Alex Barros won the restarted Gran Premio Cinzano d’Italia at Mugello Sunday, winning by a combined 8.359 seconds. In a combined-time battle between homeboys Loris Capirossi and Max Biaggi, Capirossi beat Biaggi by 0.35-second.

Reigning 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts crashed with three laps to go, and current 500cc points leader Valentino Rossi crashed with one lap left.

The race was stopped at 3:34 p.m. local time when it started to rain with 7 laps completed, then was restarted at 4:06 p.m. local time. Total combined race distance was 23 laps, or 120.635 kilometers (74.962 miles).

500cc Results, Segment One, After 7 Laps (Red-flagged)
1. Max Biaggi, Italy, Yamaha, 13:36.960
2. Alex Barros, Brazil, Honda, 13:37.461
3. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Honda, 13:37.587
4. Loris Capirossi, Italy, Honda, 13:38.406
5. Kenny Roberts, USA, Suzuki, 13:39.607
6. Tohru Ukawa, Japan, Honda, 13:39.623
7. Alex Criville, Spain, Honda, 13:39.896
8. Norick Abe, Japan, Yamaha, 13:41.204
9. Carlos Checa, Spain, Yamaha, 13:41.576
10. Sete Gibernau, Spain, Suzuki, 13:42.506
11. Shinya Nakano, Japan, Yamaha, 13:42.750
12. Jurgen v.d. Goorbergh, Holland, Proton, 13:43.929
13. Chris Walker, GB, Honda, 13:44.548
14. Noriyuki Haga, Japan, Yamaha, 13:46.589
15. Jose Luis Cardoso, Spain, Yamaha, 13:49.400
16. Haruchika Aoki, Japan, Honda, 13:59.655
17. Anthony West, Australia, Honda, 14:10.783
18. Barry Veneman, Holland, Honda, 14:10.823
19. Mark Willis, Australia, Pulse, 14:10.915
20. Jason Vincent, GB, Pulse, 15:16.807

500cc Results, Combined Segment One and Segment Two, After 23 laps
1. Barros, 49:26.006
2. Capirossi, 49:34.365
3. Biaggi, 49:34.515
4. Criville, 49:35.002
5. Aoki, 49.46.657
6. Gibernau, 49:50.729
7. Ukawa, 49:53.751
8. Nakano, 49:58.774
9. Abe, 50:17.363
10. Haga, 50:34.511
11. Cardoso, 50:44.032
12. v.d. Goorbergh, 51:15.339
13. Willis, 50:26.333
14. Rossi, DNF, crash, 22 laps
15. Roberts, DNF, crash, 20 laps
16. Vincent, DNF, crash, 20 laps
17. Walker, DNF, crash, 11 laps
18. West, DNF, crash, 10 laps
19. Checa, DNF, retired, 7 laps


In 250cc action, Tetsuya Harada led total Aprilia domination, with the Italian marque taking the first five positions in the wet. Harada ran away, winning the 21-lap race by 12.729 seconds; it took Harada 46 minutes, 11.129 seconds to complete the 110.145-kilometer (68.4-mile) race.

Katja Poensgen earned her first Grand Prix points with a 14th-place finish.

250cc Results
1. Tetsuya Harada, Japan, Aprilia
2. Roberto Rolfo, Italy, Aprilia, -12.729 seconds
3. Marco Melandri, Italy, Aprilia, -37.673
4. Roberto Locatelli, Italy, Aprilia, -43.860
5. Fonsi Nieto, Spain, Aprilia, -47.149
6. Emilio Alzamora, Spain, Honda, -54.884
7. David Cehca, Spain, Honda, -57.903
8. Alex Debon, France, Aprilia, -59.092
9. Shahrol Yuzu, Malaysia, Yamaha, -1:00.763
10. Daijiro Katoh, Japan, Honda, -1:13.110
11. Lorenzo Lanzi, Italy, Aprilia, -1:13.110
12. Naoki Matsudo, Japan, Yamaha, -1:40.274
13. David de Gea, Spain, Yamaha, -1:42.351
14. Katja Poensgen, Germany, Aprilia, -1:42.515
15. Jeronimo Vidal, Spain, Aprilia, -1:42.911


Noboru Ueda won the 20-lap, 104.9-kilometer 125cc Grand Prix by 3.810 seconds over Gino Borsoi. Usual front-runner Youich Ui was 18th on the Derbi, one lap down.

125cc Results
1. Noboru Ueda, Japan, TSR-Honda, 45:15.046
2. Gino Borsoi, Italy, Aprilia, -3.810 seconds
3. Manuel Poggiali, San Marino, Gilera, -6.917
4. Toni Elias, Spain, Honda, -12.917
5. Simone Sanna, Italy, Aprilia, -13.280
6. Angel Nieto Jr., Spain, Honda, -14.127
7. Arnaud Vincent, France, Honda, -21.103
8. Masao Azuma, Japan, Honda, -21.250
9. Jarno Muller, Germany, Honda, -21.263
10. Alex de Angelis, San Marino, Honda, -25.424