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April 9, 2OO5
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APRrr 19,2006
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NEWS
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Gffi
rder was restored to the MotocP
World Championship
on a windblown
Saturday afternoon
with Valentino
Rossi
the Camel
Yaruha rider returned to form.
Working
through
a troublesome chattering
problem,
Rossi moved to the lead on the lfth of 22
laps, dispatch-
ing 20-year-old sensation
Casey Stoner to
Three laps
later
Stoner
was dropped
to third by
Honda's
Nicky Hayden, who showed
the rmaller 2006 RC2llV to be much im
his distant third
in.lerez.
Hayden stalked Rossi for the final
l0laps,
even
ing him for a lap, but
"The
Doctor" would
win was his 54th
premier
class
success and it tied
hi
with
l.4ick Doohan, leaving only Giacomo Agostini's
mark of 68 on
the horizon.
"So.
54 victories in 500 and
MotoGP is a
great
result
and arrive like
Mick
lDoohan],
one ofthe
greatest
ofthis
,
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taking his rightful
place
in the sun
before
a
parched
and
paltry
crowd
of 3?91 in the Emirate of
Qatar.
Two weeks after
his streak of five consecutive
yeaIs
of winning the opening
GP of the season
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