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Cycle News 2021 Issue 46 November 16

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all step up to MotoGP in 2022. Moto3 Xavier Artigas (Leopard Racing) is a Grand Prix winner after the rookie played it to perfection with a last corner lunge on Sergio Gar- cia (Valresa GasGas Aspar Team) to take the Valenica Grand Prix win. Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) rounded out the season on the rostrum in third, with drama earlier on the final lap as contact between Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) and World Champion Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) saw the latter crash out. Acosta takes the title with 259 points, ahead of Foggia's 216 and Garcia's 188. In the end, Fernandez won ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Kalex) by half a second and Marc VDS Kalex rider Augusto Fernan- dez. Sky VR46's Celestino Vietti claimed fourth ahead of Aron Canet (GasGas Kalex), with Xavi Vierge (Petronas Kalex), Sam Lowes (Marc VDS Kalex), Jorge Navarro (Termozeta Speed Up), Marcel Schrotter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) and Gardner rounding out the top 10. Cameron Beaubier finished the race 21st and Joe Roberts didn't start due to a shoulder injury. Gardner takes the title on 311 points to Fernandez's 307 with Marco Bezzecchi (Sky VR46 Kalex) third with 214. Gardner, Fernandez, Bezzecchi and Di Giannantonio will Moto2 In an incredibly tense race, Raul Fernandez (Red Bull KTM) took his eighth win of the season but it was teammate Remy Gardner who became just the second son of a champion to take a world title win with 10th place. He also became the second Australian to win the intermediate class title after Kel Carruthers in 1969. There was only four points in it as Gardner had to finish 13th or better and Fernandez had to win regardless, and with four laps to go it looked as though the Spaniard might steal an unlikely title with several riders including Tom Luthi (Kalex) and Tetsuta Nagashima breathing down Gardner's neck. ROUND 18 / NOVEMBER 12-14, 2021 RICARDO TORMO CIRCUIT / VALENCIA, SPAIN P66 MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The MotoGP pack stops to bid farewell to its biggest star, Valentino Rossi.

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