Sporting Digest: Motorcycling

DUTCH GRAND PRIX (Assen) 500cc (120.980km, 75.176 miles, 20 laps): 1 M Doohan (Aus) Honda 41min 35.272sec; 2 A Barros (Bra) Suzuki 41:37.172; 3 A Criville (Sp) Honda 41:42.718; 4 A Puig (Sp) Honda 41:53.228; 5 K Schwantz (US) Suzuki 41:59.131; 6 D Chandler (US) Cagiva 41:59.736; 7 D Beattie (Aus) Yamaha 42:10.304; 8 J Kocinski (US) Cagiva 42:24.409; 9 L Cadalora (It) Yamaha 42:31.978; 10 B Garcia (Fr) ROC Yamaha 42:44.141. World championship standings (after seven rounds): 1 Doohan 161pts; 2 Schwantz 119; 3 Kocinski 87; 4 Criville 83; 5 S Itoh (Japan) Honda 66; 6 Puig 77; 7 Barros 81; 8 Cadalora 53; 9 Chandler 48; 10 J Reynolds (GB) Harris Yamaha 32.

250cc (108.882km, 67.659 miles, 18 laps): 1 M Biaggi (It) Aprilia 38min 19.086sec; 2 T Okada (Japan) Honda 38:47.788; 3 W Zeelenberg (Neth) Honda 38:48.052; 4 R Waldmann (Ger) Honda 38.48.307; 5 N Aoki (Japan) Honda 38:48.818; 6 J M Bayle (Fr) Aprilia 38:49.025; 7 L D'Antin (Sp) Honda 39:15.716; 8 E Suter (Swit) Aprilia 39:17.806; 9 J van den Goorberg (Neth) Aprilia 39:18.208; 10 P van den Goorberg (Neth) Aprilia 39:27.822. World championship standings (after seven rounds): 1 Biaggi 128pts; 2 L Capirossi (It) Honda 102; 3 Okada 116; 4 D Romboni (It) Honda 93; 5 J P Ruggia (Fr) Aprilia 78; 6 Waldmann 66; 7 D'Antin 57; 8 Aoki 53; 9 Bayle 48; 10 Zeelenberg 43.

125cc (102.883km, 63.931 miles, 17 laps): 1 T Tsujimura (Japan) Honda 39min 7.728sec; 2 J Martinez (Sp) Yamaha 39:07.958; 3 L Bodelier (Neth) Honda 39:08.670; 4 K Sakata (Japan) Aprilia 39:09.082; 5 M Tokudome (Japan) Honda 39:24.977; 6 H Torrontegui (Sp) Aprila 39:24.982; 7 O Petrucciani (Swit) Aprilia 39:39.890; 8 G McCoy (Aus) Aprilia 39:44.615; 9 H Nakajyo (Japan) Honda 39:44.750; 10 G Debbia (It) Aprilia 39:47.394. World championship standings (after seven rounds): 1 Sakata 134pts; 2 D Raudies (Ger) 80; 3 P Oettl (Ger) 79; 4 N Ueda (Japan) 77; 5 Tsujimura 71; 6 Martinez 61; 7 McCoy 56; 8 Torrontegui 51; 9 A Saito (Japan) 46; 10 Tokudome 43.