Stoner Reckons Rossi Will Be the Rider to Beat in 2010

Former road-racing motorcycle champion Casey Stoner admitted that Valentino Rossi again looks like the rider to beat in the 2010 MotoGP championship, following the first test action at Sepang earlier this month.

The Ducati racer, ranked 4th overall in the 2009 classification due to a 3-race missing period last season, finished both days of testing at Sepang behind Rossi, but ahead of Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Honda’s Dani Pedrosa.

With Lorenzo likely to miss the rest of the off-season te… (read more)