Troy Bayliss, like a normal guy…

It was finally at Magny-Cours that Troy Bayliss won his third world crown in the Superbike category. Strange guy who has never dominated MotoGP but who, at 40, is the essential rider that everyone dreams of having in their team.

We were expecting him at Vallelunga, it was finally at Magny-Cours that Troy Bayliss won his third world crown in the Superbike category. A strange man is this Australian who has never dominated the MotoGP world championship but who, at 40, is the essential rider that everyone dreams of having in their team.

Faithful among the faithful to Ducati (except for Honda’s year in MotoGP in 2005), he has largely replaced Carl Fogarty for a long time in the hearts of the tifosi. The Englishman with four titles has never returned so much sympathy to the public as Troy Bayliss.

This weekend at Magny-Cours, once again and as with every meeting of the Mondial SBK, Bayliss responded to all kinds of requests: those of the sponsors, the media, but especially those of its public come to admire for the last time his idol on the Nivernais circuit.

Because yes, Bayliss has become world champion. He managed to win three crowns with three different generations of Ducati. But the event is not so much its title, even if the sporting gesture is necessarily commendable. No, the real event is the pilot’s retirement at the end of the year: at almost 40 years old, Bayliss hangs up his leather … Or rather he forces himself to do it, in reality !

By announcing his retirement to the world at the start of the season, the champion did not leave the choice of a possible step back. And despite Ducati’s insistence this summer for him to continue, Bayliss has not cracked. He prepares his suitcases, will return the lease of his apartment in Monaco to finally join, after more than ten years of golden exile, his native Surf Paradise on the Australian east coast..

He therefore only has one race left. Does he really realize it? Difficult to know, as the man seems detached. He is currently in the tornado of solicitations. He floats on the cloud of success and continues to satisfy his audience with great autographs and souvenir photos in the paddock. Until the end, Bayliss remains Bayliss and when all this stops, he will finally be able to devote himself to the dreams he pursues: to live his family life, like a normal guy..

A. LAFFUT – Photos DR

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