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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 P94 with IntactGP Kalex duo Manuel Gonzalez and Senna Agius close behind. Knowing there could well be a MotoGP seat still in play for 2027, Agius attacked the contest with vigor. Third from laps five to 10, he made expert turn-eight passes on Gonzalez (lap 11) then on Veijer (lap 14) to take the lead. Despite his teammate passing Veijer, tiring from arm pump, on the same lap, he was unable to trouble Agius, who scored back-to-back victories for the first time. Meanwhile, pre-race favorite David Alonso was making one hell of a recovery. Desperate being 100 percent motivated. I felt I had a very good flow, and for me it was clear. I had to push from lap one, trying to take the lead. In the last lap, I saluted the crown. Spanish fans are amazing." Bezzecchi (101 points) extends his lead out to 11 points over Martin (90), with Di Giannantonio (71) still third. Acosta's (66) tough weekend drops him 35 points behind. Moto2 A three-way fight in Moto2 turned out to be the race of the day. Polesitter Collin Veijer (Ajo Kalex) made the early running Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) on lap six after the former lost his front right wing in a collision at turn two. Eventually, Fernandez and Ogura jumped Zarco late on to ensure all four Aprilias were in the top six for a second time in four races. Ogura's turn-six pass on his teammate on the final lap sealed fifth and confirmed his speed in the final 10 laps to be superior to anyone else. "I have not many words to describe this moment," Alex said of his win. "We struggled a lot at the start of the season, but this weekend we made a good reset and came here All good things must come to an end, and so runner-up Marco Bezzecchi's win streak was stopped at six.

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