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Wheels24.co.za | Marquez rides into Czech MotoGP with fans and rivals in vain pursuit

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As the MotoGP season reaches its halfway point on Sunday, Marc Marquez sits regally in first place seemingly as concerned with his adoring fans as with his distant pursuers.

The Czech MotoGP in Brno is the 10th of the 19 races on this season’s calendar. It is also the 100th for the 25-year-old Spaniard in the sport’s elite class and he has won 40 of them.

Marquez’s 100th MotoGP 

This…

Wheels24.co.za | Marquez cruises at Le Mans as Zarco crashes out

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Image: AFP / Jean-Francois Monier

Le Mans, France – Marc Marquez reeled off his third win on the bounce in the French MotoGP on Sunday as home favourite and pole sitter Johann Zarco crashed out.

Marquez took his 38th success in the top category unchallenged from Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Pramac) with Italian veteran Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) in third.

Frenchman Zarco goes home…

Wheels24.co.za | MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa to part ways with Honda

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Three-time Moto GP runner-up Dani Pedrosa will part ways with the Repsol Honda Racing team at season’s end after an 18-year partnership, it was announced Tuesday.

The Spaniard joined the Honda team in 2006 and notched up 31 Moto GP victories. He also represented the team in the 125 and 250cc categories, claiming eight and 15 race wins in MotoGP3 and MotoGP2 respectively.

‘Time for a…

Wheels24.co.za | Marquez on top in French GP free practice

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Le Mans – Italian Andrea Dovizioso marked signing a two-year extension with Ducati on Friday by setting a course record on his way to dominating free practice for Sunday’s MotoGP at Le Mans.

Dovizioso finished runner-up in the championship to Marc Marquez in what was the Italian’s best season to date in Moto GP last year.

It was also the first time Ducati had launched a serious title…

Wheels24.co.za | New distributor for Triumph in SA

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Johannesburg – Good news for Triumph owners is that a joint venture between the Fury Motor Group and motor industry veteran Bruce Allen has recently been appointed as distributor of Triumph motorcycles in South Africa.

Allen is CEO of the new company, Triumph South Africa, which will take over from the previous distributor, Kawasaki Motorcycles South Africa.

Sales of new Triumph models…

Wheels24.co.za | And the 2017 Bike of the Year winner is…

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2017-09-13 10:58

Johannesburg – The judges have spoken and the votes have been tallied. It was a a tough call, but the winner of this year’s Pirelli Bike of the Year award is the KTM 1290 Super Adventure.

The format for the 2017 adjudication was changed from previous years in the interest of safety: testing on public roads was swopped for…