- Title: NETHERLANDS: MOTORCYCLING - JAPAN'S TADAYUKI OKADA WINS 500CC DUTCH GRAND PRIX
- Date: 26th June 1999
- Summary: ASSEN, NETHERLANDS (JUNE 26, 1999) 500CC 1. START WITH TADAYUKI OKADA (8) AND KENNY ROBERTS (10) IN FRONT 2. ON BOARD VIEW FROM ALEX CRIVILLE (3) AS HE CRASHES 3. CRIVILLE'S BIKE BEING REMOVED, HE LIES BEHIND IT 4. OKADA ESTABLISHING LEAD OVER ROBERTS, AND PURSUERS 5. OKADA IN LEAD 6. FINAL LAP, ALEX BARROS (5) OVERTAKES ROBERTS FOR SECOND, THEN CRASHES HE FINALLY TOOK TENTH PLACE 7. OKADA WINS 8. OKADA, ROBERTS AND SETE GIBERNAU (15) ON PODIUM 250CC 9. START 10. VALENTINO ROSSI (46)TAKES LEAD FROM LORIS CAPIROSSI (1) 11. CAPIROSSI TAKES LEAD BACK FROM ROSSI/VIEW OF CAPIROSSI FROM ROSSI'S BIKE 12. ROSSI TAKES LEAD BACK AGAIN 13. AERIAL ON FINAL LAP, APPROACHING CHICANE, CAPIROSSI OUTBRAKES ROSSI AND CROSSES LINE FIRST 14. CAPIROSSI'S PIT CREW CELEBRATE 15. CAPIROSSI, ROSSI AND JEREMY MCWILLIAMS CELEBRATE ON PODIUM 125CC 16. LUCIO CECHINELLO (5) CRASHES OUT IN ATTEMPT TO TAKE LEAD FROM NOBORU UEDA (6), ROBERTO LOCATELLI (15) IS SECOND, MASAO AZUMA (4) IS THIRD 17. AZUMA (4) CROSSES LINE TO WIN FROM UEDA AND LOCATELLI 18. AZUMA, UEDA AND LOCATELLI ON PODIUM Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: ASSEN, NETHERLANDS
- Country: Netherlands
- Reuters ID: LVAQF2SY0M1I63LHN5IIL5DCA57
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