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Valentino Rossi Book - What If
I Had Never Tried It?

Valentino Rossi - What If
I had Never Tried It?
Valentino Rossi is the
greatest living
motorcyclist. His legions
of fans adore him (over
4, 000 turned up to see
him in Leicester Square
last March). He has
fought through the 125
and 250 class groups to
win the World
Championships five times
and has been ranked in
the top three places at
the World Championships
for the last nine years.
He is currently the
MotoGP World Champion,
and has won on a Honda
bike - considered the
best - and most recently
on a Yamaha - considered
the worst. He is arguably
the greatest racer ever -
and certainly the most
entertaining - his post
race antics and cheeky
personality have won him
as many fans as his
on-track prowess. He is
the kind of star who only
comes along once in a
while - a Muhammad Ali or
Pele - hugely talented,
massively driven, yet
also scorchingly
charismatic, unnervingly
rebellious and totally
endearing - a
twentieth-century version
of the hell-raisers of
old. All who know Rossi
say he is a consummate
professional, that he
works harder than anyone
could ever realise, but
that most of all, he
still loves what he does.
He just seems to win more
because he's still
enjoying himself so much.
He is infamous for his on
the edge riding, pushing
himself and his bike to
the very limits of what
they can do, and
screaming around
racecourses in record
times. But he is also
well known for his good
looks, his
techni-coloured hair and
cheeky humour - and for
his sheer youthful
exuberance in victory -
his post-match victory
laps have become a thing
of legend. Previously,
he has driven victory
laps in full beach gear,
including flip-flops,
with a man sized chicken
riding pillion (and also,
in a jibe to Max Biaggi
who had an unceremonious
break-up with the model
Naomi Campbell, with a
life size doll of Claudia
Schiffer strapped on
behind him.) His warmth
of character coupled with
his amazing career
statistics to date - his
first GP win aged 17,
his first world title at
18, his first 500 class
win at 21 and his first
MotoGP win at 22 - mean
that this young man has
the motorcycle racing
world at his feet. His
raw talent coupled with
his firm belief in the
'entertainment' aspect of
his sport and the
importance of his fans,
means that he really is
the David Beckham of
bikes - he has done the
near impossible and
transcended his own
territory. His appeal -
being at the top of his
game without being a
purist, still being seen
to be young and excited
by the game, and being a
perfectionist on and off
the track when it comes
to his driving - means
that he really is one of
the superstars of the
sporting world. 304 pages
paperback published by
Arrow Books. ****PLEASE
ALLOW A FEW EXTRA DAYS
FOR DELIVERY OF THIS
ITEM.****

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Valentino Rossi Book - Moto
Genius

Valentino Rossi Moto
Genius: Paperback. Now
published as a
mass-market paperback,
the fourth edition of
this best-selling book
includes a complete new
chapter and photographs
to cover the 2005 season
and Rossi's fifth
consecutive MotoGP title.
After quitting the
dominant Honda factory at
the end of 2003 for the
unfancied Yamaha outfit,
Rossi proved that he
could still quell the
opposition. Beating off
the Honda hordes, the
popular Italian left his
former bosses with
seriously red faces.
Rossi's achievements on
the Yamaha have stunned
even the sport's most
cynical observers,
convincing them that here
is indeed the greatest
bike rider ever. 224
pages published by
Haynes.

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Valentino Rossi Book - Speed
God

Valentino Rossi - Speed
God Book (Hardcover).
This is a long-awaited
update of a fabulous
visual study compiled by
one of the best bike
racing journalists in the
business. Compelling
photographs and sharp
narrative capture the
larger-than-life
character of Valentino
Rossi, one of the
world's most charismatic
sporting personalities,
both on and off the
track. Rossi's life is
charted from his earliest
days, following his
graduation through the
ranks, winning the 125,
250 and 500 World
Championships, to his
domination of the 200mph
MotoGP class, first with
Honda and then from 2004
with Yamaha. This is a
visual treat for all who
appreciate Rossi's talent
and take on life in this
age of conformist
motorsport. The author
Mat Oxley was former
motorcycle racer and Isle
of Man TT winner, he has
been writing about bike
racing for more than two
decades and is the author
of Haynes' acclaimed
biographies of Mick
Doohan and Valentino
Rossi, and the newly
published Stealing Speed.
He lives in London. Book
size 28 x 23 x 1.5cm 200
pages.

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£19.99

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