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Noriyuki Haga held a small but stable lead over Regis Laconi in the second World Superbike race at Oschersleben, Germany, until lap 23 of 28 when Haga retired with mechanical problems.

Laconi then rode on to an unchallenged victory, his fifth of the 2004 season.

Second place allowed Laconi’s teammate James Toseland to hold onto a slim lead in the World Superbike Championship standings, over Laconi.

Haga’s young teammate Leon Haslam scored his first-ever World Superbike podium finish with third in race two.

Oschersleben World Superbike Race Two Results:

1. Regis Laconi, Ducati 999F04, 28 laps
2. James Toseland, Ducati 999F04, -21.549 seconds
3. Leon Haslam, Ducati 999RS, -24.685 seconds
4. Garry McCoy, Ducati 999RS, -27.413 seconds
5. Gianluca Nannelli, Ducati 998RS, -30.621 seconds
6. Mauro Sanchini, Kawasaki ZX-10R, -36.000 seconds
7. Chris Walker, Foggy Petronas FP1, -42.083 seconds
8. Chris Vermeulen, Honda CBR1000RR, -46.944 seconds
9. Ivan Clementi, Kawasaki ZX-10R, -47.021 seconds
10. Andy Meklau, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -47.239 seconds
11. Piergiorgio Bontempi, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -55.920 seconds
12. Alessio Velini, Yamaha YZF-R1, -57.480 seconds
13. Jiri Mrkyvka, Ducati 998RS, -1 laps
14. Carl Berthelsen, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
15. Noriyuki Haga, Ducati 999RS, -6 laps, DNF
16. Steve Martin, Ducati 999RS, -11 laps, DNF

18. Troy Corser, Foggy Petronas FP1, -14 laps, DNF
19. Jurgen Oelschläger, Honda CBR1000RR, -15 laps, DNF

22. Pierfrancesco Chili, Ducati 998RS, -22 laps, DNF
23. Lucio Pedercini, Ducati 998RS, -22 laps, DNF

Fastest Lap of Race: Haga, 1:28.629

World Superbike Championship Point Standings:

1. Toseland, 157 points
2. Laconi, 155 points
3. Chili, 113 points
4. McCoy, 107 points
5. Haga, 94 points
6. Vermeulen, 92 points
7. Haslam, 89 points
8. Corser, 79 points
9. Walker, 78 points
10. Martin, 73 points
11. Borciani, 68 points
12. Sanchini, 55 points
13. TIE, Nannelli/Clementi, 41 points
15. Bontempi, 32 points


More, from a press release issued by FGSport:

World Superbike Championship 2004
Round 5 Oschersleben 28th –30th May 2004

ATTENDANCE

The fifth round of the Superbike World Championship in Oschersleben Germany, attracted an attendance of 69,500 people over the three days of the event.

The organizers were very satisfied with this total which was slightly up on last year.