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Summary Australia's Casey Stoner won the Czech MotoGP Bike Race extending his lead in the championship.
Australian Casey Stoner won the Czech motorcycling Grand Prix in Brno on Sunday extending his lead in the MotoGP championship.Italian Andrea Dovizioso came in second and his compatriot Marco Simoncelli finished third, his first podium finish in MotoGP, completing a clean sweep for Honda.Stoner took an early lead and built up a 6.532 second advantage by the time he crossed the finish line, leaving champion Jorge Lorenzo and the rest of the field to scramble for the second position.Lorenzo, last years winner in Brno, finished in fourth spot followed by fellow Yamaha rider Ben Spies of the United States.It was Stoners sixth triumph in this seasons 11 races so far. Stoner leads the championship with 218 points, 32 ahead of Lorenzo.Four riders battled for the lead for much of the Moto2 race until Italys Andrea Iannone held on for victory just ahead of pole sitter Marc Marquez. It was the Suter riders first podium finish since winning at Jerez.Behind Iannone and Spains Márquez, also on a Suter, were Germanys championship leader Stefan Bradl on a Kalex and Motobi rider Alex de Angelis of San Marino.
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