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After gracefully bowing out on top at Portimao last year, 3-time and still reigning World Superbike Champion, Troy Bayliss, seemed to have done everything perfectly. The danger with both politicians and racers (all careers end in failure) is knowing when to stop and Bayliss went out on the pinnacle of his form. Champion and race winner. Now rumors are circulating that retirement hasn’t been as easy going as his personality and that Troy wants to be Baylistic once again in the World Superbike paddock.

Bayliss is all set to make his Australian V8 Supercar debut but according to Italian magazine Motosprint (English translation) he predicts that four wheels won’t satisfy him and is on the lookout for a ride at the Imola round this weekend where he is Ducati’s guest.

Troy has not raced since the final round of the season last year although he has tested a Ducati MotoGP bike at Mugello. Maybe the taste of it was all he needed to get fired up again?

“I want to race in Superbikes again,” he told MotoSprint. “I’ll be looking around here at Imola. It’s a shame that Ducati have already signed two riders for 2010, I feel that I could have done well next season.” Ducati team boss Davide Tardozzi confirmed that Bayliss had approached him about racing. “Troy asked me if he could race when he landed, last Tuesday. But how could we satisfy his request? We don’t have the resources for three riders,” Motosprint quotes Tardozzi as saying.

link: MotoGPMatters.com

I must admit that I admired Troy’s decision to stop and move on to a new place in his life. He has been tremendously successful and is now retired without significant injury. To me, this turn of events is most unexpected and highly unlikely but time will tell.

What do you think? Will we see Bayliss dicing with Haga and Spies next year? Chime in with your views in the comments section below.

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