Valentino Rossi took a commanding victory at the Misano MotoGP after fighting his way to the front from 4th place.

A crash at the second turn at the very start of the race thinned the field out, as Alex De Angelis crashed into Colin Edwards, taking both Edwards and Nicky Hayden out of the race. De Angelis braked his Honda too late into the second corner of the first lap and Edwards and Hayden took the brunt of the resulting collision. The rear of Lorenzo’s bike also got clipped, but it was not significant enough to cause him any issues.

Rossi eventually took the lead on lap 8 from Dani Pedrosa and managed to stretch a relatively comfortable lead that was never really challenged during the race. Lorenzo took second place after getting in front of Pedrosa a few laps after Rossi took the lead.

1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 44m32.882s
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha + 2.416s
3. Dani Pedrosa Honda + 12.400s
4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 26.330s
5. Loris Capirossi Suzuki + 26.539s
6. Toni Elias Gresini Honda + 28.286s
7. Mika Kallio Ducati + 30.184s
8. Marco Melandri Hayate Kawasaki + 31.757s
9. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki + 31.909s
10. James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha + 38.347s
11. Aleix Espargaro Pramac Ducati + 46.673s
12. Randy de Puniet LCR Honda + 52.041s
13. Niccolo Canepa Pramac Ducati +1m03.198s
14. Gabor Talmacsi Scot Honda +1m22.347s

Retirements:

Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 0 laps
Nicky Hayden Ducati 0 laps
Alex de Angelis Gresini Honda 0 laps

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