ASSEN, The Netherlands: Italian rider Valentino Rossi won the Dutch MotoGp here on Saturday to record his 100th career win and take the overall lead in the world championship standings.

The eight-time world champion beat home his Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo while Australia's 2007 world champion Casey Stoner was third on a Ducati.

Rossi - who unfurled a banner recording all his previous 99 successes - was ecstatic.