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[denill]

The Silly Season Has Started:

[Badjelly]

The Silly Season Has Started:

...and it'll be a long one.

How about Gabor Talmacsi in the Scot Honda team? That's a bit of a surprise. He was well back at Catalunya, but I'm sure he'll improve.

[denill]

Heads up for Assen. TOMORROW (SATURDAY) Sky Sport 3, Live - 8.45pm to 1.30am.

Thursday Practice Times:
1. Randy De Puniet (Honda) 1:37.842
2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:37.847
3. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 1:37.877
4. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 1:38.061
5. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 1:38.092
6. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:38.194
7. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 1:38.205
8. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 1:38.350
9. James Toseland (Yamaha) 1:38.379
10. Loris Capirossi (Suzuki) 1:38.429
11. Alex De Angelis (Honda) 1:38.495
12. Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 1:38.928
13. Mika Kallio (Ducati) 1:39.464
14. Marco Melandri (Kawasaki) 1:39.597
15. Toni Elias (Honda) 1:39.642

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Top 11 within one second.............

[MIXONE]

Top 11 within one second.............

Gotta love it!
Hopefully another thriller.

[denill]

A Bit More On Moto2:

[Cleve]

A Bit More On Moto2:

Hmmm so a one bike only rule. And a wet race. Stop the race, change tyres, re start the race - like a few years ago in MotoGP and SBK?

[denill]

Ducati rider Casey Stoner thinks he may suffering a form of chronic fatigue syndrome. Stoner ended the opening practice session physically exhausted, just as he has done at the end of the previous two races in Barcelona and Assen. He was third in both those races.

Despite new medication. Stoner was feeling tired, weak, and nauseous just 30 minutes into the one-hour session although he finished with the third fastest time behind Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

Stoner said his condition was similar to how he finished the Dutch TT at Assen six days ago where the exhaustion also triggered stomach cramps andvomiting. The 2007 World Champion said he was also suffering arm pump and having to brake early, which limited his performance.

"The reason I’m getting exhaustion -- I have no idea," Stoner said. "We still have no insight into what’s going on and there’s just no reason for it. I feel good during the week and then as soon as anything happens, I’m just dead. So until we find this out, I think we’re going to just keep running into the same issue."

Stoner has consulted his doctor by telephone and has also spoken at length with his personal trainer in Australia.

The thought is that his illness could be the fatigue syndrome -- Epstein-Barr is the medical term -- that once struck fellow Australian and AMA Superbike star Mat Mladin."This is a symptom which I’ve spoken to a doctor that I trust in Australia and they say this is quite a possible," Stoner said. "So hopefully with a lot of different ideas running around we can take the right tests and they can come up with exactly what it is. And it’d be nice that we could figure that out but at the moment we’re really struggling with it."

Stoner is uncertain just how he will cope with Sunday's 32-lap race in bid to maintain his stake in the world championship battle against Rossi and Lorenzo.

Stoner won at Laguna Seca in 2007 on the way to his world title win and was second last year after his brutal battle with Rossi in a thrilling race.

"I'll see how the weekend goes," hesaid. "We’re taking a few different things this weekend and we’ll just see if we can keep my energy levels up a little bit higher for longer during the race. I feel that these last three tracks we’ve had the pace to at least fight for the win even if I eventually get the same result.

"But I’m just watching them ride off into the distance and struggling to get around the track myself and keep the rest of the riders behind me. So it’s kind of boring races for me. I’m just sitting there trying to survive."

In the Catalunya and Dutch Grands Prix -- both won by Rossi -- Stoner was unable to respond to the front-running pace despite having what he considered to be a competitive Ducati package.

[Brian d marge]

I had Epstein barr when I first arrived in Japan

I was off work for a couple of months, its like having glandular fever , high temp , NO Energy ,,I mean you cant drag yourself off the couch

I went to hospital everyday and was on a drip for an hour

I think they call it kissing desease , ( now I WAS up to no good, I wonder who in the stoner camp,,,,,,,,,)

for him to get the position he got was amazing

Stephen

[denill]

I had Epstein barr when I first arrived in Japan

Mmmmm, not bad company you're keeping. Miladin and Stoner

[Brian d marge]

Mmmmm, not bad company you're keeping. Miladin and Stoner

Actually it was a Thai hooker in Auckland, and as Neither Miladin ( possibly Stoner as he is Australian ) have been to Auckland, then the byatch must be following the GP circus

Stephen

[denill]

Kenny Roberts to Moto2:

[slowpoke]

Kenny Roberts to Moto2:

Now that's interesting. The KR team have certainly got a handle on making chassis at the top level and weren't half bad at it. Their "last of the mohican's" 500cc effort was a sweet thing and they had some good results with the underfunded Honda effort.

[denill]

Now that's interesting. The KR team have certainly got a handle on making chassis at the top level and weren't half bad at it. Their "last of the mohican's" 500cc effort was a sweet thing and they had some good results with the underfunded Honda effort.

Have to hand it to him. He puts his money where his mouth is.

Be interesting to see if KR Jr rides it??

Surely NOT Kurtis.................

[Crasherfromwayback]

I had Epstein barr when I first arrived in Japan

I was off work for a couple of months, its like having glandular fever , high temp , NO Energy ,,I mean you cant drag yourself off the couch

I went to hospital everyday and was on a drip for an hour

I think they call it kissing desease , ( now I WAS up to no good, I wonder who in the stoner camp,,,,,,,,,)

for him to get the position he got was amazing

Stephen

I too have had it...and it knocked the shit out of me for months. If you listen to the wanna be racers and experts...Stoner should just HTFU...once again...shows us all what little they know!