motorcycle news - Monday 19th October 2009
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Stoner holds off Rossi in Australian MotGP
Casey Stoner lead from start to finish to beat world champion Valentino Rossi and win his home Australian MotoGP.
Stoner (Ducati), held off Italy's Rossi (Yamaha) to win at Phillip Island for the third successive year, with Spain's Dani Pedrosa (Honda) third.
Rossi's second place moves him closer to retaining his world title.
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Italian Marco Simoncelli, riding a Gilera, won the 250cc race which was halted after several falls with six of the 25 laps remaining.
Stoner, who started on pole position, showed no sign of the illness that had affected his season to win Sunday's grand prix by 1.935 seconds.
The 24-year-old Australian had missed three races through fatigue before making his comeback with a podium finish in Portugal on 4 October.
The whole team's done a fantastic job."
"We spent those three races away to fix myself up. It's definitely a big step from what we were in the middle of the season.
"It's nice to be able to fight for victories. Even if I didn't win today, I'd have had a ball."
Rossi's second spot moved him to 270 points in the table, 38 clear of Spain's Jorge Lorenzo. Stoner is third on 195 points.
Lorenzo crashed out of the race before the first corner after tangling with American Nicky Hayden.
"It was the most fun second-place of my career because it was a great battle with Casey," said Rossi.
"I tried with all my energy, all my speed, but Casey rode very well and at the end it was impossible, and I also have to think of the championship.
"With Jorge out, we had a good advantage."
Spain's Dani Pedrosa finished third, while Honda team-mate Alex de Angelis of San Marino came fourth. American Colin Edwards (Yamaha) took fifth spot.
Two rounds of the world championship remain - Malaysia and Valencia - with a maximum of 50 points available.
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Australian MotoGP result1 Casey Stoner (Aus) Ducati 40min 56.651
2 Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 40:58.586
3 Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 41:19.269
4 Alex de Angelis (SM) Honda 41:29.353
5 Colin Edwards (USA) Yamaha 41:32.536
6 Alex Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 41:35.133
7 Marco Melandri (Ita) Kawasaki 41:41.112
8 Randy de Puniet (Fra) Honda 41:41.592
9 Mika Kallio (Fin) Ducati 41:50.996
10 Toni Elias (Spa) Honda 41:57.856
11 Chris Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 42:02.068
12 Loris Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 42:02.601
13 Gabor Talmacsi (Hun) Honda 42:14.602
14 James Toseland (GB) Yamaha 42:14.636
15 Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati +1 laps
Championship standings
1 Rossi 270
2 Lorenzo 232
3 Stoner 195
4 Pedrosa 189
5 Dovizioso 152
6 Edwards 145
7 De Angelis 101
8 De Puniet, 101
9 Capirossi 101
10 Melandri 100
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