• MotoGP leader is third as defending champion comes good
• Andrea Dovizioso squeaks into second on last lap

Casey Stoner's lead in the MotoGP standings was reduced at the Italian Grand Prix where the defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo finished first and Andrea Dovizioso took second place.

Stoner started from pole but the Australian was passed first by Lorenzo with seven laps to go, then by Dovizioso on the final circuit.

Lorenzo, a Spaniard who rides for the Yamaha factory team, clocked 41min 50sec, 0.089sec at the Mugello circuit. Dovizioso, an Italian with the Repsol Honda team, crossed 0.997sec behind, with his team-mate Stoner 1.143 back.

Nearing the mid-point of the season, Stoner now leads Lorenzo by 19 points and is 33 ahead of Dovizioso.

"I left all my energy on the track," an exhausted Lorenzo said. "It was very complicated to pass [Stoner]. I won with my heart and it's magnificent."

Spanish riders won in all three classes.

Earlier, the Suter rider Marc Marquez took his second consecutive Moto2 race by posting a narrow victory over his German rival Stefan Bradl, who still holds a 52-point lead in the standings.

In the 125cc class, the Aprilia rider Nicolas Terol edged Johann Zarco for the win and opened up a 39-point lead over his French opponent.

Meanwhile, the MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports and the Mugello circuit announced they have reached a deal to keep the Italian GP at the circuit until 2016.