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put a move on Bagnaia despite
having clearly faster pace but
Diggia was having none of it and
took second off the Frenchman
on lap 25 of 27.
as the South African began his
charge towards the front and
made his move for third on the
KTM rider with five laps to go.
Up ahead Zarco was refusing to
Binder pushed past Bagnaia
on lap six, Miller came past five
laps later, and Bagnaia looked
like settling for a safe third.
Then the KTMs self-destructed.
With 12 laps to go Binder ran off
at turn 11, dropping him from
first to sixth and handing the
lead to Jack Miller, who was
surprisingly looking good for
what would be his first win in
KTM colors.
But the Aussie couldn't keep
it together and suffered a fast
front-end loss at turn 10, the
KTM RC16 ripping itself to bits
as Miller came to a grinding halt
in the gravel trap.
The man on the move was
Fabio Di Giannantonio. He
clawed onto the back of Binder
Raul Fernandez's
upward swing in form
continued at Valencia
with a career-best
fifth place.
Valencia MotoGP Sunday Grand Prix
