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Troy
Bayliss
Australia
2006 & 2001 World Superbike Champion
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| 1969 |
- born in Taree NSW, Australia
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| 1994 |
- Australian 600 Championship with Kawasaki
- finished 6th
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| 1995 |
- Australian 600 Championship with Kawasaki
- runner-up
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| 1996 |
- Australian Superbike Championship with Kawasaki
- finished 3rd
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| 1997 |
- Australian Superbike Championship with Suzuki
- championship runner-up
- wildcard ride world 250cc GP; finished 6th
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| 1998 |
- British Superbike Championship
debut with Ducati
- 2 wins
- finished 8th overall
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| 1999 |
- wins British Superbike Championship
with Ducati
- 7 wins
- 6 poles
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| 2000 |
- world superbike championship debut with factory
Ducati team to replace injured Fogarty; AGE 31
- 2 wins
- finished 6th
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| 2001 |
- lead rider for the factory Ducati team after Fogarty's retirement
in 2000
- wins World Superbike Championship
with Ducati
- 6 wins
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| 2002 |
- 3rd year with factory Ducati team
- THE FIRST RIDER IN SUPERBIKE HISTORY TO WIN ALL FIRST
6 RACES, AND THE FIRST RIDER TO WIN 6 RACES IN A ROW
- finish championship runner-up
- 14 wins
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| 2003 |
- MotoGP debut with Ducati
- finish 6th overall
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| 2004 |
- 2nd year with Ducati - MotoGP
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| 2005 |
- Joins Pons Honda - MotoGP
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| 2006 |
- returns to World Superbikes with
factory Ducati team
- wins World Superbike
Championship with Ducati
- first MotoGP
race win - as a guest rider with Ducati in the final
MotoGP race at Valencia (Oct 29, 2006)"Honestly, it's
been a fairytale weekend, I'm still pinching myself. I've
had a great year, winning the World Superbike championship
was a good start! Then just when I was kicking back I got
a phone call asking if I was interested in doing this ride.
It was something I couldn't knock back because I started the
Desmosedici project with Loris at the end of 2002 and had
some great times in 2003 and 2004, so to be able to come back
and finish off the story at the last 990 race was incredible.
I brought a few guys with me - Paolo Ciabatti, Davide Tardozzi
and Ernesto Marinelli - and together with my old squad from
2004 we took it step by step and really enjoyed the weekend.
Thanks to everybody because this will be my last ride in MotoGP,
I've had some great times but I'm really comfortable where
I am and this is probably best left to the young guys. To
take a win is incredible - I've showed I can still ride around
in circles pretty fast."
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