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Spies takes first MotoGP winSpies takes first MotoGP win
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June 26, 2011, Sunday
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YAMAHA'S Ben Spies celebrated his first MotoGP win at the Dutch Grand Prix yesterday after his world champion teammate Jorge Lorenzo and Honda's pole-sitter Marco Simoncelli collided on the first lap.
The American, starting in second place in damp conditions at the Assen circuit, was the first new winner in MotoGP since Italian Andrea Dovizioso in 2009.
Australian Casey Stoner finished second for Honda, with Dovizioso third, to stretch his championship lead over Lorenzo to 28 points. He had won the previous three races. Italian Valentino Rossi was fourth for Ducati.
"It's special. This track is a track I grew up watching all my heroes race on," said Spies.
"I don't know how it all came together. I had a friend over from America, we had the special colors for Assen, and the way the weather was, maybe it all happened for a reason and we were able to do it today."
Moto2 championship leader Stefan Bradl, who had started his race on pole, drew a blank after crashing in the closing laps on the wet track.
Spaniard Marc Marquez won to close the German's lead to 57 points.
Spanish teenager Maverick Vinales won a red-flagged 125cc grand prix, the 16-year-old's second successive victory of the season, after starting on pole and then dropping back to ninth place in an eventful start to the rain-hit race.
The race was halted by heavy rain after 15 laps. Spain's Nicolas Terol, who missed the race after crashing in qualifying and injuring his hand, still leads the championship with 128 points to German Jonas Folger's 101.
The American, starting in second place in damp conditions at the Assen circuit, was the first new winner in MotoGP since Italian Andrea Dovizioso in 2009.
Australian Casey Stoner finished second for Honda, with Dovizioso third, to stretch his championship lead over Lorenzo to 28 points. He had won the previous three races. Italian Valentino Rossi was fourth for Ducati.
"It's special. This track is a track I grew up watching all my heroes race on," said Spies.
"I don't know how it all came together. I had a friend over from America, we had the special colors for Assen, and the way the weather was, maybe it all happened for a reason and we were able to do it today."
Moto2 championship leader Stefan Bradl, who had started his race on pole, drew a blank after crashing in the closing laps on the wet track.
Spaniard Marc Marquez won to close the German's lead to 57 points.
Spanish teenager Maverick Vinales won a red-flagged 125cc grand prix, the 16-year-old's second successive victory of the season, after starting on pole and then dropping back to ninth place in an eventful start to the rain-hit race.
The race was halted by heavy rain after 15 laps. Spain's Nicolas Terol, who missed the race after crashing in qualifying and injuring his hand, still leads the championship with 128 points to German Jonas Folger's 101.
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