"Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) won the World Superbike Championship for the second time today at Imola. In the penultimate round of the series, held at the Autodromo Enzo & Dino Ferrari in front of 86,000 spectators, the 37-year-old Australian, WSBK champion back in 2001, took the crown with a fifth place in race 1, won by Alex Barros (Honda). In the second race of the day Troy held the lead from start to finish, taking his eleventh win of the year in this extraordinary season. Bayliss's triumph takes the number of Riders' titles won by Ducati in the production-based series to twelve, while the battle for the Manufacturers' title is still open with one round left." Congratulations to Troy Bayliss!

:iamwithst won it with style, great champion:ayyy:

+1...class act!

yes he is and i'm glad he did, TC is another class act that i wished had a better year but it wasn't to be. BD

yes he is and i'm glad he did, TC is another class act that i wished had a better year but it wasn't to be. BD :+1: I was rooting for TC, but TB deserves another congrats.

Troy B deserved to win. but next year the WSB champion is..........Max Biaggi :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: NOT:fu2:

a big congrats to TB.....any bets that he takes 1st in the remaining races or do you think he will take it easy and not risk injury.......hmmmm....i don't know if TB knows how to take it easy and as for rist of injury...seems safer to me to stay out in front...:thumbsup:

:iamwithst won it with style, great champion:ayyy: yeah nice one Troy...congrats :+1: :iamwithst

Troy B deserved to win. but next year the WSB champion is..........Max Biaggi http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2006/Oct/061006n.htm Stranger things have happened - too bad Nicky re-signed with HRC! If he had gone elsewhere Colin would have ended up back is WSB and that would have been killer! As it is, TC on a Yami will not be as fast as the Roman on a Suzi. Make no mistake, Biaggi is way fast and with traction control his 250 riding style should work well.