MOTOGP: Marc Marquez Extends Winning Streak To Eight

Marc Márquez has extended his winning streak to eight at Assen in a tricky race that started wet but dried out, necessitating a change of bikes on lap seven under flag-to-flag rules.

World Champion Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) eventually clinched the win by 6.7s seconds to become the first rider since the great Giacomo Agostini in 1971 to win the first eight premier-class races of the year.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) stepped onto the rostrum for the second time in 2014, with Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) completing the podium after holding off the pursuing Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) for several laps. Espargaro rode well to hold fourth, having started on pole.


Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) took fifth having shown great pace in the second half of the race, his problem being a late decision to swap back from slicks to wets at the start. Rossi started from pit lane on wets, therefore, and recovered considerable ground before and after eventually the swap back to slicks.