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Marc Marquez takes Moto2 victory at wet Assen

Marc Marquez wrapped up the second win of his Moto2 career in wet conditions at Assen, and moved up to second in the championship in the process

Series leader and polesitter Stefan Bradl crashed out near the end of the race, but remains 57 points ahead of Marquez in the standings.

Bradl (Kiefer Kalex) struggled from the outset in the wet race, steadily slipping down the order from pole and falling as low as 13th. He managed to get back up to eighth before sliding out at the chicane in the closing stages.

Simone Corsi, Bradley Smith and Marquez set the early pace, although as conditions improved slightly Corsi would begin to fade, eventually tumbling right back to 14th.

Kenan Sofuoglu then moved up to join Smith and Marquez's lead battle, with Yuki Takahashi shadowing them. All of the first three took turns in front amid some very close racing on the greasy track.

Takahashi picked his way through to second, only to crash on lap 20 of 24. Marquez was leading at that stage, and the accident gave him a little breathing space, as he inched away to win by 2.3 seconds over Sofuoglu - the Technomag-CIP rider securing his first Moto2 podium. Smith fell back from Sofuoglu as he claimed a second straight top-three finish in third.

Anthony West showed his usual outstanding wet weather form to come through from 21st to fourth on the MZ, a short distance ahead of the battling Alex de Angelis and Mattia Pasini.

Results - 24 laps:

Pos  Rider                 Team/Bike               Time/Gap
 1.  Marc Marquez          Catalunya Suter       44m30.409s
 2.  Kenan Sofuoglu        Technomag-CIP Suter     + 2.397s
 3.  Bradley Smith         Tech 3                  + 6.418s
 4.  Anthony West          MZ                     + 22.803s
 5.  Alex de Angelis       JIR Motobi             + 25.882s
 6.  Mattia Pasini         Ioda FTR               + 26.851s
 7.  Esteve Rabat          Blusens-STX FTR        + 28.125s
 8.  Thomas Luthi          Paddock Suter          + 28.712s
 9.  Randy Krummenacher    Kiefer Kalex           + 29.744s
10.  Max Neukirchner       MZ                     + 39.767s
11.  Alex Baldolini        Forward Suter          + 47.158s
12.  Andrea Iannone        Speed Master Suter     + 50.846s
13.  Yonny Hernandez       Blusens-STX FTR        + 57.118s
14.  Simone Corsi          Ioda FTR             + 1m00.775s
15.  Claudio Corti         Italtrans Suter      + 1m06.310s
16.  Aleix Espargaro       Pons Kalex           + 1m06.764s
17.  Michele Pirro         Gresini Moriwaki     + 1m06.823s
18.  Dominique Aegerter    Technomag-CIP Suter  + 1m16.296s
19.  Ricard Cardus         QMMF Moriwaki        + 1m21.524s
20.  Carmelo Morales       G22 Moriwaki         + 1m22.289s
21.  Kev Coghlan           Castello FTR         + 1m38.161s
22.  Michael van der Mark  EAB Ten Kate         + 1m41.888s
23.  Javier Fores          Aspar Suter          + 1m42.189s
24.  Scott Redding         Marc VDS Suter           + 1 lap
25.  Mashel Al Naimi       QMMF Moriwaki            + 1 lap
26.  Robertino Pietri      Italtrans Suter          + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Stefan Bradl          Kiefer Kalex             20 laps
     Steven Odendaal       MS Suter                 20 laps
     Yuki Takahashi        Gresini Moriwaki         19 laps
     Pol Espargaro         Speed Up FTR             19 laps
     Kenny Noyes           Avintia-STX FTR          19 laps
     Xavier Simeon         Tech 3                   18 laps
     Mika Kallio           Marc VDS Suter           13 laps
     Axel Pons             Pons Kalex                7 laps
     Ratthapark Wilairot   SAG FTR                   5 laps
     Valentin Debise       Speed Up FTR              5 laps
     Santiago Hernandez    SAG FTR                   3 laps
     Mike di Meglio        Tech 3                    0 laps
     Jules Cluzel          Forward Suter             0 laps

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