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Many riders successful in the Superbike World Championship have gone on to MotoGP, such as 2002 champion [[Colin Edwards]], 2007 champion [[James Toseland]], and 2005 runner-up [[Chris Vermeulen]]. The championship has seen several former [[MotoGP]] riders move to it, usually after failing to earn competitive rides. The 2008 field includes five former MotoGP winners: [[Max Biaggi]], [[Carlos Checa]] and [[Makoto Tamada]] all raced exclusively in [[MotoGP]] before joining SBK, while [[Troy Bayliss]], [[Noriyuki Haga]], and [[Régis Laconi]] had alternating spells in both. | Many riders successful in the Superbike World Championship have gone on to MotoGP, such as 2002 champion [[Colin Edwards]], 2007 champion [[James Toseland]], and 2005 runner-up [[Chris Vermeulen]]. The championship has seen several former [[MotoGP]] riders move to it, usually after failing to earn competitive rides. The 2008 field includes five former MotoGP winners: [[Max Biaggi]], [[Carlos Checa]] and [[Makoto Tamada]] all raced exclusively in [[MotoGP]] before joining SBK, while [[Troy Bayliss]], [[Noriyuki Haga]], and [[Régis Laconi]] had alternating spells in both. | ||
Except for Frenchman [[Raymond Roche]], who won the championship in 1990, all Superbike World Champions have been native | Except for Frenchman [[Raymond Roche]], who won the championship in 1990, all Superbike World Champions have been native English speakers. Italian riders [[Davide Tardozzi]] and [[Marco Lucchinelli]] won the first two races of the series, and Frenchman [[Adrien Morillas]] was also victorious in 1988; Germany had to wait for [[Max Neukirchner]] to achieve this in 2008, although [[Austria]]n [[Andreas Meklau]] was the first German-speaker to win a race, in 1993. Spain’s first race winner was [[Ruben Xaus]] in 2001 | ||
==Superbike motorcycles== | ==Superbike motorcycles== | ||