The Spanish pilot achieved the doubled on Sunday in Aragonand if the first two races of the weekend were rich in overtaking and duels until the last lap, the final event was marked by a battle in the distance between And Toprak Razgatlioğluwho tried to maintain the pace until having to give in a few laps from the end.
After his success during the morning Superpole, The man from Talavera repeated and achieved what had eluded him for several monthsclimb to the highest step of the podium, which will give him a lot of confidence, while the Turk confirms himself as a formidable rival after returning from a serious injury and increases the distance in the general classification compared to Nicolô Bulega.
The Ducati rider retained the lead after starting from pole position, and his opponent BMW remained in his wake, ready to chase him, but things were much worse for the Italian, who after losing third place with Andrea Iannonegot out of the way during one of the braking sessions and fell to ninth position, behind .
If Saturday's race was characterized by a very compact peloton, the On Sunday everyone had to endure the pace imposed by Álvaro Bautistaand as expected, the gaps widened from the start, even their pursuers lost a second per lap. It was obvious that the track and the bikes had taken a step forward, but what was clear was that the Spaniards and Turks were the fastest.
Although the afternoon race was not characterized by great overtaking and numerous duels at the front, to the point where the leader found himself with a lead of almost three and a half seconds, it was when even an event full of spectacle. To get an idea, Talaveran's fastest lap came on the penultimate lap with a time of 1:48.121.and made no mistakes to cross the finish line at the top of the standings.
For his part, Toprak Razgatlioglu only succumbed in the final stages, when he could no longer keep up with the pace of the leader.and remained constant until the end. For the Turk it was an excellent harvest, as he was able to recover from his serious injury and continue to lead the championship with 39 points ahead of Nicoló Bulega.
The Italian closes the podium, around ten seconds behind his teammate, but has to come back from ninth place, and lap after lap, he recovers positions. He remains in the group of four fighting for third place in the race, alongside Andrea Iannone, And Danilo Petruccibut with eight laps remaining he managed to pass everyone, even though the lead was already five seconds away, so he had to be content to keep that bronze medal.
However, the difference in speed was so great that the gap increased further, while behind, Saturday's winner, the best independent, was fourth, ahead of the second BMW and his compatriot. Seventh finished Michael van der Markahead of Iker Lecuona, who confirmed himself as the best Honda, and Andrea Locatelli And Scott Redding They closed the top ten.
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