Yes, now we can say: “Casey is returned”. Two great victories and two pole positions in the last two GPs. Also on this saturday race on Assen circuit, Casey after a couple of laps behind Pedrosa leave him alone and speed up his laps reaching the chequered flag with 21 secs on Pedrosa.  The Spanish conqueres the lead in championship with +5 on Valentino Rossi (11th in Assen due to an accident) and +29 on Casey Stoner.

1 Casey Stoner 42:12.337
2 Daniel Pedrosa 42:23.647
3 Colin Edwards 42:29.462
4 Nicky Hayden 42:32.814
5 Andrea Dovizioso 42:39.683
6 Jorge Lorenzo
7 Chris Vermeulen
8 Shinya Nakano
9 James Toseland
10 Sylvain Guintoli
11 Valentino Rossi
12 Antonio Elias
13 Marco Melandri