Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi took his 100th Grand Prix win at Assen's Dutch TT this afternoon and celebrated by unfurling a huge banner that pictured every single one of his wins.
The legendary Italian cruised to victory over team-mate Jorge Lorenzo with Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner taking the last podium position, some 23 seconds behind The Doctor. Rossi now leads the MotoGP championship standings by five points from Lorenzo, who is four in front of Stoner
Monster Yamaha's James Toseland survived a race-long six-way scrap for sixth place, battling with Mika Kallio before the Finn crashed out on the final lap, handing Toseland a career best-equalling finish.
Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa was first into turn one followed by Rossi, Stoner and Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen with Colin Edwards in front of Lorenzo.
It took Stoner two corners to get to the front as he towed Rossi past the Spaniard but it was Rossi who led across the line to start lap two and never looked back, finishing more than five seconds in front.
Lorenzo took his time making his way into second place as Toseland got into his own private battle first with Marlboro Ducati's Nicky Hayden and getting tangled up in six-bike dice with Kallio, Loris Capirosso, Randy de Puniet and Toni Elias.
The Yorkshireman hit the front with 15 laps to go but Kallio, on the Pramac Ducati, went past on lap 11 but was then re-passed by the Yamaha with eight laps to go.
As Rossi opened up a massive lead over his Lorenzo, Edwards consolidates his fifth place behind Vermeulen while team-mate Toseland was again passed by Kallio and stayed there until the Finn lost the front of his Desmosedici on the run into the final chicane.
Both Pedrosa and Dovizioso crashed in the same place in identical accidents, losing the front into a fast turn at the back of the circuit. Yuki Takahashi stayed on...
