Casey Stoner was unable to win th💛e Charity Race of Champions in Italy.

The EICMA in Milan - one of the world’s bigges🍸t two-wheel trade fairs - brought racing legends together for a novelty competition this weekend.

Stoner was the 🐓feature attraction but he was beaten at the semi-fiꦬnal stage.

The format♐ of elimination chase races pitted riders one-on-one.

Stoner beat Randy Mamola in the 🌊first round, while Marco Melandri beat Loris Capirossi.

Troy Bayliss and Carlos Checa also advanced to the next stage. Bayliss beat Melan🐈dri.

Stoner fell off his bike🐲 in his semi-final against Checa, ultimately losing out.

Bayliss then defeated Checa in the ‘road’ final, qualifying him to face the winner o✃f the ‘off-road’ category in the ultimate finale.

Christophe Pourcel, who won the ‘o💖ff-road’ section, beat Checa to win the EICMA Charity Race of Ch༒ampions.

But for many MotoGP fans, it was just a n🏅ovelty to watch heroes from yesteryear briefly return to a competitive environ꧃ment.

Particularly Stoner,෴ the two-time MotoGP champion who often keeps his distance from the sport since his retirement.

ಞRiding 🍌a Beta Special Flat Track Project adorned with the #27, he was able to roll back the years on the dirt tracks.