Yamaha Motor Italia’s Ben Spies and Xerox Ducati’s Noriyuki Haga both took home wins during Sunday’s World Superbike motorcycle races at the Circuit van Drenthe in Assen, the Netherlands.
In Race 1, Spies started from pole position aboard his 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 courtesy of Saturday’s Superpole win (his fourth of the year). Spies led the first half of the 22-lap race until Haga and Stiggy Honda CBR1000RR pilot Leon Haslam came flying by pushing him to third. The three riders then began pulling a gap from the rest of the field. As the race wound down to the last few laps, Spies put a move … Details