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Cycle News 2014 Issue 36 September 9

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VOL. 51 ISSUE 36 SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 P55 Pata Honda's Jonathan Rea pushed his way to two strong re- sults again and was pleased to do so having had a new engine spec to use this weekend, with- out any prior testing. With his fourth- and fifth-place finishes, only the third and fourth of Davies was more impressive on what was an Aprilia and Kawa- saki day. With Aprilia and Kawasaki dominating almost all of the past 12 races, anybody inside the top six deserves praise, as they are in a way reaching podium equiva- lency. Thus two sixth places for Eugene Laverty on the Voltcom Crescent Suzuki were good results on a day when cooler weather hurt his cause. The Evo class saw Kawasaki's David Salom the victor in race one after a recent hand opera- tion, and then BMW Motorrad Italia's Sylvain Barrier won the second, after Salom crashed out without injury. In the championship fight, and it is now more of a fight, Sykes >>LORENZO TALKS WORLD SUPERBIKE MotoGP superstar Jorge Loren- zo was in Jerez on Sunday, working as an ambassador for World Super- bike sponsor Alfa Romeo, and he gave a short interview to us about his impressions of the 'other' World Championship. What do you think about World Superbike? The show, the races? Superbike always has been a spectacular sport with lots of overtaking and fights. It is much different than MotoGP, obviously, because they are streetbikes. There is something special in the fact that people can see the riders using bikes that they can buy in the shop. This is very nice. Today has been a blessing for me to share one day with the Superbike paddock and fans because I do not have any pressure and I do not have to race. Obviously, a Sunday without pressure is nice for me. I also saw a lot of riders that I had lots of fights with on track or shared a championship with, but who are in this championship now. [Toni] Elias, [Marco] Melandri, [Claudio] Corti, [Chaz] Davies – a lot of riders I used to share competition with. Maybe Melandri goes back to MotoGP again, and after two wins again in World Superbike at Jerez maybe he can still be a force? Maybe it is possible that Me- landri and I can race together in GP. I asked him today, but he did not have his direction clear yet. What can Dorna do here to make World Superbike more popular? Spain is very difficult for Dorna with Superbike because MotoGP is very popular and the fans are normally thinking too much about MotoGP. In England, Germany, the forces are more equal. Maybe a little bit more MotoGP, but it is not so much different. Here in Spain it is difficult because the tradition of MotoGP is so big. Jorge Lorenzo was a popular spectator at the Jerez round.

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