Ten Kate Honda's Gino Rea had a great win in the Dutch Superbike Championship round on the street circuit at OSS today. Starting from fourth on the grid, Rea battled with Raymond Schouten and took the lead on lap six.

The weather which had been a problem earlier, then started to rain with one lap to go and the race was halted early with Rea taking the win.

"The day went really well. In the morning warm up I was second fastest and also went 0.3s faster than I did in qualifying with the same used tyres, so I was confident for the race.

"Just before the race there was a heavy downpour, it was really weird as it had been hot all day. The rain stopped but the track was wet. It was still muggy and humid out and the ground was hot so the rain was drying up pretty quick.

"They delayed the race 20 minutes to see if it would dry. Before the sighting lap we could see the track was going to dry in the race but there would be a few wet patches in certain corners at the beginning. So we decided to use a Supercorsa cut tyre in the front and a full slick on the rear. Everyone else went with full slicks front and rear.

"I got a good start from fourth on the grid but as the track was pretty narrow I couldn't get past. I was third into the first corner. I made a pass on second place on the first lap but he came back at me a lap later.

"I managed to get back past him on the same lap. By now the leader Raymond Shouten had a gap on me and the track was fully dry, which was not an advantage for me using the treaded tyre. I put my head down and tried to close on Raymond.

"I was getting closer lap by lap and I got close enough to find a small gap to take the lead. I pulled a second lead and was quite comfortable until I almost lost the front while turning into one of the hairpins. I calmed down a bit, still with half a second lead, with a lap and a half to go it started to rain at the back section of the track, the race got red flagged and I won my first Dutch SBK race.

"I'm glad I could finally give the team a win, we have worked hard from the first race of the season and have had the pace, but never quite put the race together. Thanks to everyone involved in the Duntep Race team."