(CNN) -- World champion Marc Marquez continued his impeccable start to the 2014 season with his third win in three races with victory in the Argentina MotoGP Sunday. The Honda rider also became the first rider since the great Italian star Giacomo Agostini in 1971 to win the first three from pole position. The 21-year-old Spaniard's teammate Dani Pedrosa finished second ahead of the Yamaha duo of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi in third and fourth respectively. Marquez, so dominant in Doha and Texas, did not have things all his own way after opting for a hard front tire choice and following a sluggish start was as low as seventh on the second lap.
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Marc Marquez claims hat-trick of wins at start of MotoGP season
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Marquez wins Argentina round from pole
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Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa in second place
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Valentino Rossi in fourth and third in standings
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