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Rossi: “Not clever” Dovizioso cost me Assen podium

Valentino Rossi has put his failure to score a podium finish in the Dutch TT at Assen down to an over-aggressive move by MotoGP rival Andrea Dovizioso. While Marc Marquez made a late breakaway from what had been a six-strong lead group to take victory, Rossi was in the thick of the fight for the runner-up spot until the start of the penultimate lap.  He passed Dovizioso for second at the final chicane, but the Ducati rider went side-by-side with him into Turn 1. Both riders ended up going wide and, with Dovizioso just about making the corner while Rossi, running on the outside line, was forced to go through the escape area. Rossi dropped to sixth as a result, and was only able to gain one...
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