MISANO ADRIATICO, Italy: New MotoGP championship leader Andrea Dovizioso heads into this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix with a slender nine-point advantage to defend over reigning world champion Marc Marquez.

The Italian, who overtook Marquez at the top of the riders’ standings last time out with victory at Silverstone, is a native of Forlimpopoli, a town just 65km from the Misano circuit in Rimini.

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