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Lorenzo wins Portuguese GP ahead of Stoner

Sun Oct 4, 2009 11:52 AM EDT
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<p>Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo, from Spain, leads the Portugal motorcycling Grand Prix Sunday, Oct. 4 2009, at the Estoril racetrack in Sintra, outside Lisbon. Lorenzo went on to win the race, Australia's Casey Stoner, left, was second, and Spain's Dani Pedrosa, center with number 3, was third. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)</p>

Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo, from Spain, leads the Portugal motorcycling Grand Prix Sunday, Oct. 4 2009, at the Estoril racetrack in Sintra, outside Lisbon. Lorenzo went on to win the race, Australia's Casey Stoner, left, was second, and Spain's Dani Pedrosa, center with number 3, was third. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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ESTORIL — Jorge Lorenzo won his second straight Portuguese Grand Prix to gain on teammate and Moto GP overall leader Valentino Rossi.

Starting from pole position, the Yamaha rider quickly retook the lead after losing it to Dani Pedrosa on Sunday. Rossi, who started second, finished fourth and leads the standings with 250 points while Lorenzo has 232 with three races remaining.

Casey Stoner of Ducati, who was racing for the first time since July because of illness, finished second ahead of Pedrosa of Honda. Stoner raced without a right-side brake pad for most of the 28-lap race.

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