Tourist Trophy – Dunlop triples the stakes at the Tourist Trophy 2013 –

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Dunlop triples at the 2013 Tourist Trophy

Tourist Trophy - Dunlop triples the stakes at the Tourist Trophy 2013 -

Winner of the first TT 2013 Superbike race on Saturday, Michael Dunlop flew over the first Supersport race yesterday and then the Superstock race! John McGuinness Himself admits the kid and his Hondas drive to the next level.

Two stars shone brightly on the Isle of Man yesterday. The sun, on the one hand, delighted the pilots, their teams, the spectators and the organizers, all relieved to see the program of the 2013 festivities unfold as planned (unlike last year for example, read

The second rising star is called Michael Dunlop! Already untouchable on Saturday during the opening race (read

Dominated at the very start of the Supersport race by his elder William Dunlop on R6 and Bruce Anstey on CBR600RR, Michael, on his Honda prepared by the PTR team – a team well known to French World Superbike fans since it rode Jules Cluzel the year latest ! -, did not wait for the end of the first lap to take the lead.

In the second loop, Michael raises his tone again and comes close to his own lap record of 127.836 mph, set two years ago on a Yamaha. His lead over Anstey goes from 4 seconds at the end of the first lap to more than ten at the end of the second, while the rest of the peloton is at 20 seconds … The n ° 6 has the "Total Control" dear to Honda !

On the road "for real" Dunlop (Michael) and Anstey join McGuinness, Donald and Hillier, resulting in some great chases, always very impressive on the last extremely fast mountainous stretch between Ramsey and Douglas…

While the first two places on the podium are reserved for Michael the unbeatable and Bruce the SSP specialist, William the brother and John the King of the Mountain – of the "Mountain Circuit", in fact – fight until the last miles for take the third step.

"I got off to a good start but I couldn’t attack as I wanted," said William last night. "We have made good progress but should have been closer to the front lines with this bike, although it is a good result for Milwaukee Yamaha. We will make some changes and will be there again on Wednesday," warns the big- brother of Michael, who finally accompanies him on the podium.

The Yamaha rider hoists his R6 between the Honda of Michael and Bruce Anstey and the other CBR600RR of John McGuinness. The other manufacturers are not far away: Suzuki, Kawasaki and Triumph appear respectively in 5th, 6th and 10th place with James Hillier, Guy Martin and Daniel Cooper (first private driver).

"The bike was on top, the whole team worked a lot on it and I’m delighted to bring his first victory here at PTR," said Michael, who with this fifth success equals his father in TT wins. But the boy didn’t stop there…

Indeed, two hours later the only Superstock event started, these 1000 cc – a little – less sharp than those in the Superbike category. And on this new four-lap race, the young Honda rider (of the "TT Legends" team in SBK, "Michael Dunlop Racing" in STK and SSP) won masterfully. !

Outpaced by Gary Johnson and his ZX-10R in the first three laps, Michael and his Fireblade completed a final anthology round, spinning 20 seconds faster than his direct rivals and beating by almost four seconds the previous STK record held by a certain Ian Hutchison ("Mister 5 sur 5", read

Third in the race, John McGuinness himself affirmed on his arrival that he still felt just as good on his bike, took great pleasure in traveling the "Moutain Circuit" and gave everything he had … But he also had to admit it half-heartedly: his reign may be coming to an end !

"When Michael came by, I couldn’t believe my eyes," the 41-year-old pilot testified last night (yes!): "He did an incredible last lap, he disappeared in front of me … I don’t know not what to say actually. He took the game to another level. ".

In his tone always so frank and flowery, Michael declared for his part to have given everything in this final round in order to beat Johnson. "I knew he was behind, that he could see me, which is hard because it can give inspiration to whoever follows you", noted the (triple) winner of the 2013 TT.

Dean Harrison (Kawasaki) and Bruce Anstey (Honda) complete the Top 5 of this Superstock race. Many Guy Martin fans will be disappointed to learn that their truly unlike any other driver had to retire on lap three…

“The guys made changes to the Superstock and I could feel the difference right from the start: it was brilliant!” Says the Suzuki rider. "I only knew I got a penalty when I pulled out of the race but anyway it gives me confidence for Friday, I’m not too disappointed." To follow on the Site: stay connected !

2013 Tourist Trophy result: Supersport 1

2013 Tourist Trophy result: Superstock

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