Valentino Rossi will start his quest for a 100th Grand Prix victory from pole position at the Assen circuit on Saturday afternoon, taking the top spot for the Alice TT Assen with a 1’36.025 lap.

		Rider	Motorcycle	Team	Lap time	Gap
1		Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′36.025
2		Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′36.110	0.085
3		Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′36.393	0.368
4		Casey Stoner	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′36.633	0.608
5		Colin Edwards	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′36.760	0.735
6		Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′36.953	0.928
7		Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′37.194	1.169
8		Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′37.237	1.212
9		James Toseland	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′37.323	1.298
10		Randy De Puniet	Honda	LCR Honda MotoGP	1′37.473	1.448
11		Alex De Angelis	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′37.637	1.612
12		Mika Kallio	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′37.749	1.724
13		Nicky Hayden	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′37.759	1.734
14		Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	Hayate Racing Team	1′37.948	1.923
15		Toni Elias	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′38.136	2.111
16		Sete Gibernau	Ducati	Grupo Francisco Hernando	1′38.453	2.428
17		Niccolo Canepa	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′38.605	2.580
18		Yuki Takahashi	Honda	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	1′38.619	2.594
19		Gabor Talmacsi	Honda	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	1′39.407	3.382