(CNN) -- Spanish motorcyclist Dani Pedrosa won the German Grand Prix on Sunday to leave the MotoGP championship battle finely poised going into the second half of the 2011 season. Titleholder Jorge Lorenzo reduced Casey Stoner's overall lead to just 15 points after nine races, with the Spaniard overtaking Pedrosa's Repsol Honda teammate at the last corner to claim second place. Pedrosa missed three races with a broken collarbone, but last year's championship runner-up has now climbed to fifth -- 74 points behind Stoner -- with his third victory at the Sachsenring circuit in motorcycling's elite class and fifth overall, having placed eighth on his return in Italy.
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Dani Pedrosa triumphs in his second race back after a broken collarbone
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Spanish rider wins at Germany's Sachsenring for third time in his MotoGP career
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World champion Jorge Lorenzo cuts Casey Stoner's overall lead by claiming second
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Lorenzo and Stoner confirm they will not race in rescheduled Japanese Grand Prix
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