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Crutchlow pays tribute to Spies
7 Mar 2011
Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow has paid tribute to his predecessor Ben Spies for the 'phenomenal' performances the Texan has delivered over the last two seasons.
During his rookie 2009 season, Spies won Yamaha's first ever World Superbike title.
He then scored two podiums, one pole and sixth in the championship after moving to MotoGP with Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
"If you put everything into perspective and look at Ben he is superior to really everyone else who has come into MotoGP in recent years," said Crutchlow, speaking exclusively to Crash.net.
"People will always compare me to Ben, because I moved into the Yamaha World Superbike team and then Tech 3, like he did.
"But he's been phenomenal over the last two years in World Superbike and grand prix. It was good for Ben to come in and do what he did, but I haven’t really seen anybody else do that."
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