 Melandri has pulled a small gap back to Rossi but closes it as soon as he enters the Sachsen Kurve - where he also thinks of a move up his inside but stays behind for now.As Melandri crosses the line to start lap twenty-nine - the penultimate lap - Pedrosa goes side-by-side with his American teammate for second, Hayden then going a bit wide but somehow retaining third as he tries to overtake Rossi on the outside of the Coca-Cola Kurve but isn't able to.Melandri has again pulled a slight gap to Rossi.