World Superbike Championship
Round 8: Misano Adriatico
By GORDON RITCHIE
PHOTOS BY GOLD £, GOOSE
SAN MARINO,ITALY, J(]NE 23
~ r. Immaculate conceived yet
\'iJ1J again at Misano, his big twin giving birth to another set of matching
winner's silverware. Or, in other
words, World Champion Troy Bayliss
and his Infostrada Ducati scored their
12th and 13th race wins of the 2002
season, in the somewhat comfortable
fashion we have come to recognize
since his first race win at Valencia on
March 10.
Both his latest triumphs were
achieved in the same manner as
usual. Let someone else start faster
(he was on pole again, after all) but
never allow them a safe cushion to
hide behind, before jumping ahead,
setting a gap and sticking to it all the
way to the final-lap celebration over
the line.
(Topi World Champion Troy Bayliss (11
wheelies off the line In the first of two
World Superblke races In Misano.
Italy. Ben Bostrom (1551. Neil Hodgson
(1001. Ruben Xaus ("1 and the rest of
the Superbike field give chase.
(Leftl Bayliss was the man of the
meeting once again. winning both
races in his normal. Immaculate
fashion.
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3, 2002·
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