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Nico Terol denies 125cc title rival Johann Zarco in tight Misano finish

Nico Terol denied Johann Zarco a maiden 125cc race victory yet again as the championship leader pipped his title rival by 0.022 seconds on the line at Misano

Poleman Zarco had fallen to fifth on the opening lap after some close calls at the first corner, but soon fought back through to join Terol in a two-bike breakaway.

They swapped places a few times going into the final half-dozen laps, but it was on the very last tour that the battle really erupted, as Ajo Derbi rider Zarco slipped ahead of Terol's Aspar Aprilia into Turn 4.

Zarco then ran slightly wide at Turn 13, with Terol diving inside into the next corner. However Zarco was able to hang on around the outside and appeared to be far enough ahead as they charged into the final corner, only for Terol to get a better run onto the straight and edge back past as they took the flag - helped by Zarco losing momentum as he looked back to see where his rival was. The Frenchman tried to change his line and even put an arm out as if to try and hold Terol back, but the points leader flew past and snatched the win.

Terol's seventh win of the year extends his championship lead over Zarco to 31 points with five races to go.

Zarco's team-mate Efren Vazquez stayed with the top two for a while before slipping away to take a lonely third.

Sandro Cortese won a big battle for fourth that also featured Hector Faubel, Danny Kent (who had briefly been second after a mighty start), slow-starter Maverick Vinales and Sergio Gadea.

Wildcard rider Miroslav Popov could not maintain the spectacular form that earned him sixth on the grid, and could only finish 13th after losing ground off the line.

Results - 23 laps:

Pos  Rider                Team/Bike              Time/Gap
 1.  Nicolas Terol        Aspar Aprilia        40m02.164s
 2.  Johann Zarco         Ajo Derbi              + 0.022s
 3.  Efren Vazquez        Ajo Derbi              + 4.932s
 4.  Sandro Cortese       Germany Aprilia        + 9.322s
 5.  Hector Faubel        Aspar Aprilia          + 9.964s
 6.  Danny Kent           Ajo Aprilia           + 12.100s
 7.  Maverick Vinales     Blusens Aprilia       + 12.324s
 8.  Sergio Gadea         Blusens Aprilia       + 12.556s
 9.  Jonas Folger         Ajo Aprilia           + 21.489s
10.  Miguel Oliveira      Andalucia Aprilia     + 30.678s
11.  Alberto Moncayo      Andalucia Aprilia     + 31.321s
12.  Jakub Kornfeil       Ongetta Aprilia       + 31.552s
13.  Miroslav Popov       Ellegi Aprilia        + 32.637s
14.  Luigi Morciano       Italia FMI Aprilia    + 52.542s
15.  Marcel Schrotter     Mahindra              + 53.850s
16.  Kevin Calia          MGP Aprilia           + 53.917s
17.  Alessandro Tonucci   Italia FMI Aprilia    + 58.742s
18.  Manuel Tatasciore    Phonica Aprilia     + 1m03.723s
19.  Alessandro Giorgi    VFT Aprilia         + 1m04.113s
20.  Alexis Masbou        Caretta KTM         + 1m04.956s
21.  Danny Webb           Mahindra            + 1m08.795s
22.  Taylor Mackenzie     Phonica Aprilia     + 1m08.846s
23.  Giulian Pedone       Phonica Aprilia     + 1m17.719s
24.  Jack Miller          Caretta KTM         + 1m18.752s
25.  Joan Perello         Matteoni Aprilia    + 1m36.950s
26.  Adrian Martin        Aspar Aprilia          + 2 laps
27.  Zulfahmi Khairuddin  Ajo Derbi              + 3 laps

Retirements:

     Sturla Fagerhaug     WTR-Ten10 Aprilia       17 laps
     Jasper Iwema         Ongetta Aprilia         10 laps
     Massimo Parziani     Faenza Aprilia          10 laps
     Luis Salom           RW Aprilia               7 laps
     Francesco Mauriello  WTR-Ten10 Aprilia        3 laps
     Harry Stafford       Ongetta Aprilia          0 laps
     Louis Rossi          Matteoni Aprilia         0 laps

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