Superbike: Tom Sykes wins a splendid Race 1 at Misano

Great emotions at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Race 1 of the eighth round of the championship: Tom Sykes starts well and maintains the lead of the group from the start until the checkered flag, with an impressive pace, without any of the pursuers being able to worry him more than that.

The real battle takes place behind him, with Rea and the two Panigales of Giugliano and Davies battling it out for the podium, with Haslam and Biaggi further back.
Apart from Sykes, the protagonist of the race was the Welsh Ducati rider, who was literally launched in pursuit of Rea and Giugliano in the final laps: overtaking his teammate, however, caused him to lose contact with the leader in the standings, and he had to settle for third place.
It's a shame because the pace was there at the end of the race, unlike the RSV4s which suffered from tire wear just when they had started to pick up pace: in particular for Max Biaggi we can say this.
The Roman driver eventually finished sixth behind Leon Haslam, with Torres out due to a crash already on the third lap.
Seventh was Ayrton Badovini who didn't shine as usual, eighth was a great Michele Pirro: his performance was excellent if you consider that he only arrived on Saturday, "in the running", at Misano following the injury of Luca Scassa, Ducati wildcard for this weekend.
Ninth and tenth, completing the top-10, were the two CBRs of Sylvain Guintoli and Micheal van der Mark, the latter making an error at the end which prevented him from being further ahead in the standings.

Appointment at 13pm with Race 10.

Below is the order of arrival for Race 1:

1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 21 laps
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +3.613
3. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R +4.178s
4. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R +5.944s
5. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 +12.155s
6. Max Biaggi ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 +12.352s
7. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR +18.145s
8. Michele Pirro ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R +18.145s
9. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR +20.088s
10. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR +20.282s
11. Leandro Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R +24.195s
12. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 +26.625s
13. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR +26.719s
14. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R+31.898s
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R +32.643s
16. Markus Reiterberger GER BMW S1000 RR +36.833s
17. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +42.514s
18. Christophe Ponsson FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +70.247s
19. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R +70.536s
20. Gianluca Vizziello ITA Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R +88.191s
21. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR +98.856s
22. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR +1 lap

DNF. Niccolò Canepa ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 7 laps
DNF. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 11 laps
DNF. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 19 laps