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Alex
Criville
Spain
1999 WORLD 500cc CHAMPION
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Mar
4 1970
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1988
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- 125 cc GP debut with Derbi
- 2nd overall
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1989
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- first GP win at Australian
GP
- wins 125cc
world championship with Cobas aged 19; 5 wins
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1990-91
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1992
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1994
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- joins the factory Honda
team
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1998
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- 3rd behind Doohan and Biaggi
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1999
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- wins
500cc world championship with Honda
- first
Spanish rider to win world 500cc title
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2000
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- Repsol Honda lead rider
- 1 win
- finish 9th overall
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2001
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- 8th year with factory Honda
team; total of 15 GP wins with Honda
- best finish 2nd
- finish 8th overall
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2002
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- joins Yamaha
(Luis D'Antin team) but unable to race; withdraws from 2002 season to seek treatment
for stress related condition
- officially
announce retirement at Jerez GP (May 4)
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