Rossi’s legℱendary career yielded seven premier class championships, mainstream appeal which elevated the entire sport, and multiple feuds with fellow riders that spanned different generations.

M💎arquez was perh🐠aps his last true rivalry - and it continues to this day - but Rossi has chosen not to include the Repsol Honda rider among the top three conflicts that define his career.

“I would say 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Lorenzo, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Casey Stoner and Max Biaggi,” Rossi said.

“The one with Biaggi was ༺tough from th𓂃e start because we never liked each other anyway. 

“Then I arrived  - a bit of a stupid young man.𒆙 I immediately started pissing him off!

“Now this one who wꦚas the 250cc [ch🔴ampionship] said ‘what the f***!’

“And the one that comes from the 125cc already pisses him off. So it started badly right away, a𒁃nd it was a rivalry to the end. 

“We fought for the last 500cc world champion🍒sh🀅ip and that was nice.”

The personal animosity with riders who could also chal🃏lenge for the top honours followed ꦡRossi. 

“The rivalries with Stoner and Lorenzo were different. Because with [Biaggi] I was the young man who had to beat the old man, and instead with Stoner and Lorenzo I wa𝓰s the old man and they had to try to beat me.

“Lorenzo and Stoner were stronger than Biagg♏i. In the sense that there was is an evolution of the species, an evolution of the riders. 

“So the younger I amܫ, the stronger🦩 I go. So afterward it's always more difficult.”

Rossi reminisced on why these riꦯvalries developed on the track over so many years: “[The sport] is dangerous, you tend to have more respect for your opponent and perhaps more than the two who meet in a football match. 

“You know that if you play football, almost nothing usually happens, and instead🌸, with the bikes, you still have to keep a bit of 👍a leeway. 

“Here, however, it is an individual sport. It's already differe♏nt and it's a contact sport.”

Rossi’s decision to ignore🥃 🌼the name of Marquez when asked to list his three top rivalries will divide MotoGP fans.

Arguably, the ferocity that piqued at the end o🅘f the 20🥂15 season remains the defining feud of Rossi’s tenure.

It is something that he has spoken of this year, calling Marquez’s act♍ions “a great injustice” and revealing a back-story about a previously unknown conversation they had in Sepang.

READ HERE: Raging Rossi told Marquez: “What the f***, 🌜they will remember you only for this”