Tyco Suzuki’s William Dunlop is already back at home in Ballymoney after breaking his left fibula in two places during a crash in yesterday’s Senior TT.

The gritty Irishman said he had been suffering from arm-pump and that contributed to his Les Graham Memorial spill on lap three of the race.

He was was back in the paddock within a few hours after being taken bu helicopter to Noble's Hospital, still smiling, despite being on crutches with two clean breaks on the lower leg.

“I had been suffering a bit of arm pump all week and I think with the extra tension with leading and then being in contention for the win made it a little worse,” said Dunlop.

“I could hardly feel the bars, but when you are getting P1 and P2 signals there’s no way you are going to back off. I think I’ve just run into Graham Memorial with a little bit of throttle still on and the rest well…”