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Dani Pedrosa takes victory after Casey Stoner's warm-up exit

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

• Stoner's crash costs him possible second in championship
• Champion Valentino Rossi takes second behind Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa won the final race of the MotoGP season to claim third in the final standings ahead of Casey Stoner.

World champion Valentino Rossi was second in the race at Valencia ahead of Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo but drama before the start took Stoner out of the race and ended his bid to take second in the final points table from Lorenzo.

Stoner was due to start the race from pole position but slid off his Ducati Marlboro machine on the warm-up lap and was unable to line up on the grid because his bike was too damaged and he could not make it back to the pit lane in time to use his back-up machine.

Repsol Honda's Pedrosa took the lead off the start line and never looked back as he steadily pulled clear of the battle for second between Lorenzo and Rossi. Toni Elias was also briefly involved in the battle for second after a fine first corner saw him move past Lorenzo and Rossi but the Gresini Honda rider eventually faded to finish the race in

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