Dunlop wins Supersport race to extend TT record

Michael Dunlop powered clear of Dean Harrison to win the first Supersport race at the Isle of Man TT.

The victory is the first of this year's event for Dunlop and extends his record number of wins at the road race to 34.

There was little to separate Dunlop and Harrison, who dominated Sunday's Superbike race for Honda, on the opening lap but the Scars Ducati rider pulled clear on the second of three laps.

Dunlop's winning margin after three laps of racing was 24.470 seconds as he claimed his ninth win in the Supersport class in a row.

Peter Hickman finished in third place as he beat Paul Jordan, Josh Brookes and Dominic Herbertson to the final podium place.

Having become the first rider to win on a Ducati in 30 years as he completed a Supersport double in 2025, Dunlop picked up where he left on in the class and was the fastest rider in practice week.

But he was pushed hard on the first lap by Harrison and Dunlop led by only a tenth of a second at the end of the first circuit of 37.73 miles of closed public roads.

As he so often does, the Northern Ireland rider pulled clear with a blistering second lap to move 12 seconds clear of the Honda rider and he never looked back.

Harrison was second as Hickman, who like Dunlop produced a strong second lap, beat Jordan and Herbertson to third place.

Dunlop will be favourite to win his second race of the week in the rescheduled Sportbike race, which is scheduled to begin at 18:30 BST.

The Superstock race, which was was postponed on Saturday, will not take place on Tuesday evening as wet weather impacted the racing schedule.