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Moto2: Tomizawa on top, Rolfo injured

Shoya Tomizawa was fastest on the first dry day of the inaugural Moto2 group test at Catalunya, while Wednesday pacesetter Roby Rolfo suffered a dislocated shoulder in an early accident

Superbike convert Rolfo fell after just four laps this morning and dislocated his left shoulder, an injury that will sideline him for four weeks and rule him out of the major Moto2 test at Valencia on 1-3 March.

Former 250cc midfielder Tomizawa emerged fastest by the end of today with a 1m49.4s lap on his Technomag-CIP Suter MMX. Jules Cluzel and Yonny Hernandez were second and third, 0.2 seconds behind, ahead of 125cc champion Julian Simon and ex-MotoGP rider Yuki Takahashi, despite Simon having a crash.

Kenny Noyes was quickest in the morning, and ended up sixth overall.

Other riders to fall without injury today included Aspar's Mike di Meglio, Thomas Luthi, Vincent Lonbois, Alex Debon and Fonsi Nieto.

Although 24 of the new Moto2 machines were on the track today, many likely frontrunners - including former MotoGP men Toni Elias, Alex de Angelis and Niccolo Canepa - are waiting until the Valencia test and the arrival of the official Honda Moto2 engine before starting to test in earnest.

Pos  Rider               Team                     Time
 1.  Shoya Tomizawa      Technomag CIP            1m49.4s
 2.  Jules Cluzel        Forward Racing           1m49.6s
 3.  Yonny Hernandez     Blusens STX              1m49.6s
 4.  Julian Simon        Mapfre Aspar Team        1m49.8s
 5.  Yuki Takahashi      Tech 3 Racing            1m49.8s
 6.  Kenny Noyes         Jack&Jones/Banderas      1m49.9s
 7.  Roberto Rolfo       Italtrans STR            1m50.0s
 8.  Claudio Corti       Forward Racing           1m50.1s
 9.  Alex Baldolini      Caretta Technology       1m50.3s
10.  Dominique Aegerter  Technomag CIP            1m50.7s
11.  Mike di Meglio      Mapfre Aspar Team        1m51.0s
12.  Sergio Gadea        Pons Racing              1m51.0s
13.  Mashel Al Naimi     Blusens STX              1m51.2s
14.  Fonsi Nieto         G22 HolidayGym           1m51.2s
15.  Scott Redding       Marc VDS Racing Team     1m51.2s
16.  Axel Pons           Pons Racing              1m51.4s
17.  Raffaele de Rosa    Tech 3 Racing            1m51.5s
18.  Thomas Luthi        Interwetten Moriwaki     1m51.8s
19.  Robertino Pietri    Italtrans STR            1m51.9s
20.  Joan Olive          Jack&Jones/Banderas      1m51.9s
21.  Stefan Bradl        Viessmann Kiefer Racing  1m52.0s
22.  Karel Abraham       Cardion AB Motoracing    1m52.8s
23.  Vladimir Leonov     Vector Kiefer Racing     1m52.9s
24.  Yannick Guerra      G22 HolidayGym           1m53.6s

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