LE MANS(France): Casey Stoner of Australia earned his second victory of the season at a dramatic French Grand Prix after Dani Pedrosa of Spain crashed and fractured his right collarbone.

The Honda rider completed the 28 laps of the 4.185-kilometer (2.6-mile) Le Mans circuit in 44 minutes, 3.955 seconds to climb to second place in the overall standings, 12 points behind defending champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain.

Andrea Dovizioso of Italy finished second, 14.214 seconds behind Stoner.

Pedrosa initially had the better of polesitter Stoner at the start. But the Australian retook the lead on the second lap before Pedrosa's crash in a battle for second place.

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Moto GP
1. Casey Stoner, Australia, Honda, 44 minutes, 3.955 seconds. (28 laps)

2. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy, Honda, 14.214 seconds behind.

3. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Ducati, 14.564.

4. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain, Yamaha, 21.075.

5. Marco Simoncelli, Italy, Honda, 31.245.

6. Ben Spies, United States, Yamaha, 31.609.

7. Nicky Hayden, United States, Ducati, 35.566.

8. Hiroshi Aoyama, Japan, Honda, 51.502.

9. Hector Barbera, Spain, Ducati, 1:03.731.

10. Karel Abraham, Czech Republic, Ducati, 1:03.885.

World Standings

(After 4 of 18 races)

1. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain, Yamaha, 78 points.

2. Casey Stoner, Australia, Honda, 66.

3. Dani Pedrosa, Spain, Honda, 61.

4. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy, Honda, 50.

5. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Ducati, 47.

6. Nicky Hayden, United States, Ducati, 39.

7. Hiroshi Aoyama, Japan, Honda, 36.

8. Marco Simoncelli, Italy, Honda, 22.

9. Colin Edwards, United States, Yamaha, 21.

10. Hector Barbera, Spain, Ducati, 21.

Moto2
1. Marc Marquez, Spain, Suter, 43 minutes, 3.308 seconds. (26 laps)

2. Yuki Takahashi, Japan, Moriwaki, 1.982 seconds behind.

3. Stefan Bradl, Germany, Kalex, 2.237.

4. Julian Simon, Spain, Suter, 2.349.

5. Thomas Luthi, Switzerland, Suter, 2.609.

6. Aleix Espargago, Spain, Pons Kalex, 12.295.

7. Simone Corsi, Italy, FTR, 18.739.

8. Dominique Aegerter, Switzerland, Suter, 18.918.

9. Bradley Smith, Britain, Tech 3, 20.408.

10. Alex De Angelis, San Marino, Motobi, 20.566.

World Standings

(After 4 of 18 races)

1. Stefan Bradl, Germany, Kalex, 77 points.

2. Julian Simon, Suter, Spain, 49.

3. Andrea Iannone, Italy, Suter, 48.

4. Yuki Takahashi, Japan, Moriwaki, 47.

5. Thomas Luthi, Switzerland, Suter, 47.

6. Simone Corsi, Italy, FTR, 46.

7. Alex De Angelis, San Marino, Motobi, 32.

8. Bradley Smith, Great Britain, Tech 3, 27.

9. Marc Marquez, Spain, Suter, 25.

10. Dominique Aegerter, Switzerland, Suter, 24.

125cc
1. Maverick Vinales, Spain, Aprilia, 42 minutes, 0.505 second. (24 laps)

2. Nicolas Terol, Spain, Aprilia, 0.048 second behind.

3. Efren Vazquez, Spain, Derbi, 6.836.

4. Hector Faubel, Aprilia, 8.298.

5. Johann Zarco, France, Derbi, 8.590.

6. Jonas Folger, Germany, Aprilia, 10.236.

7. Sandro Cortese, Germany, Aprilia, 10.667.

8. Sergio Gadea, Spain, Aprilia, 15.642.

9. Miguel Oliveira, Portugal, Aprilia, 22.838.

10. Luis Salom, Spain, Aprilia, 30.901.

World Standings

(After 4 of 18 races)

1. Nicolas Terol, Spain, Aprilia, 95 points.

2. Sandro Cortese, Germany, Aprilia 59.

3. Johann Zarco, Derbi, France, 53.

4. Jonas Folger, Germany, Aprilia, 52.

5. Efren Vazquez, Spain, Derbi, 46.

6. Maverick Vinales, Spain, Aprilia, 45.

7. Sergio Gadea, Spain, Aprilia, 28.

8. Hector Faubel, Spain, Aprilia, 23.

9. Miguel Oliveira, Portugal, Aprilia, 22.

10. Luis Salom, Spain, Aprilia, 22.

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SHANGHAI (AP) - Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown beat American rival Carmelita Jeter to capture the women's 100 metres on her 29th birthday at the Shanghai Diamond League meet Sunday.

Campbell-Brown benefited from a fast start and held off a quickly closing Jeter in the final metres to win in a time of 10.92 seconds. Jeter was second in 10.95 and Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare third in 11.23.

Jeter has been dominant in the 100 this season, setting the fastest time of the year - 10.86 - in Jamaica last weekend and then winning again on Thursday in Daegu, South Korea.

Campbell-Brown, meanwhile, was running in her first 100-metre race of the year. The two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 200 metres is planning to compete in both the 100 and 200 at the worlds in South Korea in August.

Olympic gold medalist Asbel Kiprop of Kenya was outsprinted in the stretch by countryman Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba in the men's 1,500 metres, a little over a week after he captured the men's 800 metres at the year's first Diamond League event in Doha, Qatar.

Chepseba finished in a time of 3 minutes 31.42 seconds, while Kiprop was second in 3:31.76 and Ethiopia's Mekonnen Gebremedhin was third in 3:32.36.

Jamaica's Kaliese Spencer outsprinted a tiring Lashinda Demus of the United States at the finish line to capture the women's 400-metre hurdles in 54.20 seconds. Olympic and world champion Melaine Walker of Jamaica, back on the track after missing most of the 2010 season with an Achilles injury, finished third.

Two-time world champion Yargelis Savigne of Cuba easily won the women's triple jump with a leap of 14.68 metres (48.16 feet), while the two-time world champion in the women's high jump, Blanka Vlasic of Croatia, won her event with an effort of 1.94 metres (6.36 feet).

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