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Moto2: Elias wins stunning Moto2 battle

Toni Elias took his first Moto2 victory in an incredible race at Jerez

The former MotoGP rider had to claw his way back to the front after running wide while battling with Thomas Luthi a few laps from the finish of the truncated race.

The event had been red-flagged and restarted over 17 laps after a fluid spill caused eight riders to crash on lap two of the original race.

Elias was among the crashers, but was unhurt and fought mightily with Qatar winner Shoya Tomizawa, Luthi, Yuki Takahashi and Kenny Noyes for victory after the restart.

Having recovered from his incident with Luthi, Elias surged back through to the front, and held on in the lead despite running wide at the Dry Sack corner on the last lap. Tomizawa looked set to slip past, but a major wobble as he tried to accelerate out of the turn allowed Elias to stay in front and take victory.

Luthi, who picked his way up to join the lead dice after a low-key start, eventually finished third ahead of Takahashi, Simone Corsi and Sergio Gadea.

Noyes was ultimately pushed back to seventh, but had led on several occasions - once after an incredible third to first dive past Tomizawa and Elias into Dry Sack.

Julian Simon and Gabor Talmacsi completed a lead group of nine riders split by just four seconds at the flag.

Alex de Angelis missed the race after a horrendous crash in the warm-up. The former MotoGP rider suffered bruised lungs and was taken to hospital for further checks.

Pos  Rider                Bike            Time/Gap
 1.  Toni Elias           Moriwaki      29m58.726s
 2.  Shoya Tomizawa       Suter           + 0.190s
 3.  Thomas Luthi         Moriwaki        + 0.261s
 4.  Yuki Takahashi       Tech 3          + 0.558s
 5.  Simone Corsi         Motobi          + 1.449s
 6.  Sergio Gadea         Pons Kalex      + 1.496s
 7.  Kenny Noyes          Promo Harris    + 2.215s
 8.  Julian Simon         RSV             + 2.576s
 9.  Gabor Talmacsi       Speed Up        + 3.825s
10.  Yonni Hernandez      BQR             + 6.691s
11.  Jules Cluzel         Suter           + 8.123s
12.  Roberto Rolfo        Suter          + 11.965s
13.  Dominique Aegerter   Suter          + 12.190s
14.  Stefan Bradl         Suter          + 12.295s
15.  Anthony West         MZ             + 12.545s
16.  Scott Redding        Suter          + 12.678s
17.  Ratthapark Wilairot  Bimota         + 13.548s
18.  Claudio Corti        Suter          + 15.642s
19.  Axel Pons            Pons Kalex     + 16.740s
20.  Raffaele de Rosa     Tech 3         + 19.368s
21.  Fonsi Nieto          Moriwaki       + 20.956s
22.  Mike di Meglio       RSV            + 21.129s
23.  Vladimir Ivanov      Moriwaki       + 31.224s
24.  Robertino Pietri     Suter          + 31.275s
25.  Alex Debon           FTR            + 33.283s
26.  Lukas Pesek          Moriwaki       + 34.090s
27.  Bernat Martinez      Bimota         + 38.705s
28.  Karel Abraham        RSV            + 39.384s
29.  Arne Tode            Suter          + 43.839s
30.  Amadeo Llados        AJR            + 46.896s
31.  Valentin Debise      ADV            + 47.080s
32.  Alex Baldolini       ICP            + 47.216s
33.  Yannick Guerra       Moriwaki       + 47.777s
34.  Mashel Al Naimi      BQR            + 56.595s

Retirements:

     Ivan Moreno          Moriwaki      8 laps
     Niccolo Canepa       Scot          8 laps
     Mattia Pasini        Motobi        6 laps
     Hector Faubel        Suter         2 laps
     Joan Olive           Promo Harris  0 laps
     Andrea Iannone       Speed Up      0 laps

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