Rossi had retained his pole advantage into turn one, while Lorenzo lost a position to Dani Pedrosa, but was back in second by the end of the first lap - after which the top three began to edge away. Meanwhile, Casey Stoner had dropped back behind Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden to sit fifth on lap one. He then took fourth back from the American on lap two before crashing on lap three after sliding out on the exit of a right hander. Having also crashed out, while leading, at Qatar, it was a disastrous result for the Australian who leaves Le Mans with a total of only 11 points - for his fifth place at Jerez - from a potential 75. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23052010/58/lorenzo-leads-rossi-home-le-mans.html
