Edwards fell off on the last corner. Pedrosa won the same number, while Catalunya injury victims Capirossi and Melandri had three apiece. Rossi five. Another surprising statistic: all year long, Hayden led for 29 laps. One-race wonder Troy Bayliss led

anyone.Entertainment over the holidays came via the Internet, in a web-site war between SBK champs Troy Bayliss and Neil Hodgson. Our Neil started it off, on his own site, discussing his current employment situation (ie. jobless after the collapse

of ways.Neither of the ex-Superbike World Champs in MotoGP have fulfilled their potential more than sporadically. Colin Edwards, now Rossi's team-mate, and Troy Bayliss, currently on a satellite-team Honda, have both been occasional rostrum visitors

and mechanics are swelling the dole queues. At the end of 2005, the same wind of change hit the riders. MotoGP heroes fell off in unprecedented numbers. Not just GP winners like Max Biaggi, Alex Barros and Carlos Checa, and Aussie battler Troy Bayliss; also

-stroke hopefuls who came from World Supers to take advantage of the new class.The two-stroke route was that followed by Rossi. And double race winner Marco Melandri.The four-stroke influx, meantime, saw Troy Bayliss and Ruben Xaus both come to MotoGP, and then go