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Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi won his 100th career Moto GP race at the Assen TT Saturday, claiming victory in 42 minutes 14.611 seconds.

Teammate Jorge Lorenzo finished second, more than five seconds behind the dominating Rossi. Ducati''s Casey Stoner took third in 42:37.724.

Rossi set off from pole, shrugging off an early challenge from 2008 Assen champion Stoner in the opening lap.

The world champion kept his grip on the lead, pulling away from Lorenzo and Stoner with blistering pace to grab his fifth Assen victory and avenge last year''s defeat to Stoner.

Stoner appeared to give up with nine laps to go as Rossi took a 10 second lead over the Australian. The Italian was nearly three seconds ahead of Lorenzo at the same stage.

Rossi now leads the championship standings with 131 points. Lorenzo is second with 126, four more than Stoner.

Moto GP results:

1. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Yamaha, 42 minutes, 14.611 seconds.
2. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain, Yamaha, 42:19.979.
3. Casey Stoner, Australia, Ducati, 42:37.724.
4. Colin Edwards, United States, Yamaha, 42:43.725.
5. Chris Vermeulen, Australia, Suzuki, 42:48.216.
6. James Toseland, Britain, Yamaha, 42:53.958.
7. Randy De Puniet, France, Honda, 42:54.154
8. Toni Elias, Spain, Honda, 42:54.385.
9. Nicky Hayden, United States, Ducati, 42:54.434.
10. Loris Capirossi, Italy, Suzuki, 42:55.284.

Dutch 250cc Grand Prix result

1. Hiroshi Aoyama (Japan) Honda 40 mins 44.008 secs
2. Hector Barbera (Spain) Aprilia 40:48.432
3. Marco Simoncelli (Italy) Gilera 40:54.347
4. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Aprilia 40:55.391
5. Roberto Locatelli (Italy) Gilera 40:55.604
6. Alex Debon (Spain) Aprilia 40:58.273
7. Karel Abraham (Czech Republic) Aprilia 41:01.990
8. Hector Faubel (Spain) Honda 41:03.020
9. Ratthapark Wilairot (Thailand) Honda 41:04.934
10. Raffaele De Rosa (Italy) Honda 41:05.041
11. Mike Di Meglio (France) Aprilia 41:16.136
12. Lukas Pesek (Czech Republic) Aprilia 41:25.337
13. Alex Baldolini (Italy) Aprilia 41:49.329
14. Valentin Debise (France) Honda 41:56.459
15. Imre Toth (Hungary) Aprilia +1 Laps

Dutch 125cc Grand Prix result

1. Sergio Gadea (Spain) Aprilia 39 mins 7.577 secs
2. Nicolas Terol (Spain) Aprilia 39:07.655
3. Julian Simon (Spain) Aprilia 39:08.478
4. Bradley Smith (Britain) Aprilia 39:19.933
5. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Aprilia 39:19.977
6. Stefan Bradl (Germany) Aprilia 39:28.045
7. Jonas Folger (Germany) Aprilia 39:28.332
8. Simone Corsi (Italy) Aprilia 39:28.840
9. Pol Espargaro (Spain) Derbi 39:29.135
10. Marc Marquez (Spain) KTM 39:29.518
11. Joan Olive (Spain) Derbi 39:31.182
12. Efren Vazquez (Spain) Derbi 39:35.983
13. Dominique Aegerter (Switzerland) Derbi 40:07.889
14. Marvin Fritz (Germany) Honda 40:07.932
15. Lorenzo Zanetti (Italy) Aprilia 40:08.192