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Alice will become the title sponsor of next year's Dutch TT on June 27, Telecom Italia and Dorna Sports confirmed today.

This weekend's Valencia season finale marks the 18th and final time that Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli will line-up in Alice colours for the Pramac Ducati MotoGP team.

As rumoured, it has been officially announced that Ducati test rider Niccolo Canepa and KTM's 250GP star Mika Kallio will ride for the Pramac Ducati team - currently backed by Alice - in the 2009 MotoGP World Championship.

Alice's Toni Elias became the first rider other than Casey Stoner to take the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 to a podium finish after a stunning charge in Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix.

The Alice Team claims its satellite spec Desmosedici GP8s are now 'exactly the same' as those used by the factory Ducati team.

Luis d'Antin has resigned as team principal of the Alice MotoGP team. A former 250GP rider, d'Antin has run a premier-class grand prix team since 1999, initially with support from Yamaha, before becoming Ducati's satellite MotoGP outfit from 2004 onwards.

Alice Team manager Luis d'Antin has called for 'more' from riders Toni Elias and Sylvian Giuntoli at this weekend's British Grand Prix following a tough start to the season.

The outfit, formerly known as the Pramac d'Antin Team, will field former MotoGP race winner Toni Elias and 2007 MotoGP rookie of the year Sylvain Guintoli on its satellite-spec Ducatis.