James Toseland retires from WSBK (and all bike racing)
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James Toseland retires from WSBK (and all bike racing)
Very sad news; a very gifted rider and a really nice guy. At least, while his injuries may have been career-ending, he's emerged otherwise unscathed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/14852883.stm
also...
http://www.jamestoseland.com/news/752/A ... _fans.aspx
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/14852883.stm
also...
http://www.jamestoseland.com/news/752/A ... _fans.aspx
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A really sad day, he was the best Brit in recent years.
2003 - 3rd in WSB
2004 - 1st and youngest ever WSB Champ.
2005 - 4th in WSB
2006 - 2nd in WSB
2007 - 1st in WSB.
His record speaks for itself.
I know I'm biased, as he was the biggest hero ever in our village of Kiveton.
He lived about 200 yds from our old house, down at the end of the road and my daughter went to the same Comp. School, (well it was the only comp in the village).
In 2004 the school got decorated with banners and posters, as did the youth club, the chip shop and the local pubs, especially the Lord Conyers, where he regularly came back to drink with his mates.
A real champion for the people, that moody Foggy bloke from Blackburn may have won a few more races, but JT was the real people's hero, and he never forgot where he came from.
Really sorry he has had to pack it in.
All the best to to you Jim, (and Katie), in the future, hope you can still manage the piano playing.
Thanks mate!

P.S. Only got one "local" biking hero now, Karl Harris from Aston making his comeback in Brit superbikes ............................. on an Aprilia!
2003 - 3rd in WSB
2004 - 1st and youngest ever WSB Champ.
2005 - 4th in WSB
2006 - 2nd in WSB
2007 - 1st in WSB.
His record speaks for itself.
I know I'm biased, as he was the biggest hero ever in our village of Kiveton.
He lived about 200 yds from our old house, down at the end of the road and my daughter went to the same Comp. School, (well it was the only comp in the village).
In 2004 the school got decorated with banners and posters, as did the youth club, the chip shop and the local pubs, especially the Lord Conyers, where he regularly came back to drink with his mates.
A real champion for the people, that moody Foggy bloke from Blackburn may have won a few more races, but JT was the real people's hero, and he never forgot where he came from.
Really sorry he has had to pack it in.
All the best to to you Jim, (and Katie), in the future, hope you can still manage the piano playing.
Thanks mate!





P.S. Only got one "local" biking hero now, Karl Harris from Aston making his comeback in Brit superbikes ............................. on an Aprilia!
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It's bloody annoying. Even though Im not a JT fan (Haga is my racer) I do appreciate just what he has achieved and what he's done for the sport over his tenure as a top flight racer. Foggy was taken out by injury which was equally annoying as he was set for better things, and now JT has been taken from the sport by injury. I just hope our upcoming racers such as Alex Gault and Bradley Smith dont fall to the same fate. (although Alex Gault's career was held up by the red tape of the ACU..twats..)
Maybe our racers just get battered more at club level, so when they get top flight theyre more fragile. Dunno.
Maybe our racers just get battered more at club level, so when they get top flight theyre more fragile. Dunno.

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