Márquez reaches 100 victories as Ducati dominates; Martín crashes at first turn

On a Sunday in June 2026, Marc Márquez crossed a finish line that history had been quietly drawing toward for nearly two decades — his hundredth victory in motorcycle racing's highest class, achieved under the colors of Ducati. The milestone is singular, a monument to longevity and will in a sport that consumes both without mercy. Yet the man who reached it spoke not of triumph but of distance — the gap between where he stands today and the rider he once was, a reminder that the greatest champions measure themselves not against others, but against the versions of themselves they can no longer