Haga and Bayliss Split in Germany -ozzy go- speedtv.com

Toseland's lead cut after hard german weekend
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Troy Bayliss (Ducati
Xerox) took turns to score full points in the 24-lap Lausitz races,
with Haga overhauling Bayliss in race one, then a man-to-man
duel in race two was taken by Bayliss, as his best pace returned
in the latter stages. With Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona
Extra) scoring second and third in the Lausitz races, in his first
competitive visit to the track, world championship leader James
Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) left Germany with a much
reduced championship lead of 41, 25 points less than he arrived
with.

Race 1:
Despite a massive surge in the first few laps it was clear at half
race distance that Bayliss would not win the first race of the day,
and in the final analysis Noriyuki Haga secured a massive 11-
second margin of victory over Max Biaggi and Troy Corser
(Yamaha Motor Italia). Bayliss was a slowing fourth, having used
up his grip in the early laps, but of most importance to the
championship Toseland had rear traction problems which held him
down in ninth place, despite starting the first lap on the tail of the
leading bunch.

Race 2:
In the second 24-lap contest, Bayliss was once more a convincing
early leader, until Haga caught and passed him with ease.
Thereafter Bayliss hung on in, and even re-passed Haga, then
stretched out a lead of 1.353 seconds at the end. Biaggi had a
largely lonely race to third, while Toseland regained rear push
and control on his spare bike to secure fourth place, and only lose
a handful of points in race two. Corser was fifth, unable to keep
up his forward push once he got on the tail of a defensive
Toseland.

Rolfo and Waus fight into top places
Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Ducati) fell and remounted in race one,
to finish 12th. In race two he scored sixth while Roby Rolfo
(Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) took fifth and seventh place
finishes, after finding his race one set-up better than race two.
Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) had an unhappy day in race trim,
scoring eighth and then a 12th, as he chases Xaus in the
championship table. click on ozzy go to the full story - photos
from ducati.com & yamaha-racing.com