Bayliss celebrates title with win

Eurosport - Mon, 06 Oct 08:05:00 2008

Troy Bayliss celebrated his World Superbike championship with a victory in race two at Magny-Cours.

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Bayliss had already sealed the title after finishing third behind winner Noriyuki Haga in race one.

The 39-year-old Australian, who retires at the end of the season, rode his Xerox Ducati to a controlled podium finish in the first race.

Knowing third place would guarantee him the title, Bayliss produced an uncharacteristically restrained race before exploding into life at the chequered flag.

There was evident relief for Ducati, after Bayliss had failed to wrap up the championship as expected in the last round at Vallelunga - finishing sixth and 16th to keep Haga and Corser in with a mathematical chance of overhauling him.

The celebrations were kept to a minimum, however, prior to the end of race two in which Bayliss just edged Haga for the win after making his attack on the penultimate lap.

Troy Corser took the final place on the podium and trails Haga in the race for second place overall after to his Yamaha Motor Italia team-mate's race one victory.

"It was a great race in the end, we made one change and put on a harder front tyre for the second race," Bayliss said.

"The grip was similar but more consistent during the race. I was struggling on the exits to the tight corner, losing a bit to Nori, but it's always like this.

"You lose some and gain some. I gave it my all, there wasn't much to lose, I put three good laps together at the end and it was a great win."

Andrew Pitt claimed a second world championship for Australia, winning the World Supersport title.

Pitt won the Magny-Cours race while his Ten Kate Honda team-mate and closest rival Jonathan Rea could do no better than 10th after being taken out by Robbin Harms.

Alex Chick / Eurosport

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  1. bayliss or foggy? personally i think bayliss is the better pure genius.

    From jase, on Tue 21 Oct 8:59AM

  2. Come on Ducati, show your appreciation to Troy Bayliss and give him a ride at Valencia MotoGP, the last one.

    From LINDA, on Sun 19 Oct 9:48AM

  3. Well done Troy. Ducati have been very lucky to have had 2 such great riders as Fogarty and Bayliss riding and developing their bikes for so long. Lets hope nitro Nori finally gets his deserved world title next year.

    From littlee.69123, on Wed 8 Oct 3:56PM

  4. Well done mate!!!

    Now you can throw the shrimps on the barbie and drink some foster's!!

    Cheers

    From mau, on Wed 8 Oct 1:20PM

  5. i remember when bayliss replaced foggy mid point threw a seasson and took 5 bikes on one corner i have the clip pure briliance troy u were a pleasure to watch and i remember when the comentator said that not even troy can deny toseland his first double but he did i jumped out my seat with pure excitment troy u will be missed

    From chrisbmw323, on Sun 5 Oct 10:11PM

  6. fantastic result for troy and ducati go haga go he is always the nearly man and deserves a championship just for his commitment to any corner, what will troy do next year? i realy hope he doesnt come back to racing as so many have done and fail that would be the worst thing that could happen to any one but as a team manager or adviser ? just like doohan maybe? yes to that one folks

    From piers, on Sun 5 Oct 7:40PM

  7. Great job Troy!
    Quite a pity that Troy didn't start racing till he was 23, his career at the top could have been much longer.
    Great job by Andrew Pitt too!
    Shame Casey failed to win the MotoGP championship this year too, but he still had a great race win today!

    From SS_A9X, on Sun 5 Oct 6:37PM

  8. Well done Eurosport for your (as usual) excellent coverage of the racing. I have to cringe however, every time Jack Bernacle refers to the MV as an AUgusta. Please tell him that there's only one "U" in Agusta!!!

    From Ed, on Sun 5 Oct 5:52PM

  9. Thanks for all the enjoyment Troy, now enjoy your retirement. Bet he's back running or helping to run a team.

    From Nxxx, on Sun 5 Oct 1:01PM

  10. I am proud to be the first to say well done troy. He has been a true champ and positive member of the super bike seris.

    From kevingolding@..., on Sun 5 Oct 12:29PM
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