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Cycle News 2006 Issue 22 June 7

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silverrrons ci.cuir Silwe15rone. Englond Rourld 5 .Iidy 28, 2.)06 Toseland made up seven places on one lap, but Barros, a notoriously bad srarter and with an iffy clutch on his second bike, was lTth at the end of the first lap, some six seconds from leader Haga. Corser crashed on lap two, at the tight woodcote Chicane, and eventually restart- ed, dead last, Xaus set a new lap record on the third circuit, a l:25.847, from founh place. The leading four were leaving Muggeridge until Toseland passed his teammate on lap four, as Pitt did it before the end of the fourth lap. Hill, having to do something special to pass Kagayama, cracked it and started to make up ground to the leaders, sitling in ninth place for a while. Corser pulled out on hp fou( his race run. Xaus, in third place, looked as though he would pass Bayliss, and at Abbey he smashed past the Aussie and held it on line to sit second, Despite his pass he still took a new lap record again, and almost as fast as Gregorio Lavilla's British Superbike record, set on Dunlops. With Toseland slowing to set a l:28.2, Pilt went past him, until Toseland scored fifth again on lap eight. G Local EoU Makes Eood It was a happy day for two out of three of the lo

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