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Motorcycle Road Racing – Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner ready to commence season-long MotoGP battle
After reclaiming the world title in 2008, Valentino Rossi will be looking for early assertion in his battle against Casey Stoner as the MotoGP season opens in Qatar.
Qatar stages the first race of 2009 on Monday morning (EST) under floodlights at the Losail International Circuit, the first of 17 round to decide who will be king of this year’s premier motorcycle racing class.
And the Rossi- Stoner rivalry will be head-on from race one, in which Rossi will be chasing his first MotoGP race victory after sunset. The Fiat Yamaha rider finished fifth behind Stoner in the corresponding race last year, one of only two races in which he finished off the podium for the year… Details
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