Valentino Rossi: Nine-time world champion to retire at end of 2021 MotoGP season, Motorsport News
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The 42-year-old Italian, who races with the number 46, is a nine-time world champion with seven of his titles won in the top category; the only rider to have started 400 or more races, Rossi has 89 wins from the top category
Valentino Rossi, one of motorcycling's greatest and most charismatic champions, announced on Thursday his retirement from MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season.
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