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"We knew it would not be an easy weekend but I did not expect to run into these problems" - de Puniet.

Randy de Puniet saw an impressive fifth on the grid go to waste when he was taken out by Valentino Rossi on the opening lap of Saturday's Dutch TT.

The three-day test marks the debut of the 2008 Yamaha YZR-M1 and the return of world champion Casey Stoner from a shoulder injury sustained at Jerez last November. Of the provisional 2008 grid, only Team Roberts are not attending the test.

Carlos Checa may have called it is his 'most difficult' bike, but new LCR rider Randy de Puniet seems to have adapted extremely well to the Michelin-equipped satellite Honda, after two years on a Bridgestone-shod factory Kawasaki.