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Rider Profiles

Name: Garry McCoy

Series: World Supersport

Team: Team Triumph SC

Number: 24
Nationality: Australian
Date of birth: April, 18 1972
Place of birth: Sydney
Residency: Andorra
Weight: 58 kg
Height: 1m68

Scuderia Triumph-SC delivered the riders who will contest, on the Triumph 675 Daytona, the 2008 600 Superstock European Championship, the prestigious series promoted by FIM and FG Sport for the young guns of World motorcycle, reserved to Under 20 riders.

The riders who will up-hold the Triumph’s colours are the English Tom Grant, nineteenth year old, and the Scottish Robbie Stewart, just sixteenth year old, two of the most promising and brilliant riders contesting the Bennet British Superbike Championship.

Garry McCoy, who made all the developing winter tests of Triumph 675 Daytona for Scuderia Triumph-SC, will be one out the two riders of Triumph-SC for 2008 World Superspost. Garry was a member of the Italian team in 2004 when, on a Ducati 999, won the second leg of Australian G.P., scoring the sixth place in championship.

Racing Highlights: from 1996 to 2003 in Grand Prix World Championship where he scored 2 victories and 5 podiums in 125 class, and more 3 wins, joining also 7 times onto the podium, in the top class, the 500cc.

In 2004 he joined Superbike arena on a Ducati-SC, winning a leg in Australia and finishing at the final sixth place the season. Once more in Superbike in 2005 on the Foggy Petronas and finished the championship in 24^th place.

Still some presence in MotoGP for 2006 riding the Ilmor and finishing in 22^nd place the championship, the in 2007 he takes a holiday season to return with Stefano Caracchi in 2008.

Info supplied by Triumph SC