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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
The organisers had issued an update on Thursday morning raising doubts over the prospect of the session going ahead because of unsuitable conditions after heavy rain overnight. A further update in the afternoon noted an improvement in the weather and said the outlook for evening qualifying was ‘better than expected’.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
The Honda Racing UK rider came flying out of the blocks with a speed of 130.897mph from a standing start before upping the ante on his second lap to 133.069mph (17 mins 00.733 secs). Harrison, who now lives in Laxey on the island, was 15 seconds up on Peter Hickman (8TEN Racing BMW), who managed 131.076mph after completing three laps on his Superbike machine. Hickman’s team-mate Davey Todd slotted into third on the leaderboard on Wednesday night (130.402mph).
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1 week ago | 
ecommercenews.com.au | James Robinson
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
Only the newcomers completed a lap on Monday before the rest of the schedule was called off due to wet weather. There was a question mark over Tuesday’s practice with more rain in the forecast, but although there were heavy showers earlier in the day, the weather improved and roads began to dry out. The Sidecar competitors went out first shortly after 6.30pm before it was the turn of the solo riders, who left the line on Glencrutchery Road in bright sunshine.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
Further rain is expected on the island on Tuesday, but Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson is confident the weather will change for the better on Wednesday, issuing a “positive” update for the remainder of practice week. Roads are scheduled to close this evening for practice but it could be tomorrow before Michael Dunlop and his fellow TT contenders complete their first laps of the 2025 event in anger. Thompson said high pressure was set to bring improved weather from Wednesday.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
Practice is scheduled to start on Monday morning, but rain in the forecast later in the afternoon and evening could have a detrimental impact on the first day of the 2025 festival. Dunlop won four races around the 37.73-mile Mountain Course in 2024 to take over from his idolised uncle Joey as the most successful racer in the event’s history. The 36-year-old extended his tally of victories to 29, three more than Joey’s previous record of 26, which he set with a final treble in 2000.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
The event has been organised by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and the Dunlop family to celebrate the life of 26-time Isle of Man TT winner Joey, who was also a five-time motorcycling world champion. The 48-year-old tragically lost his life in a racing accident at Tallinn in Estonia on July 2, 2000. Today’s programme of events is being held in Joey’s honour as the 25th anniversary of his untimely passing approaches.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
The 23-time TT winner is a former Honda team-mate of Joey’s and will take time out of his hectic schedule as he prepares for the start of practice week on Monday to join a star-studded line-up in the Co Antrim town. McGuinness will ride one of Joey’s machines in a special closed-road parade through Ballymoney, when 25 of the road racing superstar’s bikes will be paraded by many of his former team-mates, rivals and friends, including World Superbike champions Jonathan Rea and Carl Fogarty.
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3 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
The 38-year-old missed the first three rounds of 2025 in Australia, Portugal and the Netherlands after fracturing bones in his left foot when he crashed at the final winter test in Australia in February, days before the season opener. Rea made his return at Cremona in Italy at the beginning of May but was outside the points as he finished 19th, 16th and 18th.
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3 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | James Robinson
Rea made his long-awaited comeback at the beginning of May after spending more than two months out with a foot injury. The record-breaking six-time champion suffered fractures in a crash in testing a few days before the season commenced in Australia. Rea endured a tough return at Cremona in Italy at round four but now wants to put the injury behind him as he concentrates on making further progress this weekend, where the 38-year-old is seeking to score his first points of 2025.
