[ogden]

The spare bikes (in the premier class) are used for flag-to-flag bike changes when it starts bucketing down, and the weather was rather changeable at Valencia this weekend so they'd have wanted to keep those bikes in tip-top condition.

The winners of the Moto2 and MotoGP championships might have already been decided but the 125s hadn't, and even if first place has gone there are other riders competing for the remaining places. Pedrosa and Dovizioso were fighting over third in the MotoGP, Crutchlow and Abraham were fighting for Rookie of the Year, and everyone else was scrapping for their own personal achievement.

And a win is a win - even if the championship's gone, a podium is still a podium, a prize is still a prize, a race is still a race.