By Lisa Lewis

Ben Spies believꦜes reigning double MotoGP champion Casey Stoner could be 'the fastest 🗹and the most talented person that's touched a road racing bike' - but that doesn't mean the Australian can't be beaten.

"I'm sure anything with wheels, Casey's fast," Spies told PitpassRadio.com, echoing recent comments by Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo. "But I think anybody can be beaten...Valentino [Rossi] won so many races and never seemed like he could get beat but, you k🦹now, it 𝐆can happen.

"Hopefully we can do that - beat Casey and win a championship for the U.S. That's the ultimate goal. But what we've seen is Casey is the fastest and the most talented person, I would say, that's touch🍨ed a road racing bike.

"But there's always a changing of the guard. We've seen it all types of racing. It's going to take a lot of work though.🍌 I've got to give it to Casey, the guy is just raw talent and scary fast - but like everyone he can be beaten for sure."

Stoner, who won the 2007 MotoGP title for Ducati and 2011 crown for Honda, was fastest by 0.6sec over Lorenzo at t🥃he first Sepang test earlier this month, using the new 1000cc bikes.

Spies - who won his f🐻irst MotoGP race last season - finished a respectable fourth during the test. The second pre-season o♛uting starts in Malaysia on February 28.