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The race at the Sachsenring circuit was decided by 0,099 of a second and won by Valentino Rossi who held off his teammate Jorge Lorenzo to take his fourth victory of the season and also equal Giacomo Agostini's record of 159 podium finishes.

 

The 30 lap race was battled by the top four riders in the championship, with Rossi taking the lead and Dani Pedrosa in second until Casey Stoner overtook him on lap 5, Rossi continued leading for seven laps until Casey Stoner overtook him with a clean pass, but after studying his rival for several laps Rossi then repassed Stoner and the Ducati rider then lost second place to a hard charging Jorge Lorenzo.

Stoner then had to fend off Dani Pedrosa who setting his fastest lap and took third from Stoner. The Ducatista then ran wide after his rear tire gave him a warning and lost precious seconds and would eventually have to settle for fourth.

The two Yamaha riders were riding wheel to wheel, when Lorenzo overtook Rossi, who went slightly wide on turn 1. Rossi began stalking his teammate, when on the second to last lap Rossi outbraked Lorenzo and took the lead again and the final lap saw Rossi close all the doors, and cross the finish line just in front of the Spanish rider.

Dani Pedrosa was third, finishing seven seconds ahead of Casey Stoner who settled for fourth.

Rossi is now 14 points clear of Lorenzo after nine of 17 rounds, with Stoner 28 points adrift in third.