Isle of Man TT all-time record holder Michael Dunlop arrives at Valentino Rossi's ranch for annual champions event

The Ballymoney man became the most successful rider in the history of the Isle of Man TT last year, winning four races to move onto 29 wins and breaking his legendary uncle Joey’s record of 26 victories.

Dunlop is joined at the annual event by fellow TT rider and 2024 Senior winner Davey Todd.

The 35-year-old met with Rossi during an event at Silverstone last summer, which brought together a who’s who of motorcycling stars at a Monster Energy athlete’s day.

The entry list for Rossi’s renowned get-together, which has been held for more than 10 years, includes two-time MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia, Pedro Acosta, and fellow premier class stars Enea Bastianini, Marco Bezzecchi, Luca Marini and Miguel Oliveira.

Dunlop is in the running for the Irish Motorcyclist of the Year accolade at next Friday’s Adelaide Irish Motorbike Awards in Belfast, which take place on Friday, January 17.

The full list of riders at Rossi’s ranch this weekend is:

Valentino Rossi

Pedro Acosta

Dominique Aegerter

Xavier Artigas

Francesco Bagnaia

Lorenzo Baldassarri

Elia Bartolini

Enea Bastianini

James Douglas Beach

Marco Belli

Matteo Bertelle

Marco Bezzecchi

Nicolo Bulega

Federico Caricasulo

Mattia Casadei

Thomas Chareyre

Davey Todd

Michael Dunlop

Filippo Fuligini

Federico Fuligni

Matteo Gabarrini

Manu Gonzalez

Sammy Halbert

Kurvinen Lasse

Andrea Locatelli

Luca Lunetta

Andrea Mantovani

Luca Marini

Andrea Migno

Franco Morbidelli

Diogo Moreira

Stefano Nepa

Miguel Oliveira

Luca Ottaviani

Mattia Pasini

Matteo Patacca

Gautier Paulin

Tito Rabat

Jose Antonio Rueda

Alberto Surra

Tatsuki Suzuki

Tim Neave

Ryan Vickers