MotoGP Race Reports
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The 22-race streak in which no-one had managed a back-to-back GP500 win may have ended, but the form Garry McCoy showed at the Valencia Grand Prix suggests that the Australian may be starting a run of his own very soon.
Alex Barros scored his second GP500 win of the season at the Sachsenring, but only after a tense struggle with the flying Valentino Rossi.
Valentino Rossi won his first GP500 race at Donington Park this afternoon, but not before home hero Jeremy McWilliams had given the crowd hopes of a British win.
Alex Barros came through to win a two part Dutch TT, his first win since 1993. The 75th running of the Dutch TT got underway in dry conditions with but a few damp patches still scattered around the track making things slightly difficult.
The welcome which heralded Loris Capirossi's victory in the Italian 500cc Grand Prix would have been fitting for an emperor, as the Honda Pons rider became the first Italian to win the class at Mugello.