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Best features of 2012: Stoner stuns MotoGP

Best features of 2012: Casey Stoner's retirement announcement was a seismic moment for MotoGP, as Toby Moody analysed in this column from May last year

In a year when Valentino Rossi announced his return to Yamaha, and Jorge Lorenzo narrowly beat Dani Pedrosa to the championship, it was Casey Stoner's decision to retire at just 27 that really, really shook MotoGP, as Toby Moody analysed in this May 2012 column...

Casey Stoner will quit MotoGP having just turned 27 years of age when the final race of the 2012 season takes place at Valencia on November 10. And it was that announcement that Le Mans 2012 will be remembered for.

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