Aprilia from Honda and BMW in race two
Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) secured a second brilliant win at Misano, pulling clear after some early action with other riders and winning by a margin of 5.355 seconds, easing down in the final lap.
Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) and Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) had a long fight for second with Rea securing it. Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) had another personal duel that went the way of Melandri. The top five riders were covered by only seven seconds at the flag. Race one co-stars Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) and Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) each crashed out of race two.
In the championship fight, Biaggi is on 210.5 points, Rea is second on 172 and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) has 164.5.
