motorcycle news - Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Rossi wins Spanish GP
Valentino Rossi moves to the top of the MotoGP world championship after taking his 1st win of the season in Spain.
The reigning world champion came home ahead of home favourite Dani Pedrosa, with Casey Stoner in third place.
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Pedrosa, who missed much of pre-season due to injury, led for 17 laps but once passed by Rossi, he looked physically spent and never threatened a comeback.
Jorge Lorenzo, who had come into the race as championship leader, crashed out from fourth place near the end.
"I had a great battle with Casey with two or three overtakes, it was fun," said Rossi afterwards.
"I had a little bit more pace and when I was second I started the most difficult part of the race, because Dani was in front more than one second and I know he's difficult to catch."
"I have 65 points and I'm in front of Casey, who I think is the most difficult rival, but also Dani and Lorenzo are not far behind, so it will be very tough to the end."
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Jerez MotoGP result:1 V Rossi (It) Yamaha 45 mins 18.557
2 D Pedrosa (Spn) Honda 45:21.257
3 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 45:29.064
4 R de Puniet (Fr) Honda 45:50.450
5 M Melandri (Ita) Kawasaki 45:51.685
6 L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 45:52.685
7 C Edwards (US) Yamaha 45:52.978
8 A Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 45:53.182
9 T Elias (Spn) Honda 46:01.246
10 C Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 46:03.740
11 S Gibernau (Spn) Ducati 46:06.749
12 Y Takahashi (Jpn) Honda 46:10.432
13 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha 46:12.240
14 A de Angelis (SMR) Honda 46:12.498
15 N Hayden (US) Ducati 46:19.794
Championship standings:
1 V Rossi (It) 65 pts
2 C Stoner (Aus) 54
3 J Lorenzo (Sp) 41
4 D Pedrosa (Sp) 41
5 A Dovizioso (It) 30
6 C Edwards (US) 26
7 R de Puniet (Fr) 24
8 M Melandri (It) 23
9 C Vermeulen (Aus) 21
10 L Capirossi (Ita) 19
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