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MotoGP Portuguese GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

Kalex Moto2 (Organization) Daniel Holgado D Holgado Alonso Lopez Honda Portuguese GP David Alonso Fermin Aldeguer Joe Roberts

A classic 19-lap Moto3 contest kicked off Sunday’s race action at the Algarve International Circuit, with Holgado and Jose Antonio Rueda split by 0.044 seconds at the chequered flag.

Ajo KTM’s Rueda got the best launch from pole and controlled the pace at the front for the first nine laps of the grand prix.

But come the start of the 10th tour, Rueda found himself shuffled down to fourth as Aspar CFMoto’s David Alonso took the lead.

A tense battle followed amongst the lead group, but it would be Tech3 GasGas’ Holgado and Rueda who would break away from the chasing pack slightly to fight for the victory in the closing tours.

Rueda almost retook the lead on the exit of Turn 14 on the last lap as he took a tighter line than Holgado through the corner.

Daniel Holgado, Red Bull KTM Tech3 (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images)

But he couldn’t quite draw alongside to force anything into the last corner, with Holgado just fending his position to the chequered flag.

Ivan Ortola of MT Helmets – MSI KTM completed the podium as Alonso ended up fourth, 1.3s from the podium ahead of BOE Motorsports’ Joel Kelso.

Collin Veijer was sixth for Intact GP Husqvarna from MTA KTM’s Stefano Nepa. Joel Esteban on the second Aspar bike, BOE Motorsport’s David Munoz and Leopard Racing Honda’s Adrian Fernandez completed the top 10.

Holgado now leads the championship from Alonso by seven points.

Portuguese GP - Moto3 results:

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	96	GASGAS	19	34'09.038		153.2		25
2	J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	99	KTM	19	+0.044 34'09.082	0.044	153.2		20
3	I. Ortola MT Helmets - MSI	48	KTM	19	+0.820 34'09.858	0.776	153.2		16
4	D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team	80	CF MOTO	19	+2.218 34'11.256	1.398	153.1		13
5	J. Kelso BOE Motorsports	66	KTM	19	+2.246 34'11.284	0.028	153.1		11
6	C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	95	Husqvarna	19	+2.263 34'11.301	0.017	153.1		10
7	S. Nepa LEVELUP - MTA	82	KTM	19	+4.499 34'13.537	2.236	152.9		9
8	J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team	78	CF MOTO	19	+5.430 34'14.468	0.931	152.8		8
9	D. Munoz BOE Motorsports	64	KTM	19	+16.018 34'25.056	10.588	152.0		7
10	A. Fernandez Leopard Racing	31	Honda	19	+16.143 34'25.181	0.125	152.0		6
11	J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	12	GASGAS	19	+16.213 34'25.251	0.070	152.0		5
12	M. Bertelle Rivacold Snipers Team	18	Honda	19	+16.757 34'25.795	0.544	152.0		4
13	T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	24	Husqvarna	19	+20.682 34'29.720	3.925	151.7		3
14	V. Pérez Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	21	KTM	19	+20.776 34'29.814	0.094	151.7		2
15	S. Ogden MLav Racing	19	Honda	19	+21.163 34'30.201	0.387	151.7		1
16	N. Fabio LEVELUP - MTA	10	KTM	19	+21.172 34'30.210	0.009	151.7
17	F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse	7	Honda	19	+23.285 34'32.323	2.113	151.5
18	T. Furusato Honda Team Asia	72	Honda	19	+32.751 34'41.789	9.466	150.8
19	J. Whatley MLav Racing	70	Honda	19	+38.600 34'47.638	5.849	150.4
20	N. Dettwiler CIP	55	KTM	19	+42.061 34'51.099	3.461	150.2
21	T. Buasri Honda Team Asia	5	Honda	19	+53.651 35'02.689	11.590	149.3
22	H. Al-Sahouti Rivacold Snipers Team	71	Honda	19	+1'10.193 35'19.231	16.542	148.2
23	L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse	58	Honda	19	+1'25.798 35'34.836	15.605	147.1
dnf	R. Rossi CIP	54	KTM	14	+5 Laps 25'18.441	5 Laps	152.4	Accident
dnf	R. Yamanaka MT Helmets - MSI	6	KTM	0				Accident
dnf	Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing	36	Honda	0				Accident
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First Moto2 win for Canet

A dramatic 21-lap Moto2 grand prix followed, with Fantic Racing’s Aron Cant finally breaking his duck as a grand prix winner in the intermediate class.

Having scored 15 runner-up spots in the 69 Moto2 races prior to this Sunday, Canet took the chequered flag by 2.059s from American Racing’s Joe Roberts.

Canet was boosted into the lead when early leader Alonso Lopez crashed on lap 11.

Lopez took the lead early in the race from Speed Up team-mate Fermin Aldeguer, who headed the pack into Turn 1 off the line having jumped poleman Manuel Gonzalez (Gresini).

However, Ducati MotoGP-bound Aldeguer also managed to jump the start and had to serve two long lap penalties as a result.

This looked to give Lopez the advantage in the battle for the victory before the Spaniard crashed.

Canet was released into a lead of around six tenths before swelling that to over two seconds to score an emotional first win from Roberts and Gonzalez.

Aldeguer came through to fourth after a late battle with MT Helmets – MSI’s Ai Ogura, with the Japanese rider’s team-mate Sergio Garcia sixth.

Celestino Vietti was seventh on the Ajo KTM from Gresini’s Albert Arenas, American Racing’s Marcos Ramirez and Honda Team Asia’s Somkiat Chantra.

Canet now leads the championship by two points from Roberts.

Portuguese GP - Moto2 results:

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	A. Canet Fantic Racing	44	Kalex	21	-				25
2	J. Roberts OnlyFans American Racing Team	16	Kalex	21	+2.059 2.059	2.059			20
3	M. Gonzalez QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	18	Kalex	21	+2.610 2.610	0.551			16
4	F. Aldeguer Beta Tools - Speed Up Racing	54	Boscoscuro B-21	21	+3.212 3.212	0.602			13
5	A. Ogura MT Helmets - MSI	79	Boscoscuro B-21	21	+3.728 3.728	0.516			11
6	S. García MT Helmets - MSI	3	Boscoscuro B-21	21	+6.716 6.716	2.988			10
7	C. Vietti Ajo Motorsport	13	Kalex	21	+7.288 7.288	0.572			9
8	A. Arenas QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	75	Kalex	21	+7.663 7.663	0.375			8
9	M. Ramirez OnlyFans American Racing Team	24	Kalex	21	+7.758 7.758	0.095			7
10	S. Chantra Honda Team Asia	35	Kalex	21	+8.728 8.728	0.970			6
11	J. Alcoba Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	52	Kalex	21	+8.913 8.913	0.185			5
12	T. Arbolino Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	14	Kalex	21	+10.072 10.072	1.159			4
13	B. Baltus RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	7	Kalex	21	+10.707 10.707	0.635			3
14	S. Agius Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	81	Kalex	21	+16.739 16.739	6.032			2
15	D. Binder Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	15	Kalex	21	+17.945 17.945	1.206			1
16	B. Bendsneyder Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team	64	Kalex	21	+18.071 18.071	0.126
17	D. Foggia Italtrans Racing Team	71	Kalex	21	+21.666 21.666	3.595
18	D. Moreira Italtrans Racing Team	10	Kalex	21	+21.891 21.891	0.225
19	Z. van den Goorbergh RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	84	Kalex	21	+23.387 23.387	1.496
20	D. Öncü Ajo Motorsport	53	Kalex	21	+26.523 26.523	3.136
21	J. Masia Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team	5	Kalex	21	+33.994 33.994	7.471
22	I. Guevara CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team	28	Kalex	21	+41.234 41.234	7.240
23	M. Aji Honda Team Asia	34	Kalex	21	+41.336 41.336	0.102
24	Á. Escrig KLINT Forward Factory Team	11	Forward F2	21	+55.477 55.477	14.141
25	A. López Beta Tools - Speed Up Racing	21	Boscoscuro B-21	20	+1 Lap 36.407	1 Lap
dnf	A. Sasaki Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	22	Kalex	15				Retirement
dnf	X. Cardelús Fantic Racing	20	Kalex	9				Retirement
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