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Assen WSBK: Giugliano edges Sykes in second qualifying

Althea Aprillia’s Davide Giugliano proved a force to be reckoned with during the World Superbike second qualifying practice session at Assen this morning.

The Italian started off well, but could not match the lap times of Kawasaki ’s Tom Sykes, until two minutes before the chequered flag came out and the former European Superstock 1000 champ clocked a time of 1’36.814, resulting in Sykes being toppled off the top of of the time-sheets and finishing the morning with a 1’36.883 lap.

The Brit was the fastest out on track with thirty minutes remaining of the session, and looked unbeatable out on the Dutch circuit, but he had to contend with fast lap times from Giugliano, and Kawasaki team-mate Loris Baz, who were all never out of the top five throughout the qualifying practice.

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Pata Honda’s Jonathan Rea improved on his performance from yesterday and with three minutes to go clawed his way to third, but was quickly overtaken by Baz,and finished fourth fastest with a time of 1’37.559.

GoldBet BMW riders Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri were on form once again around the dry Assen circuit.  The Italian who was less than a second faster than his Welsh team-mate, with Davies setting a time of 1’38.150, placing him safely inside the top ten, even if he did go in to the gravel halfway through the session.

Aprilia’s Eugene Laverty started the morning fastest, but the session was then red flagged when Pedercini rider Alexander Lundh crashed ten minutes in, and had to be taken to the medical centre for treatment. Action soon started up again but Laverty could not emulate his earlier form and finished ninth fastest with a time of 1’38.167.

Fixi Crescent Suzuki’s Leon Camier only completed eleven laps and set a lap time of 2’01.728.

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