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Assen WorldSBK: Race-one win for Rea

Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea took an untroubled win in the opening WorldSBK clash at Assen this lunchtime, crossing the line with a three-second lead over Scott Redding when the red-flag came out with two laps left.

Rea used the new version of Pirelli’s SCX tyre which helped the six-time champion edge away from Redding who was, in turn, fighting off the attentions Pata Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Rea's 13th career race at this Dutch track was not in doubt even though the red flag appeared because Jonas Folger (Bonovo Action by MGM Racing BMW) fell fast and hard, stopping the race after 19 of the planned 21 laps.

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Redding was second and Razgatlioglu third, with a sliding front tyre.

Michael van der Mark (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) pushed hard from a third row start but could not quite get into leading contention, finishing fourth.

Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) scored a strong fifth place, six seconds from Rea, with back row starter Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha) rushing through to finish sixth.

Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) came back from his last row start for seventh.

Leon Haslam (HRC Honda) was eighth, Chaz Davies (Team GoEleven Ducati) ninth and Axel Bassani (MotoCorsa Racing Ducati) tenth.

The battles for the race win did not go all the way but earlier in the race the top three treated the enthusiastic but limited number of fans to a front running show after Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and the fifth placed Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team) fell.

Alvaro Bautista (HRC Honda) was also an early and fast faller, as was Kohta Nozane (GRT Yamaha).

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