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Pos Num Rider Nat Team Bike Time Gap To 1st --- --- -------------------- --- ------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- -------- 1. 69 Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda ...

Published: Jul 10, 2005, 3:00 PM

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Pos Num Rider                Nat Team                      Bike             Time      Gap   To 1st
--- --- -------------------- --- ------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
 1.  69 Nicky Hayden         USA Repsol Honda              Honda        1:22.670
 2.  46 Valentino Rossi      I   Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha  Yamaha       1:23.024    0.354    0.354
 3.   4 Alex Barros          BR  Camel Honda               Honda        1:23.312    0.288    0.642
 4.  12 Troy Bayliss         AUS Camel Honda               Honda        1:23.358    0.046    0.688
 5.   5 Colin Edwards        USA Fortuna Yamaha            Yamaha       1:23.469    0.111    0.799
 6.  21 John Hopkins         USA Team Suzuki MotoGP        Suzuki       1:23.493    0.024    0.823
 7.   3 Max Biaggi           I   Repsol Honda              Honda        1:23.596    0.103    0.926
 8.   7 Carlos Checa         E   Marlboro Ducati           Ducati       1:23.597    0.001    0.927
 9.   6 Makoto Tamada        J   Konica Minolta Honda      Honda        1:23.750    0.153    1.080
10.  56 Shinya Nakano        J   Kawasaki Racing Team      Kawasaki     1:23.799    0.049    1.129
11.  33 Marco Melandri       I   Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda        1:23.905    0.106    1.235
12.  10 Kurtis Roberts       USA Team Suzuki MotoGP        Suzuki       1:24.011    0.106    1.341
13.  15 Sete Gibernau        E   Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda        1:24.145    0.134    1.475
14.  65 Loris Capirossi      I   Ducati Marlboro Team      Ducati       1:24.257    0.112    1.587
15.  66 Alex Hofmann         D   Kawasaki Racing Team      Kawasaki     1:24.480    0.223    1.810
16.  11 Ruben Xaus           E   Fortuna Yamaha            Yamaha       1:24.741    0.261    2.071
17.  24 Toni Elias           E   Fortuna Yamaha            Yamaha       1:25.462    0.721    2.792
18.  44 Roberto Rolfo        I   D'Antin MotoGP            Ducati       1:25.881    0.419    3.211
19.  67 Shane Byrne          GB  KR Team Roberts           Proton KR    1:25.937    0.056    3.267
20.  77 James Ellison        GB  Blata WCM                 WCM          1:26.800    0.863    4.130
21.  27 Franco Battaini      I   Blata WCM                 WCM          1:28.435    1.635    5.765

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