Nicolo Bulega on Toprak Razgatlioglu Italian WorldSBK battle: “His plan was to stop me”

Nicolo Bulega and Toprak Razgatlioglu shared another intense bat🍷tle in Race 1 at the Italian WorldSBK.

Nicolo Bulega, Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Italian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Nicolo Bulega, Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Italian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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The Italian WorldSBK appeared to be delivering a classic race in Race 1 of the 2025 edition of the round held at Cremona Circuit, but once 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicolo Bulega was able to impose his pace from the front his early battle with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu was over.

Bulega started from pole position an🐠d made the holeshot into turn one, but Razgatlioglu was aware of the danger of the Italian’s pace and passed him into the final corner on the opening lap.

From there, Bulega tried on multiple occasions to regain the lead, but until lap five the BMW rider was able to retaliate. Only on lap six was Bulega able to make a pass stick on Razgatliogl🐭u, and from there he was eventually able to make his pace count and score a fifth victory of the seas🐬on by 2.8 seconds.

Reflecting on the early battle 🍃with Razgatlioglu🔜, Bulega said that the key to eventually coming out on top against the reigning champion was staying calm.

“Toprak [Razgatlioglu] is always very aggressive,”𒁏 Bulega told WorldSBK.com after Race 2.

“His plan was to tryꦿ t♉o stop me because my pace was very good.

“I was just staying calm and knowing that if I could🅰 overtake him, when ꦏhe would be behind me, I’d have something more.

“When I overtook him, I tr♏ied to do my pace and my plan wor🎉ked well.”

Bulega added that this vi💧ctory was of extra importance after his double-DNF on S𒁃unday at Assen.

“After Assen, I ne𝓀eded a win and to win here in Italy is incredible, especially here at Cremona,” he said.

“I never have a lot of fun ridin𒀰g here because this track, for me, is ver൩y difficult.

“It’s incredi🌠ble to win here. It means we made a step from la♑st year and we can fight in every race.”

Bulega’s victory means he is now 26 points clear of Razgatlioglu in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike riders’ standings ahead of Sunday’s two races.

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