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Derek Gee last off in first major test of Tour de France contenders

The Tuesday 4 June schedule at the 2024 TT was meant to see the opening Superstock and Supertwin races run.

The FHO Racing rider came into the opening Superbike race of the week as one of the favourites for the victory, having been on the podium in the class every year since 2019.

Dunlop equalled the all-time win record of 26 held by his late uncle Joey Dunlop in Saturday’s opening Supersport race and looked on course to go one better in the six-lap Superbike contest on Sunday afternoon.

Formerly the fastest newcomers in the Sidecar class, the Crowe brothers edged closer to TT victory success last year as they pushed the Birchall brothers.

Since his final TT success in 2000 in the Ultra Lightweight contest in 2000, just weeks before his death in a race in Estonia, Joey Dunlop’s tally of 26 victories on the island has been unmatched.

Dunlop moved into second on the all-time winners’ list at the TT in 2023 when he notched up his 25th success, putting him one off the record held by his late uncle Joey Dunlop since 2000.

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The first 2024 TT race day was already hit with a schedule change owing to Thursday evening’s qualifying practice being cancelled due to a road traffic accident.This prompted the organisers to alter Saturday’s schedule, adding a two-lap Superbike/Superstock qualifying for 10:30am local time. The opening race of the event, the…