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One day after his victory in the sprint, world championship leader Jorge Martin followed up with a race win in Le Mans on Sunday. The Pramac rider triumphed ahead of Marc Marquez, who relegated world champion Francesco Bagnaia to third place just a few meters before the finish line.
Spaniard Jorge Martin had a perfect weekend at the French Motorcycle Grand Prix in Le Mans. Winner of the world championship sprint the day before, the Ducati rider was also successful in the MotoGP main race on Sunday. Martin prevailed in a three-way battle ahead of his brand colleague Marc Marquez and the Italian world champion Francesco Bagnaia. A Ducati rider, Enea Bastianini, also took fourth place. The best KTM rider was the South African Brad Binder in eighth place.
Martin thus significantly extended his lead in the World Championship, the Iberian now leads with 129 points ahead of Bagnaia with 91 and Marquez with 89. Marquez was the rider of the day with an improvement from 13th on the grid almost to victory, in the final lap he took Bagnaia by surprise with a strong maneuver. He had led for most of the race. Marquez also had to admit defeat only to Martin in the sprint from 13th place. KTM super talent Pedro Acosta was eliminated after just two laps. He is sixth overall with 73 points, Binder seventh with 67 points.
The final standings:
There had been a KTM one-two victory before the Moto GP race in Moto3, with Daniel Holgado, who finished second behind David Alonso, now leading the world championship standings one point ahead of his compatriot. A Spaniard also won in Moto2, with winner Sergio Garcia also leading overall.
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