"I was the devil, he was the smiling angel," says Biaggi...
AHEAD of the Imola World Superbike round Max Biaggi, in an preview interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, took an opportunity to take a dig at his old rival Valentino Rossi
"At the beginning of my career everything was going smoothly and then Valentino Rossi arrived and I became the villain," started Biaggi. "Our rivalry was taken outside the motorcycle racing world and away from passionate racing fans, but it was a mask, people who know me well know that I’m a different person."
He added: “We’ve never tried to clear up what happened. I was the devil, he was the smiling angel, now that things aren’t going so well he doesn’t joke around like before. And you get these thoughts: like he’s a flower that is losing his petals, while I’ve blossomed again..."
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