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Cycle News 2026 Issue 17 April 28

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ROUND 3 / APRIL 24-26, 2026 CIRCUITO DE JEREZ - ANGEL NIETO / JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P98 passed—the pair, setting up an Aspar one-two. Yet the Spanish pair barged back through on the final lap, with Munoz edging past at the final turn, only for Fernandez to draft past by the line. Just 0.058 of a second covered him, Munoz and Morelli at the line. Quiles (90 points) now has 37 points in hand over Carpe (53), who could only manage fifth. Fernandez (49) is third. CN efforts to disrupt the championship leader's flow, Quiles put his astonishing late-race speed to use in the closing laps, as he stormed to victory by 1.9 seconds. Soon Fernandez and Munoz were looking nervously behind as Marco Morelli (Aspar KTM) careened forward from three seconds back on lap eight. Come the penultimate lap, the Argentinean had caught—and further five operations on the left fibula after the first failed. That considered, his efforts here were just short of miraculous. Polesitter Quiles made the early running, with Munoz and Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Honda) breaking clear of Alvaro Carpe (Ajo KTM) and Valentin Perrone (Tech3 KTM) to set up a three-way fight. And despite Fernandez's MotoGP Sprint (Top 10) 1. Marc Marquez (Duc) 21:25.651 2. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc) +3.050 3. Franco Morbidelli (Duc) +7.493 4. Brad Binder (KTM) +8.752 5. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc)+9.237 6. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +11.958 7. Fabio Quartararo (Yam) +13.525 8. Johann Zarco (Hon) +14.522 9. Luca Marini (Hon) +15.769 10. Alex Rins (Yam) +15.821 MotoGP (Top 10) 1. Alex Marquez (Duc) 40:48.861 2. Marco Bezzecchi (Apr) +1.903 3. Fabio DiGiannantonio (Duc) +5.796 4. Jorge Martin (Apr) +9.229 5. Ai Ogura (Apr) +9.891 6. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +10.614 7. Johann Zarco (Hon) +13.039 8. Enea Bastianini (KTM) +14.411 9. Fermin Aldeguer (Duc) +19.778 10. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +22.431 Maximo Quiles (28) was a class above in Moto3.

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