MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi says he deserved his Assen TT MotoGP victory on Saturday, and refuted suggestions that he did anything wrong by straightlining the last corner after Marc Marquez’s late attack. Yamaha star Rossi scored his ninth victory at Assen from his 111 across all classes, his 85th at the premier level. “I tried to give the maximum, because I know at the end the race would be decided at the last moment,” said Rossi. “I did a fantastic penultimate lap, and I took some advantage. On the last lap I was good, but Marquez was able to recover. “In the last chicane I brake hard and I enter, and after he came to me, but unfortunately I was already in the chicane and he...
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