13:45 - Kinners wandering around grabbing a word here and there with numerous riders.

14:02 - the 3 minute warning sounds.

Damp at Stella Maris and Ramsey Hairpin.
Very damp at Governors
Rear Red lights to be shown

14:05 - and its McGuinness and then Hillier who take it away.

Glen Helen Lap 1

First through on the road is McGuinness with Hillier catching him.

Hutchy through, then Guy Martin follows him, then its Bruce Anstey

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 G Martin
6 C Cummins

McGuinness 14th on timing.
William Dunlop clocks 171.6 at Sulby
Conor Cummins clocks 170.8

Ramsey - Lap 1

First on the road is McGuinness with Hillier right on his tail
Next is Guy Martin with Hutchy behind him and Bruce Anstey comes in next pretty close.

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey +0.8
3 M Dunlop
4 C Cummins
5 G Martin
6 D Harrison

Gary Johnson stretches his lead to +2 at the Bungalow
Hillier overtakes McGuinness on the road

End of Lap 1

Hillier first through then McGuinness
Bruce overtakes Guy Martin as they cross the line

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey + 1.6
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 C Cummins
6 G Martin
7 W Dunlop

Ryan Kneen retires at Kirk Michael.

Glen Helen - Lap 2

First through is Bruce Anstey, Hillier, McGuinness and Hutchy, then M Dunlop, then G Johnson

1 B Anstey
2 G Johnson
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 C Cummins
6 G Martin

Johnson back in front at Ballaugh
Michael Dunlop clocks 171.2 at Sulby

Ramsey - Lap 2

Anstey first through, then Guy Martin and Hillier, M Dunlop, Hutchy and McGuinness all as quick as that.

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 C Cummins
6 G Martin

McGuinness is 15th on timing.

End of Lap 2 - Refuel

First in is Anstey then its Dunlop, Martin and Johnson
Hutchy is in, Anstey is away,
Martin is away, Johnson is away, McGuinness is in, Cummins is in,

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 C Cummins
6 G Martin

Johnson lost a bit of time in the pits and now its Bruce Anstey who is first on the road and on time.

Davy Morgan retires at Alpine Cottage.
Gear Lever broken on Josh Brookes bike (they are trying to replace it).

Glen Helen - Lap 3

Bruce first through
M Dunlop and Guy Martin together
G Johnson and James Hillier are next
Hutchy and then McGuinness
William Dunlop comes through on his own and then its Conor Cummins.
Ivan Lintin is making his way through the field and is up to 13th now

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 C Cummins
5 G Martin
6 D Harrison

Roger Maher pushes in at the Grandstand

James Hillier clocks a 172.1 at Sulby

Ramsey - Lap 3

Bruce first on the road, then its M Dunlop and then Gary Johnson, Guy Martin and James Hillier
McGuinness comes through, then W Dunlop

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 G Martin
5 C Cummins
6 D Harrison
7 W Dunlop
8 J Hillier
9 I Hutchinson
10 M Rutter

Conor back into 4th and Guy drops to 6th at the Bungalow
Mark Parrett retires at Ballaugh

End of Lap 3

First through is Bruce Anstey, then its a gap to G Johnson and M Dunlop together.

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 C Cummins
5 D Harrison
6 G Martin
7 W Dunlop
8 J Hillier
9 I Hutchinson
10 M Rutter

Glen Helen - Last Lap

First is Bruce Anstey then its G Johnson and M Dunlop together
Guy Martin goes through, a gap to J Hillier and then Hutchy.
Next is W Dunlop, then its McGuinness followed by Conor Cummins

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 C Cummins
5 D Harrison
6 W Dunlop
7 G Martin
8 J Hillier
9 I Hutchinson
10 M Rutter

Looks like they are all going to run into traffic on the way to Kirk Michael.
G Johnson is 4.8 up on Bruce at Ballaugh.

Last Lap - Ramsey

First in is Bruce, then comes G Johnson and close is M Dunlop
Looks like Conor has retired as he doesn't show at the hairpin

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey +2.3
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 G Martin
6 W Dunlop
7 J Hillier
8 Lee Johnson
9 I Hutchinson
10 M Rutter

At the Bungalow, Bruce has pulled the gap back to "zero"
Conor retires at Ginger Hall.

The Finish Line

This is going to be close.

First across the line is Bruce, then its Gary Johnson followed by M Dunlop

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey + 1.5
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 W Dunlop
6 G Martin
7 J Hillier
8 L Johnson
9 M Rutter
10 K Amor
11 I Hutchinson
12 I Lintin
13 D Stewart
14 D Kneen
15 J McGuinness
16 D Johnson
17 S Mercer
18 J Cowton
19 R Mountford
20 J Hamilton


These are Provisional results only.

Full Results to follow



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