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Cycle News 2026 Issue 20 May 19

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ROUND 5 / MAY 15-17, 2026 CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA / BARCELONA, SPAIN ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P82 MotoGP Sprint (Top 10) 1. Alex Marquez (Duc) 20:02.258 2. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +0.041 3. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) +0.457 4. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +2.928 5. Johann Zarco (Hon) +4.764 6. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc) +4.894 7. Franco Morbidelli (Duc) +6.175 8. Ai Ogura (Apr) +6.871 9. Marco Bezzecchi (Apr) +7.381 10. Enea Bastianini (KTM) +7.869 MotoGP (Top 10) 1. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) 20:06.243 2. Fermin Aldeguer (Duc) +1.466 3. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc) +4.320 4. Marco Bezzecchi (Apr) +4.679 5. Fabio Quartararo (Yam) +4.876 6. Luca Marini (Hon) +4.971 7. Brad Binder (KTM) +5.137 8. Ai Ogura (Apr) +5.377 9. Diogo Moreira (Hon) +6.839 10. Franco Morbidelli (Duc) +7.160 Yet the title leader hung in there and showed that trade- mark predatory instinct late on. On several occasions Uriarte had almost escaped, only to be reeled in on the run to turn one. Carpe rose from 13th on the grid to battle near the front, and once the pack clicked on to the last lap, Quiles anticipated Munoz's last-corner lunge to cut it tight and slipstreamed over the line 0.094 of a second clear, with Carpe taking second ahead of Munoz, just 0.098 of a second behind the race winner. "The most difficult one I've done," smiled Quiles after. Just six rounds in and Quiles (140 points) stretches his lead out over Adrian Fernandez (76) to 64 points. Carpe (73) stays third. CN Gonzalez (104.5 points) ex- tends his championship lead to 18.5 points over Guevara (86) in second with Vietti (73) third. Moto3 Maximo Quiles (Aspar KTM) showed another string to his bow. Off the pace, by his stan- dards, all weekend, the Spaniard timed his victory attack to per- fection in a typical 10-rider brawl to pip Alvaro Carpe (Ajo KTM) and David Munoz (IntactGP KTM) over the line. David Almansa (IntactGP KTM) and rookies Brian Uriarte (Ajo KTM) and Hakim Danish (MSI KTM) all took turns leading a wild race. Quiles, meanwhile, was mired in the pack struggling with a transmission issue that made downshifting tricky. Despite not being on the pace all weekend, Maximo Quiles (28) once again produced the goods when it mattered in Moto3.

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