Troy Bayliss named Driver of the Year 2008

Glorious retiree from the World Superbike, Troy Bayliss continues to feed the news: after coming close to a duel in Qatar with Valentino Rossi, the Australian wins the coveted title of the world’s greatest motorcycle champion of the year 2008 !

Generous on the track as in the city (read), Troy Bayliss will have left his mark on the small world of Superbike: the man is indeed a pure autodidact, come late in competition but compensating for his relative "inexperience" by a certain talent and a fierce will !

These character traits enabled him to take up his last challenge this season: "I would really like to win the title with the 1098. And if I win, there is no reason to keep racing", declared the n ° 21 in winter 2007! At 39 years old and with a machine in full development – even with an advantage in displacement – the bet is daring, but the man motivated and his entire team committed to his cause.

After 11 victories and 19 podiums, "Baylisstic" easily wins this final roll of the dice and hangs up the gloves at the end of the Portimao test (read), which he will dominate from start to finish (pole and double!).

This great motorcycle man can therefore set off with his head held high: his 52 victories, 94 podiums and 26 pole positions have ensured him a long posterity! And his career, added to his pugnacity still demonstrated this season, could not find more just reward than the prestigious "Award" for the greatest motorcycle world champion of the year, all categories combined, organized by the Italian magazine MotoSprint.

Organized in Bologna, at the "Teatro delle Celebrazioni", this ceremony Cashi C’Oro 2008 rewards the most popular world champion in a vote taken with the magazine’s readers. This year, David Philippaerts – Motocross MX 1 world champion -, Troy Bayliss, Marco Simoncelli – GP 250 world champion – and Valentino Rossi were opposed, whose brilliant reconquest of the supreme title after two years of disillusionment was not enough. to eclipse that devil of Bayliss !

An "affront" imbued with irony, since rumors recently indicated that Vale "himself" would have launched a challenge to Troy Bayliss, following certain allegations of the Italian press which saw in the Aussie the darling of the transalpine fans! For fun (?), The Doctor had therefore expressed the wish to oppose Bayliss on the handlebars of the new 2009 R1 (read) during the first WSBK race in Qatar, while the retiree would get on his Ducati…

Denied by Yamaha (not really enthusiastic at the idea of ​​seeing its world star take risks in the competing category in MotoGP), then by Ducati and Troy Bayliss himself, the rumor had nevertheless taken on a great scale which could quickly be reborn. his ashes with this last crowning of the Ducati rider … !

Alexandre BARDIN – Photos DR

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