 Rossi was never threatened once he took the lead
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Valentino Rossi moved top of the MotoGP world championship table after taking his first win of the season in Spain.
The reigning world champion came home ahead of home favourite Dani Pedrosa, with Casey Stoner in third place.
Pedrosa, who missed much of pre-season due to injury, led for 17 laps but once passed by Rossi, he looked physically spent and never threatened a comeback.
Jorge Lorenzo, who had come into the race as championship leader, crashed out from fourth place near the end.
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"This feels more like a victory than Qatar did - it's a very hard track for us," said a delighted Stoner afterwards.
"This was the best the bike had been all weekend but it still just wasn't quite enough but we're stoked with third place.
"When Jorge was threatening to catch I thought this is it, I'm off the podium - almost every lap I was losing the front at least once and I was about to give up when he went, so everything went our way today."
Jerez MotoGP result:
1 V Rossi (It) Yamaha 45 mins 18.557 secs
2 D Pedrosa (Spn) Honda 45:21.257
3 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 45:29.064
4 R de Puniet (Fr) Honda 45:50.450
5 M Melandri (Ita) Kawasaki 45:51.685
6 L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 45:52.685
7 C Edwards (US) Yamaha 45:52.978
8 A Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 45:53.182
9 T Elias (Spn) Honda 46:01.246
10 C Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 46:03.740
11 S Gibernau (Spn) Ducati 46:06.749
12 Y Takahashi (Jpn) Honda 46:10.432
13 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha 46:12.240
14 A de Angelis (SMR) Honda 46:12.498
15 N Hayden (US) Ducati 46:19.794
Championship standings:
1 V Rossi (It) 65 pts
2 C Stoner (Aus) 54
3 J Lorenzo (Sp) 41
4 D Pedrosa (Sp) 41
5 A Dovizioso (It) 30
6 C Edwards (US) 26
7 R de Puniet (Fr) 24
8 M Melandri (It) 23
9 C Vermeulen (Aus) 21
10 L Capirossi (Ita) 19
250cc race result:
1 H Aoyama (Jpn) Honda 45 mins 08.805 secs
2 A Bautista (Spn) Aprilia 45:08.937
3 M Simoncelli (Ita) Gilera 45:11.511
250cc championship standings:
1 H Aoyama (Jpn) Honda 58 points
2 A Bautista (Spain) Aprilia 54
3 H Barbera (Spn) Aprilia 43
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