Once again, Ian Hutchinson and Michael Dunlop dominated this opening Monster Energy Supersport race of the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races.
Hutchinson signalled his intentions from the off, with Dean Harrison and Dunlop in close quarters on the opening lap. Other strong riders included James Hiller, Lee Johnston and John McGuinness who maintained the top six positions for most of the race.
As the race wore on, Dunlop continued to make inroads into Hutchinson’s lead – the leading duo nearly matching each other on the roads. A number of high-profile retirements, including Bruce Anstey and Ivan Lintin, meant that Manxman Conor Cummins could move up the leader board in the contest for fourth with Hillier and McGuinness – a battle that went all the way up to the wire.
In the closing lap, the lead rider encountered some traffic, but duly came home for his 12th TT win and seventh in the Supersport class, in a race-record winning time.
Up Next in 2016
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2016 Superbike TT
History was made in the RST Superbike Race of the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races. Michael Dunlop and Ian Hutchinson together shattered both the lap and race records in their mission to take the number one spot.
Dunlop signalled his intentions from the off, taking the lead from the start, closely fol...
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2016 Sidecar TT Race 1
With 17-times sidecar TT winner Dave Molyneux and passenger Dan Sayle non-starters, brothers Ben and Tom Birchall led the first and highly dramatic Sidecar Race of 2016.
The brothers fought off stiff competition from John Holden and Andy Winkle and Tim Reeves and Patrick Farrance, with father-so...
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2016 TT Zero
This hectic 2016 TT Zero race got off to a flying start which saw John McGuinness, winner of the previous two years races, set off at number one on his Mugen Shinden machine. He was closely followed by teammate Bruce Anstey, with William Dunlop in third on his Victory Brammo Power bike.
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