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Spanish motorcycling legend Angel Nieto dies

The 70-year-old had suffered a quad-bike crash in Ibiza last week.

Spanish motorcycling legend Angel Nieto dies

Angel Nieto (L) and Valentino Rossi (Photo: AFP)

Spanish motorcycling legend Angel Nieto died aged 70 just over a week after suffering a quad-bike crash in Ibiza, MotoGP announced.

"The 13-time world champion — whose superstition always referred to his titles as 12+1 – was a MotoGP legend and a key figure in establishing Spain as a world-beating force in Grand Prix motorcycle racing," the official site of the motorcycling world championship said on Thursday. 

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