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    The Doctor has left the building: Rossi retires as protege Bagnaia wins

    Nov 18, 2021 4 minutes
    LEWIS DUNCAN

    MOTOGP

    VALENCIA (ESP) 14 NOVEMBER

    ROUND 18/18

    Even if the 2021 MotoGP title battle between Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo had still been raging, the result at the front of the pack for last weekend’s Valencia Grand Prix would still have been just a sidenote. The weekend belonged to one rider only.

    After 27 laps of the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valentino Rossi’s 432nd grand prix (including 125cc and 250cc outings) had come to an end – and with it, his illustrious 26-season career in world championship motorcycle competition. Winner of nine world titles – seven in the top

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