US MotoGP rider Ben Spies (Sterilgarda Yamaha Team) takes a curve ahead of Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda Team) and French Randy De Puniet (Lcr Honda Team) during the Valencia motorcycling GP, the final race of the season, at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Cheste, near Valencia, on November 8, 2009. Spanish MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa won the race, world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was second and his Spanish team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was third. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

US MotoGP rider Ben Spies (Sterilgarda Yamaha Team) takes a curve ahead of Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda Team) and French Randy De Puniet (Lcr Honda Team) during the Valencia motorcycling GP, the final race of the season, at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Cheste, near Valencia, on November 8, 2009. Spanish MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa won the race, world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was second and his Spanish team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was third.

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