Jomo 34 put an end to a series of ten victories by Honda at Suzuka today.

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© FGsport. Spaniard Ruben Xaus (Ducati Sterilgarda) has already won an SBK this season and he forced his name to the top of another results sheet at Vallelunga, after scoring the fastest time in the official tests.

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© Repsol Media Service. The early promise of the weekend remained unfulfilled for the Repsol Honda Team at Donington Park on Sunday as the British Grand Prix was affected by rain.

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© Dean Treml/Red Bull Photofiles. Frenchman Cyril Despres has been the ultimate winner of the 2007 Red Bull Romaniacs Hard Enduro Rally, his third victory in this tough event in Romania's Carpathian Mountains.

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© HANNspree Ten Kate Honda. In addition to its successful title sponsorship campaign with the British Superbike Championship, Bennetts, the UK's number one for bike insurance is going global with an exciting SBK Superbike World Championship programme.

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© Double Red. John McGuinness scorched to his 12th TT victory when he took today's delayed 6-lap Superbike race, coming home ahead of young rivals Guy Martin and Ian Hutchinson.

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© Repsol Media Service. The opening 800cc practice sessions for the Alice Grand Prix of Italy got underway in a day of two halves in Mugello.

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{IMGCOD010594Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi finished today's first two practice sessions at Mugello fourth and ninth fastest overall.

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© Yamaha Racing. The sixth round of the MotoGP World Championship welcomes the Fiat Yamaha Team to their ‘home' circuit of Mugello this weekend and the mouth-watering prospect of another classic race at the legendary venue.

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© Ducati Corse. The Silverstone race weekend kicked off in dry conditions but by the time the first qualifying session had started lunchtime rains had left a wet track for all 21 riders to contend with.

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© HANNspree Ten Kate Honda. It is only apt that the former airfield circuit of Silverstone will have its weekend on-track action publicised by an aerobatic display at nearby Sywell Aerodrome on the Thursday proceeding race weekend proper.

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BSB Champ Ryuichi Kiyonari moved ahead in the Bennetts British Superbike title stakes as he completed a winning double in the fifth round at Snetterton finishing ahead of his HM Plant Honda team-mate Jonathan Rea in each of the races at the Norfolk circuit.

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