Edwards tops Le Mans warm-up

Colin Edwards was quickest in this morning's warm-up at Le Mans, ahead of today's French MotoGP

The Tech 2 Yamaha rider, who will start the race from the second slot on the grid, put in a late lap of 1:34.143 to beat Ducati Marlboro's Casey Stoner - third on the grid - by 0.013 seconds.

Valentino Rossi ended the session third fastest with his Fiat Yamaha, three tenths behind ex-teammate Edwards.

Repsol Honda pole position-setter Dani Pedrosa set the fourth fastest time, 0.359 seconds slower than Edwards, followed by Chris Vermeulen with his Rizla Suzuki and Andrea Dovizioso's JiR Team Scot Honda.

Kawasaki's John Hopkins was seventh fastest, followed by the works Honda of Nicky Hayden and the San Carlo Honda Gresinis of Alex de Angelis and Shinya Nakano.

Jorge Lorenzo, still recovering from an injury during the Chinese GP weekend, was 11th fastest.

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time
 1.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  1:34.143
 2.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    (B)  1:34.156 + 0.013
 3.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    (B)  1:34.458 + 0.315
 4.  Daniel Pedrosa    Honda     (M)  1:34.502 + 0.359
 5.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  1:34.754 + 0.611
 6.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     (M)  1:34.765 + 0.622
 7.  John Hopkins      Kawasaki  (B)  1:34.977 + 0.834
 8.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  1:34.982 + 0.839
 9.  Alex de Angelis   Honda     (B)  1:35.025 + 0.882
10.  Shinya Nakano     Honda     (B)  1:35.102 + 0.959
11.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    (M)  1:35.150 + 1.007
12.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     (M)  1:35.163 + 1.020
13.  James Toseland    Yamaha    (M)  1:35.196 + 1.053
14.  Marco Melandri    Ducati    (B)  1:35.344 + 1.201
15.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki    (B)  1:35.401 + 1.258
16.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  1:35.776 + 1.633
17.  Toni Elias        Ducati    (B)  1:35.909 + 1.766
18.  Sylvain Guintoli  Ducati    (B)  1:35.987 + 1.844