Moto2 riders who turned down Aprilia MotoGP ride ‘won’t be happy’

A number of names were linked to the RS-GP alongside Espargaro for this season after Andrea Iannone was banned for four years due to a doping offence.

As well as MotoGP winners Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow, leading names from Moto2 in Marco Bezzecchi, Joe Roberts and Fabio Di Giannantonio were all linked to Aprilia for 2021.

Valentino Rossi protégé Bezzecchi and Roberts turned…