PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia, (AFP) - Italian legend Valentino Rossi won his first Australian MotoGP in nine years after world champion Marc Marquez crashed out while holding a big lead at Phillip Island.
Rossi, one of the sport's greats with nine world championships across all classes, swept to the front when Marquez came off his bike on the 19th lap, to beat home team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and Britain's Bradley Smith in an all-Yamaha podium.
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