Byke Racing: Toseland tussle; SPORTS ROUND-UP.

SUPERBIKES: James Toseland's bid to finish second in the World Superbike The term Superbike is used to describe sport bikes with displacement of around 1000cc. Superbikes have have lightweight frames and are powered by high performance engines. Their design is more focused on race track performance than rider comfort. Championship will go down to the final two races of the season this weekend.

Toseland leads Japanese rival Nori Haga by two points going into tomorrow's final round of the championship in France.

The Winston Ten Kate The term or phrase Ten Kate can refer to:

Henk ten Cate - footballer and football manager
Gerrit ten Kate - the founder of Ten Kate Racing
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate - a Dutch prose writer and poet

rider needs only to beat Haga in the two races at Magny-Cours to be sure of second place.

But Haga gained the upper hand in yesterday's first qualifying session by setting the fastest time with a lap of one min 40.474secs.

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:	Oct 7, 2006
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