Rossi falls on first lap at Assen.
MotoGP Woꦏrld Championship le🗹ader Valentino Rossi has fallen on the opening lap of Saturday's Dutch TT at Assen.
The Fiat Yamaha star, who made a poor start from third on the grid, lost the🔴 rear of his M1 on the entry to a tight left hand hairpin - the rear wheel whipping around and swiping Randy de Puniet from his LCR Honda.
de Puniet appears to have sustained a leg injury, while Rossi was eventually able🌠 to r🐻ejoin a distant last.
Up front, pole sitter Casey Stoner overtook 😼Dani Pedrosa for the lead at the end of the first lap and promptly began pulling away.
MotoGP World Championship leader Valentino Rossi has fallen on the opening lap of Saturday's Dutch TT at As🍃sen.
The Fiat Yamaha star, who made a poor start from third on the grid, lost the rear of his M1 on the ent🍰ry to a tight left hand hairpin - the rear wheel whipping around and swiping Randy de𓆉 Puniet from his LCR Honda.
de Punie𝓡t appears to have sustained 🥀a leg injury, while Rossi was eventually able to rejoin a distant last.
Up front, pole sitter Casey Stoner overtook Dani Pedrosa 🅷for the lead at the end of the first lap and promptly began pulling away.
Stoner began the ra🌞ce 45 points from Rossi, with Pedrosa just eleven adrift of 🍌the #46...
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of t🌄he Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
