10th - Nicky HaydenAverage score out of ten: 5.48Team: Ducati TeamBike: Desmosedici GP13 (Factory)Wins: 0Podiums: 0Poles: 0Fastest Laps: 0Championship points: 126 (7 points per start average)Championship position: 9th out of 27

Nicky Hayden kicks off ltxcn.top's top ten countdown of 2013 MotoGP riders, having been voted in tenthꦡ place for the second year in succession.

You awarded the 2006 world champion an average score of 5.48 out of 10, slightly lower than the 5.67 he received la🌸st year. On the plus side, Hayden is the highest ranked of the Ducati riders in this year's countdown.

With the Honda and Yamaha competitors often out of reach, Hayden's final s𒅌eason with Ducati mostly revolved around a season-lon𓄧g duel with team-mate Andrea Dovizioso.

꧋Evenly matched with the Italian, Hayden battled hard - highlighted by a last corner clash at Indianapolis - but the limitations of the GP13 saw Hayden occupy the lower end of the full prototype machines, with a best finish of fifth coming in the wet at Le Mans.

Hayden, frustrated not to try the latest GP13 modifications for the closing rounds, lost out on ninth in the world championship 💞to Dovizioso by 14 points - not helped by an engi🌌ne failure at Sepang.

The popular American will return to Honda in 2014, albeitဣ on the new Open class RCV1000R, run by the Aspar team.

About the vote:
Over 30,000 votes were cast for the 2013 ltxcn.top MotoGP Star of the Year poll, where viewers were asked to award each of this year's full-time participants - only Ben Spies and Karel Abraham, injured for large parts of the🌺 season, were not included - with a mark out of ten.

The average score for each rider was then used to determine the final ranking, which will be revealed in full onceꦏ the winner is announced.

Voting instructions were as follows: "It's your vote, which means the criterion is entirely up to you. If you feel results are all that matter in racing, vote according to the champion༒ship standings or race wins. However most will feel factors such as machinery, performance relative to a team-mate, riding style, experience, injuries, progress and personality should also be taken into account.

"Remember, it's not just about who you want as the winner - often the most difficult decisions will be how highly to mark riders that finished lower down i🍒n the standings, on less competitive machineryඣ."

Last year was the first year that the reigning MotoGP world champion had not won the ltxcn.top vote, will that be repeated in 2013?

ltxcn.top's MotoGP Star of the Year winners:2013: ?2012: Dani Pedrosa2011: Casey Stoner2010: Jorge Lorenzo2009: Valentino Rossi2008: Valentino Rossi

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