Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Max Biaggi and Yukio Kagayama finished the first day of qualifying at Valencia s Ricardo Tormo circuit with the fifth and 12th fastest times, giving Biaggi a provisional second-row start.
Throughout the day Biaggi struggled a little with finding a good set-up for his GSX-R1000 K7 but is hopeful of significant progress tomorrow. His team mate Kagayama is still suffering the effects of his heavy fall at Donington two weeks ago, so took things very steadily today.
Reigning champion Troy Bayliss (Ducati) topped the standings after qualifying, over half a second inside the current lap record. Second quickest today is Spaniard Ruben Xaus (Ducati) with series leader James Toseland (Honda) third and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) fourth.
Max Biaggi - 5th, 1: 35.453:
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