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Cycle News 2015 Issue 16 April 21

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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™ VALENTINO ROSSI RACED H IS M1 TO AN EPIC VICTORY AT TH E G RAN D PRIX OF ARGENTI NA, EXTENDS POI NTS LEAD. VALENTINO MAG1C. closed course. ©2015 Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. All rights reserved. Finish Position: First Rider: Valentino Rossi Bike: YZR-M1 Team: Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Class: MotoGP Location: Termas de Rio Hondo Circuit, Grand Prix of Argentina Race Stats: Rossi earned his 84th premier-class career MotoGP win, extending his points lead with three of 18 rounds in the season complete. Val worked his way eighth to second, then started erasing Marquez's lead, cutting it to 3.1 seconds with 10 laps remaining, 2.6 with 8 laps remaining, then to 1.6 seconds with six laps left. Rossi then set the fastest lap of the race, cutting the gap to under a second with four laps remaining before passing for the lead with just two laps left.

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