Explosive comeback

“Dancing Star” is back in the MotoGP business

Andrea Iannone is back in MotoGP ++ About doping ban and dance show on TV!

Comebacks are popular in sport at the moment. Ski star Marcel Hirscher has done it. Lucas Braathen did the same. Even soccer legend Francesco Totti is speculating about a return to the professional game at the age of 48. This weekend, one rider is also celebrating his big comeback in MotoGP: Andrea Iannone.

Iannone always denied having doped
The now 35-year-old disappeared from the MotoGP scene for four years, tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in 2019 and was subsequently banned for four years for doping. Iannone always denied having doped and always attributed the positive test to contaminated meat. What is curious, however, is that the urine sample was taken in Malaysia of all places - exactly where the Italian is now celebrating his return to the premier class.

Iannone last competed in the Superbike World Championship. In 2021, he took part in the Italian edition of "Dancing Stars", finishing fifth with his dance partner. But why return to big business now?

"I said yes straight away!"
"Valentino Rossi called me and asked if I could replace Di Giannantonio, who is having shoulder surgery, in the last two races. I said yes straight away," beamed the 2016 Spielberg Grand Prix winner. It will probably only be a brief interlude - but an explosive one at any rate.