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Valentino Rossi Retired from MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo Equals Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Mohammad Ali : Okezone Sports

SPIELBERG Valentino Rossi stated that he would retire from MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season. Jorge Lorenzo said his former rival was on par with a number of other sports legends, such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Mohammad Ali.

Rossi stated that next year he would retire on Thursday, August 5, 2021. He followed the steps of Lorenzo, who had already hung up his helmet in 2019.

Throughout his career, Rossi did have many rivals. Starting from Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Dani Pedrosa to Marc Marquez. Lorenzo also considers Rossi’s speed to be rivaled by Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner.

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Even so, the rivalry between Rossi and Lorenzo can be said to be one of the fiercest. Even though they have defended the same team on several occasions, both garages must be given a dividing wall.

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Even so, Lorenzo still considers Rossi as legendary. He did not even hesitate to say that Rossi has the same charisma as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Mohammad Ali and Ayrton Senna.

“This is the end of an era. On the track, the four of us have the same speed,” Lorenzo said on his Twitter account, Friday (6/8/2021).

“However, in terms of charisma and merit, Valentino Rossi is at the level of Jordan, Woods, Ali and Senna. Enjoy this new chapter of his life, legend!” he continued.

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Rossi and Lorenzo both defended Yamaha from 2008 to 2010. Rossi then briefly moved to Ducati in 2011, but once again became Lorenzo’s tandem in 2013 to 2016.

Before retiring, Rossi is now defending Petronas Yamaha SRT. Rossi has never been on the podium this season. He last rode in 2020 at the Spanish MotoGP, while he last won in 2017 at the Dutch MotoGP.

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