Razgatlioglu continues World Superbikes dominance

Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu completed a third straight weekend treble in the Czech Republic

Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu clinched a 10th straight straight victory in this year's World Superbike Championship as he took Superpole and Race Two wins in the Czech Republic to extend his series lead to 64 points.

Pole position setter Razgatlioglu dropped to third early on in the morning Superpole pole race but was in front by lap four and crossed the line nearly four seconds clear of Nicolo Bulega as Great Britain's Alex Lowes completed the podium spots on his Kawasaki.

Ducati's defending champion Alvaro Bautista crashed out on the final lap while battling for second spot with team-mate Bulega.

The Spaniard then suffered a similar fate on the first corner of Race Two after being taken out as Danilo Petrucci slid off with Andrea Iannone also forced to take evasive action.

As was the case in the Superpole race, Bulega led over the first couple of laps in Race Two but Razgatlioglu was soon in front and was 3.329 seconds clear by the finish as he clinched his third successive weekend treble.

Bulega's Ducati was 5.462 seconds ahead of Andrea Locatelli, who edged out Australian Remy Gardner for the final podium spot.

After finishing ninth in the Superpole race, Northern Ireland's six-time champion Jonathan Rea fought his way up from 13th early on to place sixth in Race Two - his second best main race finish of the campaign following a fifth in the previous round at Donnington.

Rea improved his championship position to 10th but is 228 points behind championship leader Razgatlioglu.

The Turkish rider - who extended his haul of World Superbike race wins to 51 - goes into the championship's three-week summer break with a 64-point lead over Bulega with Bautista's hopes of retaining the title now looking remote given the 104-point gap to Razgatlioglu.

After his podium spot in the Superpole race, Lowes was handed two long-lap penalties for jumping the start in Race Two but regrouped well to take ninth spot.

The Briton remains fourth in the championship - 124 points adrift of the leader.

Razgatlioglu won Saturday's Race One from Italian duo Petrucci and Andrea Iannone as Bautista and Bulega could only manage fourth and sixth positions, with Rea in 10th spot.