Tom Sykes has confirmed that he’ll be riding for the Kawasaki World Superbike team next year and will partner Chris Vermeulen in the all new 2010 team line up.
The British rider who’s currently 8th in the standings, has had a lacklustre season with the factory Yamaha, if compared to his team mate, rookie sensation Ben Spies, who’ll be fighting for the World Superbike championship title this Sunday at Portimao against Noriyuki Haga.
Sykes, who lost his factory Yamaha ride to Cal Crutchlow who’ll be moving up to the superbike series and James Toseland who be switching back to WSBK after two years in MotoGP.
The soon to be Kawasaki rider will get his first taste of ZX-10R next Tuesday and Wednesday in the official post race tests at the Portimao circuit.
The now ousted riders Broc Parkes and Makoto Tamada have yet to reveal where they’ll be heading in 2010.
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