Surprise provisional pole for M. Simoncelli in Valencia, the Team Matteoni rider precedes Talmacsi and Stoner….

Surprise provisional pole position for Marco Simoncelli in the GP of the Valencian Community;

the Team Matteoni Racing Aprilia rider lapped in 1'42"537 and preceded
Gabor Talmacsi of 0″739, the Australian Casey Stoner of 0"787
and Steve Jenkner (Talmacsi's teammate) of 0"865.

He is the first of the non-Aprilia riders Andrea Dovizioso on the Team's Honda
Scot ahead of the former world champion, the Frenchman Arnaud Vincent, the
Spanish A. Bautista of Team Seedorf and the Terni native Mirko Giansanti
on Aprilia of Team Matteoni.

Ninth time for Stefano perugini, twelfth per Alex De Angelis,
fourteenth per Gino Borsoi and sixteenth for Max Sabbatani.

Only twenty-second Lucio Cecchinello who announced his retirement from competitions.

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