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World S uperb ike Championship R o u nd 5: M on za . It a ly (Above) Ben Bostrom (15 5 ) p erformed better at Monza, fi n ish ing sev enth an d 10th In the two races. Here he leads Aprilia's Alessandro Antonelli (3 0 ) and Gregorio Lavllia (6) . (Left) Ch ill (left) d id his normal post· rac e strip down , giving his leathers an d helmet aw ay to h is home c row d. Edwards seems amused. Yanagawa making what wa s to b e a cl ea n b r ea k f rom S light and C o . again , Bo rj a ( o n lap n in e ) and th en Hag a (on th e 10th ) dr opp ed o ut with m echa n i c al prob lem s. Sli ght was a narrow fifth , bl am i n g Ba y lis s ' late bra k in g f or n o t be i ng ab l e to sha k e h im loose, with Lavill a having bec ome the master of his own litt le uni v er se in sixth, ahead of Bostro m . R A C E TWO t hese m en coul d l i v e w i t h C h i li ' s ch arge to th e front, with a SA · second gap between Ed ward s and Yanagawa by lap six . By this time, Corser rea li zed th at the gam e was a bust, being dropped off the bac k of th e Yanagawa, Slight , Bayl is s an d H a g a g r o u p a n d t h e obscurity of eig hth. B o strom , Lavilla an d Anton ell o wer e indu lgin g in t heir own p riv at e sli pstreaming war in th e m id dle lap s, w ith Ro b ert Ul m j u st be h ind . W ith E d w ar d s t o o k h is reveng e i n ra ce two with a fin e win , holding off h is first ra ce rival Chil i. With only 17 fi nis he rs , th ere w as many a slip with riders and bik es fell ing with almost m on ot on ou s regu lari ty . Bu ssei and Sanchini were the first to go down , at ' th e fi rst chicane , with San ch in i hurtin g and stay in g down for a long ti me . Not long eno ugh to sto p the race, though, whic h had Ed wards and Chi li br eak ing int o a .9 of a second le ad 10 n M AV 3 1 , 2 0 0 0 ' cue I e lEt 'IV S aft er o n ly o ne lap, w ith Cor ser , B ay l i ss, Haga and Ya nagawa right beh ind . A n t on ello was o n h is o wn ahead of Slig ht and Lavill a. On l a p two , B a y l i ss w ent pas t Cor ser and gave it his all to catch th e lea di ng pa ir. Gobert was out by la p three, lasting on e m or e lap th an Ulm. A repeat of rac e one in only the run nin g order of the first two, with Chili go ing for the lead as early as the fourth lap, at the A scari Chic ane. Lavill a' s race was over on lap fiv e as he crashed hard enough to br eak hi s pelvis. One la p late r, Ch il i had gone past Ed wa rds , all th e m o re com preh ensi v el y b ecau se t h ere wa s a su sp i cion t hat Edwards had t eased h im into an overtake o n the o u tside · hardl y and obvious place - and evi dence of the ir slowing p ace wa s p rese n t e d t h e ne xt l a p when l o ne K aw asak i gu nm an Yan agawa blew by them bo t h , having cut their lead to a mere .8 of a seco n d t h e lap befo re . Other s fo llowed in h is sl ip st rea m , in the form o f Hag a, Bayl iss an d Cors er. Bayliss simpl y st unn ed th e pack when he pa ssed four rid ers at th e end of th e ma in st raight , out br aking th e l ot o f th em l ik e th ey wer e b a c km ar k e r s a n d sli p pin g ahea d li ke it was his bir thri gh t. His supremacy was short li ved in deed, as Edward s re -t ook h im for th e lead at the entrance t o As cari. A small gap de veloped as Yanag awa looked to b e slowi ng , as did C h i l i fo r a m oment , although with 11 of the 18 laps been an d gone he seemed to simply be taking a br eather. Just beh ind, Sl ight looked as if he was catching Corser , bu t his envy was to be un requited , w ith Corser in sixt h and Slight in seventh at the flag . Up front, Edward s was at it aga in , ma k in g a h al f sec ond on B a yl i ss , the n .6 o f a second before Ch il i go t go ing aga in , pas sed B a yl i ss and the n proceeded t o ta g onto th e ta il of the Ho nda . B a yl i ss h a d also succu m b e d t o Yanag awa an d a near hig hside out of A sc ari put him o ut o f the po di u m pl aces once and for all . At the fro nt , it was sim pl y a cas e of Chili sitting on Edward s' t ail for the fina l lap, j ust fail ing to draw himself close eno ugh to m ak e his fi n al ma neu v er a p ass on Ed wards . T h e A me ri ca n ' s m arg in o f victory - a mere .0 3 1 of a second . Behind , Yanagawa was a safe third, Bayliss fourth , Haga a slightly redeemed fifth, and Corser a battl ing sixth . Slight , hav ing been ph ysicall y si ck from exe rtion du rin g th e race, was a sh attered seve nth , ahead of Meklau. K at sua ki Fuj iwara was the last man in the to p 10 , leading Bo.stro m , Antonel1 , B art h , Oelschla eger, Isaa cs and 0 the last scorer, Paolo Blora. eN AutDdromD NaziDnale di MD nza MD nza, Italy Results: May Zl , ZOOO SUP ERB IK E Q UALIFYI NG : 1. Colin Edw ard s ( I :46. 2 27 ): 2 . T ro y Cor ser ( 1:46. 5 28 ) : 3 . A kl ra Ye neq e we ( 1:46 .55 1) ; 4 . Pte r-Fren c e s c o Chi li (1 :46 .556); 5. Troy Beyl lss ( 1:46 .707); 6. Norl yu k l Ha ga ( 1:4 7 . 13 1) ; 7 . Robe rt aim (1 :47.354) ; 8 . Vitt oria no Gu eresch l ( 1:47 .796) ; 9. Grego rio Lav ill e. ( 1:4 7. 8 3 1) ; 10 . Be n Bostro m ( 1;48 .0 08 ) ; 11. Haru chik a Aoki (1:48 .036); 12 . Alessand ro Anton e llo ( 1:4 8 . 13 8 ) ; 13 . Andy M ek lau (1: 4 8 . 156): 14 . Kats uaki F ujiwa ra (1 :48 .2 4 1); 15 . J u an Borj a (1 :48. 800 ); 16. Aaron SHght ( 1:46.796 ); 17. Frederic Protat ( 1:48. 256) ; 18. Lu cio Pedercini ( 1:49 . 117 ); 19 . Mauro Sa nc h ini (1 :4 9 . 14 3) ; 20 . Pe ele Blora ( 1:4 9 .2 48 ): 21. Gio v ann i Bus sel ( I :49 .4 8 5 ) ; 22 . J urgen Oeschlaeger (1:49 .609) : 23 . Anthony Gobert ( 1:4 9. 65 4 ) ; 24 . Marco Borci an l ( 1:4 9 .9 7 4 ) : 25 . Markus Barth (1 :50 .457 ); 26. Al essandro Gramig ni ( 1:50.53 1); 27 . 19 Anto nelli ( 1:50 .59 0); 28 . Lanc e 0r Isaacs ( 1:5 1.264 ): 29 . J onnle Ek erold (1 :52.355): 3 0 . Mas s im o d i Silv e stro ( 1:56 .212 ); 31 . Vic t o r Karban ( 1:56.832 ). RA CE O NE: 1. Pie r-Francesco Ch ili (S uz); 2. Co lin Edward s (Hon) ; 3 . Akira Yenaqewe (Ka w) ; 4 . Troy B a y lis s ( D ue ); 5 . Aa ro n Sli gh t ( Ho n) ; 6 . Greg or io Laville (Kaw) ; 7. Ben Bo strom (Due ): 8 . Tray Corser (Apr) ; 9 . Ales s andro Anto ne llo (A pr) ; 10. Robert Ulm (Due); 11. Katsuak i Fujiwara (Suz) ; 12. Vittoriano Gu areschi (Yam); 13 . Mauro Sanchini (Due); 14. Giovanni Bu sse! (Kaw); 15. Markus Barth (Yam ); 16 . Alessandro Grami gn i (Yam): 17. Frederic Protat (Due ); 18 . J urge n Oeschlaeger (Ya m ); 19 . Pao lo B lora (D ue) ; 20 . Lance Isaacs ( Due ): 21. Marco Borciani (Due); 22 . Anth ony Gobert (Bim ); 23 . Jennie Eker eld (Hen). RA CE TWO: 1. Colin Edw ard s ( Hon ); 2. Pier France sco Chili (Suz); 3. Ak ira Yanagawa (Kaw ); 4 . Troy Bay liss (Due) ; 5. Nor iyuki Haga (Yam ); 6. Troy Corser (Apr): 7 . Aaron Slight (Han): 8. An dy Mek lau (Due); 9 . Kats uaki Fujiwara (Suz); 10. Ben Bo strom (D ue ); 11. A lessandro Antonello (A pr); 12. Marku s Bart h (Yam) ; 13 . Ju rgen O eseh laeger ( Yam ); 14 . Lance Isaacs (D ue); 15. Paolo Blora (Due) ; 16. Igor Antonelli (Kaw); 17. Jonnie Ekerold (Hon) . WO RLD SUPERBIK E C' SHIP POINT ST ANDINGS (A ft er 5 of 13 ro unds ): 1. Co li n Ed wa rds (1 64 /3 wins); 2. Noriy uk i Hoga ( 141/1) ; 3. Pier-Fr ancesco Ch ili ( 140/1) ; 4. Tro y Co rser (95 /1): 5 . A kl ra Yanagawa (79); 6. Gregorio Lavilla (69); 7. Hit oy asu Izuts u (5 0 /2); 8 . Ben Bo st rom ( 45) ; 9 . Kat suak i Fuj iwara (42); 10. Neil Hodgson (4 1/1) ; 11. Antho ny Gobert (36/1); C",I Foga rty (36 ): Aa ron Sll9h t (36): 14. A ndy Meklau (3 4) ; 15. Haruehika Aok i (32) . Upcomi ng Rounds Round 6 - Hockenheim, Germany, June 4 Round 7 - Misano, Italy. June 18

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