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Lorenzo wins at Rossi falls at Indy

Jorge Lorenzo triumphed in Sunday's Indianapolis Grand Prix after both team-mate Valentino Rossi and Honda's Dani Pedrosa fell in America. As Rossi registered his first retirement of the season, Lorenzo closed the championship gap to twenty-five points after leading home Alex de Angelis and Nicky Hayden.

Lorenzo eventually crossed the line with a 9.5-second winning margin to cut Rossi's championship lead in half, as the deficit dropped from 50 to 25 points, with five races remaining.

Behind Lorenzo there was a great ride from San Carlo Honda Gresini's Alex de Angelis who did his quest to remain in MotoGP no harm at all in second place, gaining his first ever premier class podium from fourth on the grid.

Nicky Hayden also rode brilliantly after qualifying sixth, repeating his 2008 Indianapolis podium, this time in third position - his best result to date with Ducati. Hayden got the better of Andrea Dovizioso, despite a stiff challenge from the man who replaced him in the Repsol Honda team, the Italian yet again having to settle for fourth on the last lap.

World Champion Valentino Rossi hit the ground on Lap 9 when battling for the race lead with Lorenzo, the Italian able to remount and try to continue only to have to retire a couple of laps later due to the damage his M1 machine sustained. It was the first time Rossi has failed to finish a race since Valencia in 2007.

Earlier in the race there was also a crash for Dani Pedrosa on the fourth lap when the pole man was leading the race. He bravely picked up his RC212V and rejoined in last place, doing well to finally finish in 10th position.

Adding to the American representation towards the front Colin Edwards finished in fifth place, whilst there was a late crash from Marco Melandri when battling with James Toseland for sixth. Melandri's mishap left the Englishman to again equal his best ever MotoGP result.

The top ten also featured Loris Capirossi, Mika Kallio and Toni Elías. A special mention must go to Pramac Racing's temporary replacement rider Aleix Espargaró who earned three points in 13th place on his MotoGP debut.

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