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  MotoGP - Valentino Rossi - Yamaha Racing
Valentino Rossi starts his fourth campaign as a Yamaha Factory Team rider in 2007 with the clear target of recapturing the MotoGP World Championship title after being dethroned by Nicky Hayden last year.
For the third consecutive campaign Valentino will be ably assisted by his trusted team-mate and great friend Colin Edwards, as the pair apply their highly effective development partnership to Yamaha’s all-new 800cc machine and attempt to regain the Manufacturers' and Teams' titles they won together in 2005.
Rossi made history by moving to Yamaha in 2004 and winning the season-opening Grand Prix in South Africa, becoming the first rider in the history of the sport to win back-to-back premier class races for different manufacturers.
www.yamaha-racing.com /Racing/motogp/rider_team/rossi.jsp   (573 words)

  
  Valentino Rossi Biography (Motorcycle Racer) — FactMonster.com
Rossi is the son of 1970s racer Graziano Rossi, and he began racing as a teenager, first with karts, then with minimotos (minibikes).
Valentino Rossi: Portrait of a MotoGenius by Mat Oxley
Valentino Rossi by Mirco Lazzari and Marco Masetti
www.factmonster.com /biography/var/valentinorossi.html   (254 words)

  
  Valentino Rossi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rossi was rewarded in 2000 for his 250cc World Championship by being given a ride with Honda in what was then the ultimate class in World Championship motorcycle racing, 500cc.
Rossi would go on to claim 8 more GP wins during the season, battling Sete Gibernau ferociously until Rossi eventually closed the door on Sete's hopes in the penultimate race of the season at Phillip Island.
Rossi said in the post-race press conference that he understood that Sete was angry but that at the end of the day, "these are the races." Gibernau remained visibly angry, explaining that he simply wanted to move on to the next race and not get caught up in the feud.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valentino_Rossi   (3265 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi - Profile
Valentino Rossi may only be 24 years old but the Italian superstar already rates as one of the greatest motorcycle racers in history.
Valentino Rossi joined the Repsol Honda factory team as team mate of the Japanese Tohru Ukawa and made one of the most impressive seasons with regard to figures: 11 victories out of 15 races, 4 runner-ups, 9 fastest laps during races, 7 poles, 355 of 375 available points and 132 laps leading during races.
Valentino Rossi has stepped on the podium in each of the fourteen Grand Prix races held so far and, with two races left for the end of the season, he has already a record of seven victories, five runner-ups and two third places.
www.mcnews.com.au /Riders/ValentinoRossi/Profile_2003_Oct.htm   (1652 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi world champion on Yamaha in 2004, this photo is personally signed by Rossi, it comes with a photo of him at the signing and also a certificate of authenticity, limited edition of only 100.
Valentino Rossi World Champion 2001, this limited edition shows Rossi riding the 500cc Honda during the 2001 season, which he has dominated throughout the year.
Valentino Rossi from his 125cc Aprilia to the awsome Honda RC211V MotoGP bike, this is a history of his brilliant career.
www.sportart.com.au /en-us/dept_25.html   (407 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi Fanseite
Rossi hat in der 125er- und 250er-Klasse jeweils den WM-Titel in der zweiten Saison gewonnen.
Valentino Rossi sorgte gleich in seinem ersten WM-Jahr 2000 in der Halbliterklasse mächtig für Furore.
Seit seinem beeindruckenden Sieg in Donington bezweifelt niemand mehr, dass Rossi eines Tages auch den Thron in der 500er-Klasse erklimmen wird.
www.12motorrad.de /rossi2.htm   (1930 words)

  
 Rossimania - May 2001 Racing news and reports (on Valentino Rossi)
Valentino Rossi returned to the top of the time sheets in the first 500 free practice session of the Grand Prix Polini de France this morning as provisional pole holder Garry McCoy suffered a spectacular crash just a short while from the end of the session.
Valentino Rossi took his third consecutive win of the season at the Gran Premio Marlboro de España with a convincing victory in the third round of the championship at Jerez.
Valentino Rossi was once again sensational in the second free practice session for the 500 riders.
members.fortunecity.com /rossimania/news_may2.html   (1864 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi Biography
Valentino Rossi was born in Urbino, Italy on 16 February 1979.
Valentino Rossi is the youngest rider to have won the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc world titles.
Forbes magazine reported that Valentino Rossi was the ninth highest paid sportsman (jointly with Lance Armstrong) in 2004 with earnings of $28m.
www.biogs.com /famous/rossi.html   (399 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi - Biografia - biografie.leonardo.it
Valentino Rossi è stato dunque il primo italiano a vincere il Mondiale in tre diverse categorie.
Valentino a 22 anni e 10 mesi, è stato il quarto più giovane campione mondiale della storia, dopo Freddie Spencer (il più "verde" in assoluto, con 21 anni, 7 mesi e 14 giorni), Mike Hailwood e John Surtees.
Lottando a denti stretti di volta in volta con Biaggi o con Sete Gibernau, Rossi dimostra prepotentemente le sue doti fenomenali di grinta e concentrazione, arrivando a vincere il mondiale con una gara di anticipo.
www.biografieonline.it /biografia.htm?BioID=437&biografia=Valentino%20Rossi   (1192 words)

  
 MotoGP: Valentino Rossi wins Catalan drama
Valentino Rossi today won dramatic Grand Prix of Catalunya, which started with terrific crash in the first corner, resulting in race being red-flagged.
Valentino Rossi did not have great start and ended first lap in 5th position.
Rossi immediatelly started making up positions, as well as Dani Pedrosa, who was now using his spare bike because his number one bike was damaged in crash.
www.highrevs.net /motogp_news/valentino_rossi_wins_catalan_drama_180606.php   (538 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi's MotoGP Start & Career
Valentino Rossi, multiple motorcycle MotoGP World Champion rider, started his Grand Prix career in in 1996 for Aprilia in the 125 cc category and the following year won his first World Championship.
Rossi converted well from the very start and won an amazing 8 of the first 9 season races, ending with a total of11 wins.
Australia’s Phillip Island GP in 2003 was one of Rossi's career highlights when he won after suffering a 10-second penalty for overtaking a crash by Ducati rider Troy Bayliss with the yellow flag marshal on the track.
www.valentinorossi.info /motogp.htm   (484 words)

  
 F1 News > Valentino Rossi and Formula 1 - Grandprix.com
Rossi did a test with Ferrari back in the spring and did well but he is under contract with Yamaha for 2005 and already talking about contracts for 2006 and beyond.
Rossi is 25 and has had an amazing career in motorbikes winning the 125cc World title at the age of 18, the 250cc title at 20 and the 500cc title at 22.
Rossi rode for Repsol Honda in 2002 and 2003 in MotoGP and it would be logical for all concerned to do a deal, perhaps even one which covers both bikes and cars.
www.grandprix.com /ns/ns13768.html   (304 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi. Biografia. Famosos y famosas.
Valentino Rossi, aclamado el mejor piloto de la historia, es el genio de los circuitos de motos.
Pero Rossi prefiere mantener los pies sobre la tierra, rodeándose de sus amigos de toda la vida en vez de moverse en los ambientes de famosos.
“Valentino es un genio encima de la moto, pero sobretodo es un auténtico ser humano, vulnerable y vencible, por eso es por lo que es amado por todos.” (Extracto del capítulo cuarto del libro Valentino Rossi, escrito por Max Oxley).
www.portalmix.com /famosos/valentinorossi   (828 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi biography and information
Valentino Rossi moved to 250ccm category of world championship in year 1998, and finished this season in second place, with 5 wins under his belt.
Rossi continued his impressive performance on Yamaha in 2004, taking victory on his first race on Yamaha, becoming this way second rider in history of the MotoGP that made back-to-back victories on two different machines.
First, Rossi started Chinese Grand Prix from 13th place on the grid and made his way through the field, but tyre got damaged on his Camel Yamaha while he was on the way to podium finish and forced him to retire from race which will be remembered by maiden victory of Dani Pedrosa.
www.motosport.co.yu /motogp_rider_info/valentino_rossi_biography.php   (1093 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
1995 fuhr Rossi für Aprilia eine 125ccm GP-Maschine in den Italienischen Europäischen Meisterschaften.
1997 gewann er die Motorrad- Weltmeisterschaft mit einer Aprilia in der 125er wobei er in 11 von 15 Rennen 1998 wechselte Rossi in die 250er Klasse er 1999 auf Aprilia RSW 250 neun von Rennen sowie den WM-Titel gewann.
In den Jahren 2002 und 2003 wurde Rossi erneut Weltmeister diesmal in nun in Moto GP umbenannten Kategorie auf einer Viertakt- Honda.
www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Valentino_Rossi.html   (200 words)

  
 MotoGP: Valentino Rossi stays with Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd is delighted to announce that Valentino Rossi will remain with the Japanese factory in 2007, racing for a fourth year with Yamaha's Factory Team in the MotoGP World Championship.
Rossi has enjoyed huge success with Yamaha since he joined the factory just over two years ago and every one of his races has captured the true spirit of 'Kando', the Japanese word for the sensation of intense excitement that we experience when we encounter something of supreme quality.
Valentino Rossi was involved in design of this stylish model.
www.highrevs.net /motogp_news/valentino_rossi_stays_with_yamaha_010606.php   (554 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi News
Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi told reporters this afternoon that his rear Michelin tire failed and lost rubber, causing him to slow his pace which made his Yamaha overheat which in turn caused the...
Valentino Rossi has closed to within 26 points of series leader Nicky Haydon after a dramatic victory at the Sachsenring circuit, near Dresden.
Valentino Rossi's "triumph from hell" in the Catalonian Grand Prix came after one of the most spectacular pile-ups in motorcycling racing yet ultimately three riders were only slightly injured.
www.topix.net /who/valentino-rossi   (696 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi
Italian motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi won seven World Championships in Grand Prix racing by the time he was 26 years old, cementing his place as one of the sport's heroes.
Rossi is the son of 1970s racer Graziano Rossi, and he began racing as a teenager, first with karts, then with minimotos (minibikes).
Rossi moved up to the 250cc class and, in his second season, won the World Championship in 1999.
www.infoplease.com /biography/var/valentinorossi.html   (213 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi - MotoGP 2007
Valentino Rossi’s hopes of securing the runner-up spot in the championship ended in the unluckiest of fashions today, when a technical issue brought the injured Italian’s race to a premature end in Valencia.
However on lap 18 Rossi ran into unexpected problems with his bike and he was forced to retire, only able look on as Pedrosa went on to win the race and take the championship runner-up spot by just one point.
Rossi, who needs one point from the race to ensure a second place finish in the championship behind Casey Stoner had not given up hope of competing after being taken to a clinic near the track.
www.rossifiles.com   (4522 words)

  
 Biografia Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi è pronto a sfidare Hayden a Valencia, teatro dell'ultima prova del Campionato del Mondo classe Motogp.
Valentino Rossi: Le cose sono andate molto bene in Portogallo, siamo riusciti nell'intento di arrivare all'ultima gara lottando per la prima posizione in campionato e per questo devo ringraziare ogni persona del team.
Valentino raccoglie comunque la sfida e porta nel nuovo team, oltre al suo talento, alcuni elementi chiave della sua vecchia squadra.
www.forza46.com /backlinks/rossivalentino/biografia_valentino_rossi.asp   (644 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi Autobiography - webBikeWorld
You can always judge how much of the "auto" is in autobiography by counting how many times the assistant writer's name shows up on the book and what size typeface is used compared to the person who is the subject.
In fact, it starts almost backwards, with Rossi describing his excruciatingly close but crushing victories over Max Biaggi in 2001 and Sete Gibernau in 2004, both in the exact same spot on the track at Philip Island.
Rossi quickly gets to the dirt that everyone wants to hear -- the details of how and why he decided to rock the motorcycle racing world by leaving an incredible career with Honda and going to underdog Yamaha in 2004.
www.webbikeworld.com /books/valentino-rossi-autobiography.htm   (522 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi | MotoGP YAMAHA Driver From Italy.
Italian motorcycle race champion Valentino Rossi was born 16 February 1979 in Urbino, Italy.
Rossi had won 38 Grand Prix races before he was 23.
Nicknamed “The Doctor” for the skill and precision he has displayed in his way to the top and the calculated way he out-races his opponents, Rossi was the winner of seven Grand Prix World Championships in racing by the time he was 26 years old.
www.valentinorossi.info   (467 words)

  
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Rossi went on the attack as Melandri continued to lead, and he made his move at De Strubben.
Rossi went into this race knowing that he had to beat team-mate Tohru Ukawa by at least eleven points to be sure of winning the championship.
In qualifying Valentino was second, behind Biaggi, and Ukawa was back on row three, in ninth place.
www.lycos.com /info/valentino-rossi--gauloises-yamaha.html   (292 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Motorbikes | Rossi holds off Jacque challenge
Valentino Rossi won the inaugural Chinese MotoGP in Shanghai after holding off an unlikely late challenge from Kawasaki stand-in Olivier Jacque.
Rossi, who started from the second row of the grid, dominated after early leader Kenny Roberts Jr retired.
Rossi rose from sixth on the grid to second by the end of the first lap, trailing Roberts, whose Suzuki rose from ninth to lead.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/4502925.stm   (416 words)

  
 Ansa.it - MOTOGP: VALENTINO ROSSI VINCE TERZO MONDIALE, LE TAPPE
Rossi giunge secondo, ma non recrimina, tanta e' la commozione che gli trasmette il gesto di Gibernau.
Sull'asfalto fradicio Rossi ferma la gara al 15/o giro, ma il nuovo regolamento lo costringe a ripartire da zero.
A Donington, in Gran Bretagna, Rossi vince ma la giuria decide di penalizzarlo di 10'' per il sorpasso a Capirossi, durante il secondo giro, con le bandiere gialle esposte.
www.ansa.it /speciali/specialbuilder/20031012104732719891.html   (886 words)

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