Round eight of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship had seen reigning champion Casey Stoner back to his convincing best on the Ducati, but with Valentino Rossi on the Yamaha and Dani Pedrosa on the Honda scoring points to keep them comfortably ahead of the Australian overall. Would he close up or drop further behind in the Dutch TT at Assen, round nine?
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