Legends aren’t born everyday, but when they are born they are not recognized immediately. Sometimes it takes us a longer period of time to realize someone’s “LEGENDARY” work. However, when it comes to motorbike racing, there is a person who just came to the this industry and took over it and became a living legend, a think very hard to find these days. Why is he a legend of motorbike racing ?…i will explain that below.
His name is Valentino Rossi, a chap from Italy born 16th February 1979 in Urbino. Following the footsteps of his father, Valentino Rossi started motorbike racing and entered his first race for Aprilia in 1996 in the 125cc racing class. This was the start of a magical career full of magical racing and brave moves. He went through his career winning 9 world championships, yes 9 times world champion of motorbike racing, including 7 championships of the premier class.
Nicknamed “The Doctor”, Rossi always started the race with his race rituals, standing infront of the bike and touching his heals and then holding the foot peg while sitting down. When he is out there, you can expect him to give it all till the very last corner of the last lap. In his career he’s had some rivalries including the likes of Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Casey Stoner and his modern day student, Jorge Lorenzo. Valentino Rossi always had great respect for these riders on and off the field but when it came to racing it was always the bright yellow number “46″ which crossed infront of them.
His most memorable race to my knowledge is the DUTCH TT in 2007, in which he was at one point on 10th place, but somehow…just somehow he managed to win that race out of nowhere and stun everyone, breaking some lap records over and over again. He also had some close finishes with Jorge Lorenzo in the 2009 and 2010, sending the crowd into a frenzy of joy and excitement. At the Dutch TT in 2009, Rossi celebrated his 100th race win, closing down on the great motorbike legend Giacomo Agostini’s record of 122. In the end i will say just one line and will some up this topic about a motorbike racing GOD.
“Valentino Rossi – YOU ARE LEGEND!”
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Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/MG9-kVGpEbC/Valentino+Rossi+I+AM+LEGEND
awesome!!!
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