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ASSEN, HOLLAND, JUNE 25 - Yamaha's Ben Spies added his name to the elite roster of American premier class winners with a breakthrough win to celebrate Yamaha's 50th anniversary in the World Championships in the Dutch TT at the "Cathedral of Racing" in Assen, Holland.
From second on the grid, and racing in the iconic white, red, and black Yamaha livery, Spies took advantage of opening lap chaos to immediately open a gap of over two seconds on the first lap. In the first third of the opening lap of 26, Spies' teammate Jorge Lorenzo was taken out by San Carlo Honda Gresini's Marco Simoncelli, who was being incautious in the first left hand corner on the cold 61F track. Simoncelli lost the rear of his Honda in the de Strubben hairpin, with Lorenzo having nowhere to go and running into him. Both restarted, but well down the order.
Meanwhile, Spies was streaming ahead on a cold, overcast day on a track with damp patches off line, but a dry racing line. Repsol Honda's Casey Stoner cut into Spies' lead from laps eight through 11, but that was it. From then on Spies upped the pace and cruised to his first MotoGP victory with a cushion of 7.697 secs. Stoner was second with teammate Andrea Dovizioso third.
Spies' maiden win came in his 28th MotoGP start on a track where he'd won a World Superbike race en route to the 2009 World Superbike title. The Texan known as "Elbowz" became only the second World Superbike rider to win a MotoGP race: Troy Bayliss won the 2006 Valencia season finale in a one-off appearance on the Ducati Marlboro team. It was also the first win for an American since Nicky Hayden won his home grand prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 2006.
Spies was especially proud to win while racing in Yamaha's commemorative colors at a track full of history, including that of his fellow Americans. By winning in Assen, Spies joins fellow American Yamaha riders Kenny Roberts, Wayne Rainey, and Eddie Lawson as premier class GP winners. And he also adds his name to the roster of American GP winners, starting with his mentor Kevin Schwantz, and continuing with Nicky Hayden, Kenny Roberts Jr., Randy Mamola, Freddie Spencer, John Kocinski, Jimmy Filice, and Pat Hennen, the first American to win a 500cc GP.
"It's special, because this track is a track I grew up watching all my heroes race on forever," he said, recalling the epic battles among Schwantz, Rainey, and Mick Doohan. "And with this weekend being the 50th anniversary for Yamaha, I don't know how it all came together.
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Coming off three wins in a row, the Australian entered the race in the World Championship lead, which he didn't want to jeopardize. So once Spies upped the pace, Stoner was content to pad his lead with second place points. "Absolutely blew the start,"
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