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Stoner fastest in Le Mans warm-up

Casey Stoner set the quickest time of this morning's MotoGP warm-up at Le Mans, but was just half a tenth quicker than Jorge Lorenzo

Stoner missed out on pole to Valentino Rossi yesterday when he failed to improve his time on soft tyres, but Ducati looks to be strong in race trim with Nicky Hayden third this morning.

Randy de Puniet continued his strong form on home soil, setting the fourth quickest time, just ahead of Rossi.

Ben Spies showed good pace with the sixth quickest time following his practice crash on Saturday morning. Fellow injured rider Mika Kallio struggled after his accident and was two seconds off the back.

The works Hondas were only seventh and eighth quickest this morning, despite Dani Pedrosa qualifying third, just a tenth off pole.

Pos Rider                Team                     Time          Gap
 1. Casey Stoner         Ducati                   1m34.558s
 2. Jorge Lorenzo        Yamaha                   1m34.648s  +0.090
 3. Nicky Hayden         Ducati                   1m34.936s  +0.378
 4. Randy de Puniet      LCR Honda                1m35.030s  +0.472
 5. Valentino Rossi      Yamaha                   1m35.031s  +0.473
 6. Ben Spies            Tech 3 Yamaha            1m35.037s  +0.479
 7. Andrea Dovizioso     Honda                    1m35.174s  +0.616
 8. Dani Pedrosa         Honda                    1m35.241s  +0.683
 9. Loris Capirossi      Suzuki                   1m35.402s  +0.844
10. Marco Melandri       Gresini Honda            1m35.449s  +0.891
11. Hector Barbera       Aspar Ducati             1m35.508s  +0.950
12. Marco Simoncelli     Gresini Honda            1m35.510s  +0.952
13. Colin Edwards        Tech 3 Yamaha            1m35.674s  +1.116
14. Aleix Espargaro      Pramac Ducati            1m35.816s  +1.258
15. Hiroshi Aoyama       Interwetten Honda        1m35.867s  +1.309
16. Mika Kallio          Pramac Ducati            1m37.756s  +3.198

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