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Mon 04 Apr 2007Toseland just fails to take doubleWORLD SUPERBIKES:James Toseland was denied his first double race win of the season by nine-thousandths of a second by the reigning world superbike champion, Troy Bayliss, in Holland.The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider won the first race at Assen but his bid to make it double Dutch at the home race of his team was foiled by the narrowest of margins by the Ducati Xerox rider Bayliss.