Greatest comeback ever?

[Yoong Montoya]

I have 3 favourites, all of which are comebacks over a season to win the title:

1. Colin Edwards World Superbikes 2002
2. Ryuichi Kiyonari British Superbikes 2006
3. Gregorio Lavilla British Superbikes 2005

Any other favourites? You can include races as well btw.

[racer69]

Rainey, 1992 500cc... aided by Doohan's injury of course, but Rainey was knocked about abit too, and it was a difficult year for the team, running Michelin's.

As for career comebacks, its hard to go past Mike Hailwood at the 1978 TT

[Sideswipe]

Not a championship, rather a race: Ralf Waldmann at Donnington in 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpgrIBaOQUI

[Yoong Montoya]

I forgot to mention my favourite comeback in a race - Leon Haslam Croft British Superbikes 2006.

[jhansen]

Troy Bayliss, Valencia Moto GP, 2006.

[2000yellow360]

Originally Posted by racer69

As for career comebacks, its hard to go past Mike Hailwood at the 1978 TT

At the 100th anniversary of the TT, in 2007, I ended up pushing that bike around, and got to start it a couple of times. When we were carting it around, people kept saying "a ragged replica", and we kept telling them it wasn't a replica. Was there with Steve Wynne, the guy who built it for the race. Hailwood's son was there, but couldn't ride the demo lap because his license wasn't current.

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