Valencia MotoGP race cancelled due to deadly flood damage in Spain
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MotoGP organisers confirmed that the Valencia season finale will not go ahead after the region was devastated by floods earlier this week.
Valencia will not host the final MotoGP event of the season organisers announced owing to the devastating flooding in the east of Spain earlier this week.
The motorcycle race was due to be held on November 17 and a new venue will be “confirmed as soon as possible” said race organisers in a statement on Friday.
Many of the top MotoGP riders had called for the race to be moved away from Valencia after the deadly floods, which have killed at least 205 people.
Floods devastated towns, piling up cars collapsing bridges and filling streets with mud in Spain’s biggest natural disaster for decades.
“We have been in constant contact with the local authorities and the circuit to best assess how we can help and how we should proceed,” said MotoGP.
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