Neil Stuart Hodgson is a former British

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 motorcycle racer

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 who won the 2000 British Superbike Championship, and the 2003 Superbike World Championship

2003 Superbike World Championship season

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 titles. Neil then went on to have a moderately successful 4 years in the American Superbike Championship, with a best 5th place championship finish. Neil has since returned to the British Superbike Championship on the Motorpoint Yamaha

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 for the 2010 season. However On the 22nd April 2010 Hodgson announced that he was retiring from British superbikes and competitive motorcycle racing, due to the shoulder he injured in a motocross accident during the previous AMA season.