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125cc: Marquez extends winning streak

Marc Marquez took his third consecutive 125cc race win at Assen and made the title race a three-way fight between himself and compatriots Nico Terol and Pol Espargaro

It is Terol who now leads the points having finished second today. The Aspar Aprilia rider stalked Marquez (Ajo Derbi) relentlessly in the first three quarters of the race and looked set to strike in the closing stages.

But Marquez was able to make a break when Jerry van de Bunt got in the way while being lapped by the leaders and then side-swiped Terol and crashed. That immediately gave Marquez a two-second cushion and he proceeded to cruise to victory.

Espargaro was swamped off the line and although he swiftly clawed his way back up to third, Marquez and Terol were already out of reach. He pulled clear of Bradley Smith to secure the final podium spot - a big early battle in this group having faded after Esteve Rabat and Efren Vazquez had separate large crashes.

Sandro Cortese was a lonely fifth, with sixth and seventh placed Randy Krummenacher and Danny Webb escaping from a huge gaggle of bikes in another dice that fizzled out as the race progressed.

Pos  Rider                  Bike          Time/Gap
 1.  Marc Marquez           Derbi       37m48.923s
 2.  Nicolas Terol          Aprilia       + 2.332s
 3.  Pol Espargaro          Derbi         + 8.134s
 4.  Bradley Smith          Aprilia       + 9.636s
 5.  Sandro Cortese         Derbi        + 36.961s
 6.  Randy Krummenacher     Aprilia      + 39.091s
 7.  Danny Webb             Aprilia      + 39.397s
 8.  Luis Salom             Aprilia      + 45.010s
 9.  Simone Grotzki Giorgi  Aprilia      + 45.672s
10.  Jonas Folger           Aprilia      + 48.031s
11.  Alberto Moncayo        Aprilia      + 48.457s
12.  Johann Zarco           Aprilia      + 48.833s
13.  Jasper Iwema           Aprilia      + 54.208s
14.  Tomoyoshi Koyama       Aprilia      + 59.055s
15.  Jakub Kornfeil         Aprilia    + 1m01.504s
16.  Adrian Martin          Aprilia    + 1m16.069s
17.  Sturla Fagerhaug       Aprilia    + 1m16.175s
18.  Marcel Schrotter       Honda      + 1m18.029s
19.  Louis Rossi            Aprilia    + 1m21.738s
20.  Toni Finsterbusch      KTM        + 1m36.263s
21.  Michael van der Mark   Lambretta  + 1m36.445s
22.  Muhammad Zulfahmi      Aprilia    + 1m40.681s
23.  Pepijn Bijsterbosch    Honda          + 1 lap
24.  Ernst Dubbink          Honda          + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Alexis Masbou          Aprilia    20 laps
     Jerry van de Bunt      Honda      16 laps
     Roy Pouw               Aprilia    14 laps
     Marco Ravaioli         Lambretta  11 laps
     Luca Marconi           Aprilia    8 laps
     Esteve Rabat           Aprilia    4 laps
     Efren Vazquez          Derbi      3 laps
     Lorenzo Savadori       Aprilia    0 laps

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