Marquez out of next two races after crash

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Defending MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will miss the rest of the French Grand Prix and next week's Catalan Grand Prix after fracturing his foot in a crash on Saturday.

The Ducati rider was thrown off his bike on the final lap of Saturday's sprint at Le Mans.

The 33-year-old had put his right foot down on to the track just before the crash but was flipped over the handlebars, with his bike cartwheeling away.

Ducati said in a statement the Spaniard had a "fifth metatarsal fracture in his right foot".

They added he would fly to Madrid for surgery.

Marquez is fifth in the standings and has yet to finish on the podium this season.

Aprilia's Jorge Martin won the sprint to cut the gap on team-mate and championship leader Marco Bezzecchi to six points.

Bezzecchi finished third, with Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia second.

"I love this track. I struggled a bit in qualifying, but I knew my potential was much higher," Italy's Martin said.

"I didn't expect to be [in] first position in the second corner, but from that point, I just pushed like in the past, like what I am used to."

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