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Cycle News 2024 Issue 33 August 20

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ROUND 11 / AUGUST 16-18, 2024 RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P102 MotoGP Sprint 1. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc) 2. Jorge Martin (Duc) 3. Alex Espargaro (Apr) 4. Enea Bastianini (Duc) 5. Jake Miller (KTM) 6. Franco Morbidelli (Duc) 7. Brad Binder (KTM) 8. Marco Bezzecchi (Duc) 9. Pole Espargaro (KTM) 10. Pedro Acosta (GG) MotoGP 1. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc) 2. Jorge Martin (Duc) 3. Enea Bastianini (Duc) 4. Marc Marquez (Duc) 5. Brad Binder (KTM) 6. Marco Bezzecchi (Duc) 7. Maverick Vinales (Apr) 8. Franco Morbidelli (Duc) 9. Alex Espargaro (Apr) 10. Alex Marquez (Duc) tion, passing his fellow Spaniard into turn one for the final time before pulling out a three-tenths cushion in the following turns. Yet a crash from leader Gutierrez with only two turns from the checkered flag handed Garzo a fourth win of the year by 0.069 of a second, with Zannoni runner-up and Casadei 0.094 of a second back in third. Garzo (224 points) now has 38 points in hand with just 50 left to play. Casadei (186), Zan - noni (180) and Gutierrez (175) can still mathematically win it at Misano in three weeks' time. CN tangled exiting turn one, which sent Gutierrez back to sixth and tore Garzo's left knee slider off. Yet the class rookie was back in control on the penultimate lap, and held off his compatriot to take a second victory of the sea- son by two-tenths of a second. Meanwhile, Casadei got third by virtue of Zannoni receiving a late one-place penalty for touching the green on the final lap, with Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar Team) also narrowly missing the podium. Race two was another thriller with the same five faces con- testing the lead. Gutierrez always appeared the rider most likely to win and the Spaniard timed his victory push to perfec- Hector Garzo (4) is all but assured the MotoE Championship after his fourth win of the year.

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