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First qualifying: Supersport and Superstock

12 May 2004

Supersport: 1) Muggeridge 1:51.939. 2) Foret 1:53.166. 3) Charpentier 1:53.159. 4) Vd Goorbergh 1:53.694. 5) Lanzi 1:53.698. 6) Curtain 1:54.235. 7) Chambon 1:54.521. 8) Parkes 1:54.529. 9) Migliorati 1:54.576. 10) Kellner 1:54.617. 11) Fujiwara 1:54.617. 12) Gugovaz 1:54.846. 13) Hanson 1:55.101. 14) Iannuzzo 1:55.164. 15) Bussei 1:55.215. 16) Neukirchner 1:55.278. 17) Guareschi 1:55.323. 18)...

Supermoto title fight hits Three Sisters

12 May 2004

Supermoto title fight hits Three Sisters

The MCN-backed British Supermoto Championship thunders into Greater Manchester on May 16 for a spectacular festival of sideways sliding factory-bike action. Three Sisters race circuit in...

Join the party at the MX GP

12 May 2004

Join the party at the MX GP

This month’s British Motocross GP is expected to attract 20,000 riders to Gore Basin on the Isle of Wight. The event is on May 29-30 and is the first British motocross GP in four years. MCN is helping...

Gibernau wins Le Mans MotoGP

12 May 2004

Sete Gibernau passed early leader Carlos Checa and stayed clear of the drama behind him to take the French GP at Le Mans today, Sunday May 16. Checa surprised many by out-qualifying Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi but proved his grid position was justified by leading the race from the start, and eventually finishing in second place. Rossi, meanwhile, was unable to take third from Max Biaggi,...

Free practice: 250cc and 125cc

12 May 2004

250cc free practice: 1) Porto 1:38.862. 2) Nieto 1:38.930. 3) Pedrosa 1:39.110. 4) De Puniet 1:39.533. 5) Poggiali 1:39.536. 6) De Angelis 1:39.794. 7) Rolfo 1:39.802. 8) Elias 1:39.990. 9) Battaini 1:40.018. 10) Guintoli 1:40.379. 11) Debon 1:40.407. 12) Aoyama 1:40.533. 13) Matsudo 1:40.706. 14) Davies 1:40.892. 15) Nigon 1:40.922. 16) Olive 1:41.156. 17) West 1:41.214 18) Bataille 1:41.226 19)...

Here’s looking at you…

12 May 2004

Here’s looking at you…

Watch how her eyes seem to follow you around the room….

Show us your pom-poms

12 May 2004

Show us your pom-poms

It’s not often girls get their pom-poms out for us

One last chance…

12 May 2004

One last chance…

We thought you might appreciate one last glimpse of this beauty

Laconi does Monza double

12 May 2004

Regis Laconi has won both races at the World Superbike round at Monza today, May 16. The Frenchman completed a one-two with team-mate James Toseland in race one, but the pair found themselves split by Chris Vermuelen on the Honda in race two. However, the Australian rider was later excluded when the tilt-switch was found not to work. The switch is a safety measure and should cut the engine when a...

Laconi does Monza WSB double

12 May 2004

Laconi does Monza WSB double

Regis Laconi has won both races at the World Superbike round at Monza today, May 16. The Frenchman completed a one-two with team-mate James Toseland in race one, but the pair found themselves split by...

Cheery on a Monday morning

12 May 2004

Cheery on a Monday morning

It’s not often you get to see a pretty, smiling face first thing on a Monday morning

Sent to Coventry?

12 May 2004

Sent to Coventry?

All the mechanics secretly wanted to be the brolly girl

Biaggi fastest in Le Mans free practice

12 May 2004

Biaggi fastest in Le Mans free practice

Max Biaggi has gone fastest in free practice this morning, Friday May 14, for the Le Mans GP on Sunday, recording a new lap record in the process. The Italian Honda rider recorded a fastest time of...

Laconi takes provisional pole

12 May 2004

Laconi takes provisional pole

Regis Laconi has taken provisional pole for the Monza round of the World Superbike championship on Sunday. The Frenchman recorded a time of 1:48.701, putting him ahead of Pierfrancesco Chili, and...

Gibernau wins French GP

12 May 2004

Gibernau wins French GP

Sete Gibernau passed early leader Carlos Checa and stayed clear of the drama behind him to take the French GP at Le Mans today, Sunday May 16. Checa surprised many by out-qualifying Yamaha team-mate...

They’re still together…

05 May 2004

They’re still together…

Last time we saw this pair was over a week ago, and they’re still hugging…

Don’t turn away

05 May 2004

Don’t turn away

Don’t turn your back on us….Whatever we said, we didn’t mean it…

Keeping a tight grip…

05 May 2004

Keeping a tight grip…

No-one’s going to be able to wrest that pole from her grip….

Misano street named after Kato

05 May 2004

Misano street named after Kato

The road that leads into Santa Monica circuit in Misano has been named after Daijiro Kato. Kato’s parents, wife and children, close friend Makoto Tamada and Colin Edwards attended the naming ceremony...

Goldilocks?

05 May 2004

Goldilocks?

So that’s where all our porridge went….

MCN staff get out on the grid

05 May 2004

MCN staff get out on the grid

MCN’s Sam Bostock helping out Team PB in British Superbikes. Next week, Editor David Cushman.

Rutter out to beat dad at NW200

05 May 2004

Rutter out to beat dad at NW200

Michael Rutter is out to overtake his dad Tony at the North West 200 on Saturday, May 15. Tony won nine races at the North West 200 in the 250cc, 350cc, 500cc and Superbike classes between 1973 and...

All white on the night…

05 May 2004

All white on the night…

There’s never a skirt-lifting breeze when you need one…

Reynolds takes first pole for 2004

01 May 2004

Reynolds takes first pole for 2004

John Reynolds has qualified on pole position for the fourth round of the British Superbike championship at Oulton Park. Reynolds dominated the weekend finishing with the best times in both qualifying...

Gibernau triumphs at Jerez

01 May 2004

Gibernau triumphs at Jerez

Sete Gibernau fought through the rain to take an impressive victory at the Spanish GP, while Valentino Rossi failed to make the podium. Rossi had been on form all weekend qualifying his Yamaha on pole...

Our man feels the heat of BSB fireball

01 May 2004

Our man feels the heat of BSB fireball

motorcyclenews.com’s commercial chief Adam Hitchcox thought he was going to die in the spectacular warm-up-lap explosion that stunned the crowds at Oulton Park on Monday. Hitchcox looks after ad...

Rossi gives second pole to Yamaha

01 May 2004

Rossi gives second pole to Yamaha

Valentino Rossi has taken his second pole position in a row after a wet second qualifying session in Jerez. Showers dogged both the practice and qualifying sessions for the second round of the MotoGP...

A giggle of babes?

01 May 2004

A giggle of babes?

What is the collective noun for a group of brolly babes

The look of glove

01 May 2004

The look of glove

Perfect gloves for grid work and doing the washing up…

Gibernau wins Jerez MotoGP

01 May 2004

Sete Gibernau fought through the rain to take an impressive victory at the Spanish GP, while Valentino Rossi failed to make the podium. Rossi had been on form all weekend qualifying his Yamaha on pole position,but with the rain coming down in torrents on Jerez circuit it was the Telefonica Honda riding Gibernau that took the holeshot and dominated the rest of the race. Only Camel Honda rider Max...

Kagayama does the double at Oulton

01 May 2004

Kagayama does the double at Oulton

Yukio Kagayama dominated race day at Oulton Park for the fourth round of the British Superbike championship, with only team-mate John Reynolds providing a challenge to the Japenese rider. The two...

Kagayama does double at Oulton BSB

01 May 2004

Yukio Kagayama dominated race day at Oulton Park for the fourth round of the British Superbike championship, with only team-mate John Reynolds providing a challenge to the Japenese rider. The two races mirrored each other with the same riders taking the top five places in the same order in both. The Rizla Suzuki riders dominated both races, fighting it out for the top spot right up to the line.

Seeing red…

01 May 2004

Seeing red…

It takes a certain type of person to make orange and red look this good.

Try to look happy Leon…

01 May 2004

Try to look happy Leon…

Proof that Leon Haslam has a higher level of focus than most of us…

Smile and the world smiles with you

28 April 2004

Smile and the world smiles with you

Smile and the world smiles with you. Especially if you’re an attractive girl.

Cops nab Reynolds for safety campaign

28 April 2004

Cops nab Reynolds for safety campaign

British superbike champion John Reynolds will be helping Humberside police launch their Bikesafe 2004 campaign on Thursday, April 29. A police spokesman said ” He has agreed to help because of his...