The qualifying for tomorrow’s GP of France at Le Mans has unsurprisingly thrown up Casey Stoner on pole. Through out free practices Stoner has demonstrated that he is the man to beat this weekend. Super Sic has shown speed yet again in qualifying to finish second on the grid while Andrea Dovizioso managed to get ahead of team mate Daniel Pedrosa to finish third while Pedrosa finished fourth. Lorenzo will start fifth while rookie Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow will start in sixth ahead of factory rider Ben Spies and team mate Colin Edwards. Valentino Rossi could only manage ninth after reaching a high of only sixth in the one hour qualifying. His team mate Nicky Hayden will start from tenth.