Rossi falls on first lap at Assen.
Moto𒅌GP♒ World Championship leader 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 tܫhird 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 Punieꦆt from his LCR Honda.
de Puniet appears to have sustained a leg injury, wh🧔ile Rossi was eventually able to rejoin a distant last.
Up front, ܫpole ๊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 𓂃at 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 whꦅeel whipping around and swiping Randy de Puniet from his LCR Honda.
de Puniet appears to have sustained a leg injury, while Rossi w🎐as 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 proꦺmptly began pulling away.
Stoner began ꩲthe race 45 points from Rossi, with Pedrosa just eleven adrift of the #46...
Peterꦉ has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury is♑sues.
