The Phnom Penh Post

Italian Dovizioso wins rain-hit Valencia GP

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ITALY’s Andrea Dovizioso won the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday, as world champion Marc Marquez was among 13 riders who failed to finish a chaotic, rain-lashed race. Ducati’s Dovizioso was well ahead of second-placed Suzuki rider Alex Rins with another Spaniard Pol Espargaro third in a race halted for around 30 minutes due to the rain. Marquez pulled out after going over his handlebars following a spectacula­r high-speed loss of control. Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi was another faller, his late exit from second position allowing Espargaro and KTM to clinch a place on the podium for the first time in the premier class. Rossi still finished the championsh­ip in third place, behind Dovizioso and Marquez. “It was a crazy race, at the beginning I didn’t have a lot of feeling and Rins started so fast, I couldn’t follow him,” Dovizioso told reporters. “It’s a nice feeling to finish the championsh­ip like this.”

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