Marc Marquez withstood race-long pressure from the Aprilia of Marco Bezzecchi to win MotoGP’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen on Sunday.

Victory for Marc Marquez in the Dutch MotoGP was taken ahead of Marco Bezzecchi, who was back on the podium in a grand prix for the first time since his win at Silverstone in May. Bezzecchi’s Sprint podium on Saturday had been his first in a Saturday race since he was third in the Indonesian Sprint in 2023.

The factory Ducati rider’s world championship lead stretched to a yawning 68 points as his nearest challenger, brother Alex, crashed his Gresini Ducati. The younger Marquez also fractured his left hand in the process. Fabio Quartararo had yet another day to forget after claiming pole position, and ended the race in 10th