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Cycle News 2013 Issue 45 November 12 2013

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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FEATURE P56 MOTOGP REVIEW The TITAN vs. The TWITCH IT WAS JORGE LORENZO AGAINST MARC MARQUEZ IN A BRILLIANT SEASON OF MOTOGP BY MICHAEL SCOTT PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE W hat a season. What a battle. And what a winner. Just four points in it at the end, as Marc Marquez concluded his recordbreaking season with yet another set of premier-class records. At 20, he is the youngest ever World Champion. He won it after receiving a message from Freddie Spencer, the 1983 champion: "It's about time somebody broke my record." He is also only the third class rookie in history to win the title. The first, in the mists of time, was Gilera rider Umberto Masetti – at least under the current definition of rookie,

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