Andrea Dovizioso claimed his second rostrum finish foꦰr the satellite Yamaha Tech 3 team after outgunning factory-mounted Ben Spies for the final spot on the podium🉐 at Assen.

Dovizioso prevailed on a th🍌rilling final lap duel with the American, mak💮ing a decisive pass to edge out the Texan, who blamed tyre issues for his downfall.

"Scoring a podium for us feels like 🃏a victory and today is another great day for me and the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team," said the Italian ace.

"This podiu🎉m is great because I have never had a very good feeling at this track but with the M1 I felt much more comfortable.

"I was only seventh on the grid but I knew all weeken❀d my race pace was very fast and I always felt a podium was a realistic goal."

Dovi described his battle with Spies as 'beautiful' and revealed he dropped his pace to save his tyres for a late charge - a strateꦫgy that ultimately worked ♎to perfection.

"I got a good start and it 𒀰was a beautiful battle with Spies for the whole rac💖e," he said.

"It was a really strong battle and the pace was very high and when ﷽I passed Spies for the first time I tried not to abuse the tyres too much because I knew the first two [Stoner and Pedro𓃲sa] were already too far ahead.

"I dropped my pace and it really paid off because at the end of the race I was much stronger than him and it seems he apparently h♚ad some issue with the rear tyre," added Dovizioso.

"I want to say a huge thanks to my crew because once again they have done a 𝔍fantastic job."

High on confidence, Do♛vi is now relishing the next two rounds in Germany and particularly at his home grand prix at Mugello.

"We work a lot to be 🉐competitive for the race and this strategy is really paying off because in the last four races now I have been fighting for the podium.

"I also ♍want to thank Yamaha for the great support they are offering us," said 🦋the former Honda rider.

"Now I'm really looking forward to the next two races, particularly my home race atꦍ Mugello, because after fighting for the podium consistently I am confident that I will be able to repeat this performance another time."

Doviz🎃ioso is one of the riders linked to Spies' factory M1 ride for 2013.