Joan Lascorz

Joan Lascorz Moreno, born on 27 February 1985 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona, is a Spanish former motorcycle racer who competed in the Supersport World Championship from 2005 to 2010 and in the Superbike World Championship in 2011 and 2012. He won the 1995 Catalan Pocket Bike Championship and the 2004 Spanish Supermoto Championship, then moved to World Supersport in 2007 with the Glaner Motocard.com team. In 2008 he won the Valencia race, led the standings briefly and finished fifth overall; in 2009 he took four podiums with factory Kawasaki support. He finished eleventh in the 2011 Superbike World Championship with Kawasaki. In 2012 a testing crash at Imola left him paralysed and ended his racing career, and from 2013 he worked as a commentator covering World Superbikes on Spanish television.