ALCANIZ, Spain (AP) β Jorge Lorenzo took the lead at the start of the Aragon MotoGP on Sunday and held on for victory after Marc Marquez’s early fall, moving closer to points leader Valentino Rossi in the title race.
Marquez went down just two laps into the race while trying to reach Lorenzo and had to retire. Rossi was edged out of second after a fierce battle with Dani Pedrosa on the final lap.
Lorenzo moved to within 14 points of Rossi with four races to go. Marquez, who abandoned for the fifth time in 14 races, dropped 79 points behind Rossi in third place.
