Marc Marquez wins in Assen as brother Alex crashes

Marc Marquez extended his lead in the MotoGP world championship standings with victory in the Dutch MotoGP despite starting on the second row in Assen.

The Spaniard, 32, who also won Saturday's sprint race after recovering from two crashes in practice, finished clear of Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi.

His Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, who had been chasing a fourth consecutive win at the Dutch track, was third.

Marquez's younger brother Alex, who is his closest rival in the standings, fractured his hand in a crash with Pedro Acosta.

The 29-year-old, who is now 68 points behind his older brother, jumped back to his feet but was gingerly holding his wrist as he was biked back to the pit lane and was taken to the medical centre for a check-up.

"I am sorry for Alex, my father says he injured a finger, but racing is like this," said Marc.

"Of course I am super happy with the job the team did on Friday [after the crashes] and all weekend, amazing weekend.

"Assen is not one of my best tracks."

Although it was Bagnaia who made the best start, Marquez moved into second on the second lap and passed his team-mate on the fifth lap.

He set the fastest race lap at the halfway mark of the 26-lap race and went on to claim his sixth victory of the season to move him level with the legendary Giacomo Agostini on 68 elite wins, but still 21 adrift of Valentino Rossi.

The next race weekend is in Germany on 12-13 July and will mark the mid-point of the 22-race season.