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Cycle News Issue 26 July 4, 2017

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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MOTOGP FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 9 / JUNE 30-JULY 2, 2017 SASCHENRING / OBERLUNGWITZ, GERMANY P84 navolt Suter) alongside for his first front row of the year. Marquez took off best and led for the first two laps, with Morbidelli displaced from second on lap two by Tom Luthi (CarXpert Kalex). At the start of the third, Luthi grabbed the lead with an outbraking move into the first corner; two laps later Marquez crashed heavily just one corner later. He was rolled under the bike, but escaped MOTO2 It's hard to overtake in Moto2. The best route to success often lies in not falling off. Franco Morbidelli had to do both to claim his sixth win of the season, while his two main rivals didn't quite manage the latter, giving the Italian a major title boost before the summer break. Morbidelli snatched pole in wet prac- tice from his EG-VDS Kalex teammate Alex Marquez, with Sandro Cortese (Dy- Franco Morbidelli (21) outfoxed Miguel Oliveria to take his sixth win of the year.

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