Pedrosa snatches French Grand Prix pole
LE MANS, France (Reuters) - MotoGP championship leader Dani Pedrosa of Spain put his Honda on pole for Sunday's French Grand Prix with his last lap in Saturday's qualifying session.
On the least technical circuit of the season, Pedrosa clocked a best time of one minute 32.647 to beat Yamaha's American Colin Edwards by 0.127 seconds.
Australian world champion Casey Stoner was third on his Ducati with Italian Valentino Rossi fourth on his Yamaha.
Spain's Jorge Lorenzo, also on a Yamaha, took fifth place despite having fractured both of his ankles in a crash during free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai two weeks ago.
In the 125cc category, Spaniard Sergio Gadea riding an Aprilia took pole position ahead of Britain's Bradley Smith, also on an Aprilia.
(Writing by Julien Pretot in Paris, editing by Alan Baldwin)
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