Cal takes 2nd at Le Mans MotoGP, despite a broken leg!

Cal Crutchlow says he and his Tech 3 Yamaha team will build on his French MotoGP performance, at Le Mans, on Sunday as the British rider claimed a career-best second, despite racing with a fractured shin after a crash in practice but amazingly it didn’t hinder him on his way to securing a first podium of the season.

Dani Pedrosa dominated to win the eventful French Grand Prix to take over the top spot in the MotoGP championship standings. Pedrosa was well clear of Cal Crutchlow, at the end second aboard the despite riding with a shin fracture from his practice crash.

The win moved Pedrosa six points clear of team-mate Marc Marquez, who recovered to third on the second Honda after a poor start, and 17 ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, whose Yamaha was only seventh.

Andrea Dovizioso’s Ducati seized the early initiative on a tentative first lap during which Marquez dropped to the rear of the top 10.

Results - 28 laps:

Pos Rider             Bike                   Time/Gap
 1. Dani Pedrosa      Honda                  49m17.707s
 2. Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha          + 4.863s
 3. Marc Marquez      Honda                  + 6.949s
 4. Andrea Dovizioso  Ducati                 + 10.087s
 5. Nicky Hayden      Ducati                 + 18.471s
 6. Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda          + 23.561s
 7. Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                 + 27.961s
 8. Michele Pirro     Ducati                 + 40.775s
 9. Bradley Smith     Tech 3 Yamaha          + 41.407s
10. Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda              + 1m00.995s
11. Andrea Iannone    Pramac Ducati          + 1m05.110s
12. Valentino Rossi   Yamaha                 + 1m16.368s
13. Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia          + 1m24.200s
14. Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Suter-BMW         + 1m25.726s
15. Karel Abraham     Cardion Aprilia        + 1m32.111s
16. Colin Edwards     Forward FTR-Kawasaki   + 1m40.602s
17. Michael Laverty   Paul Bird PBM-Aprilia  + 1 lap
18. Hiroshi Aoyama    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki   + 1 lap
19. Hector Barbera    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki   + 1 lap

Retirements:

    Yonny Hernandez   Paul Bird Aprilia        8 laps
    Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia            13 laps
    Lukas Pesek       Ioda-Suter-BMW           13 laps
    Claudio Corti     Forward FTR-Kawasaki     21 laps
    Bryan Staring     Gresini FTR-Honda        27 laps

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