Summary

  1. Postpublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 4/4

    Dunlop still leads into Mather's and Harrison just can't get close enough.

  2. Postpublished at 20:00 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 4/4

    Steve Parrish
    BBC Sport NI commentator

    Ian Hutchinson struggles with his gear shifts.

    You have got to remember that it is on the other side to most other people because of his bad leg he had to have the gear shifts swapped over.

  3. Postpublished at 20:00 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 4/4

    You can see Harrison is pushing like mad but Dunlop still leads by a second or so into University.

    Will he hold on?

  4. Postpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 4/4

    Harrison closes in on the run to York.

    Can he make a move in the slipstream?

  5. End of third lappublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 8 May

    Michael Dunlop's lead is 0.8 seconds over Dean Harrison. This one isn't over.

    Hutchinson is a lonely third!

    Todd is six seconds off the podium places and 10 seconds off the lead after that mistake.

  6. Postpublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 3/4

    Dunlop leads heading onto the coast road but Dean Harrison is giving chase in second!

    Ian Hutchinson is third - what a story that would be!

  7. Postpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 3/4

    Philip McCallen
    11-time race winner on the BBC Sport website

    Watching Michael Dunlop on the turns, he is getting right into the turn and turning tight and he is making a lot of ground going into the turns.

  8. TODD OUT OF BATTLEpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 3/4

    Davey Todd overcooks it into University and goes straight on!

    Dunlop and Harrison are now battling for the lead!

    That's a rare mistake, and it's cost him the lead!

  9. Postpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 3/4

    Dunlop and Todd go side-by-side on the run to Coleraine.....and the home rider leads!

  10. Postpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 3/4

    Michael Dunlop was two and a half seconds faster than Todd on that last lap.

    Will he make the move on the penultimate lap?

  11. End of lap twopublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 8 May

    Michael Dunlop has managed to reel in Davey Todd for the lead! His lead has been cut from 2.1 seconds to half a second!

    Dean Harrison has moved past Hutchinson in the battle for third and is pushing to join the leading pair!

  12. Postpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 2/4

    Dunlop is looking to break away from Hutchinson and Harrison on the run back to Portrush.

    Todd is still well clear out front.

  13. Postpublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 2/4

    Davey Todd has pulled the pin out front. He's out of slipstream range on the run to University.

    All eyes are now on the podium battle and Hutchinson, Dunlop and Harrison are three-wide at one point!

    It ends with Dunlop in second ahead of Hutchinson and Harrison.

  14. Postpublished at 19:50 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 2/4

    Steve Parrish
    BBC Sport NI commentator

    This is where the sun might catch them out a little bit. You can see the shadows right behind them as they come over the hill and you get it straight in the face at Black Hill.

  15. End of lap onepublished at 19:50 British Summer Time 8 May

    Davey Todd leads, there's no doubt about that but there's some sorting out to do behind him.

    It's still Hutchinson in second, 2.1 seconds off the lead, while Dean Harrison is third ahead of Dunlop and John McGuinness.

    Hickman is down to 10th and Coward pits after their respective mistakes at the chicanes.

  16. Postpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 1/4

    Keith Huewen
    BBC Sport NI commentator

    Ian Hutchinson has blasted himself into second place and he really is coming good now.

    This week has been a difficult week for him, working on his own motorbike and trying to get it all sorted out. He's finding form at the right time, the race.

  17. Postpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 1/4

    Hickman goes straight on at Magherabuoy!

    That's dropped his way back as he stops, puts his foot down and gets under way again.

  18. Postpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 1/4

    It's Todd from Hutchinson and Hickman!

    A bike went straight on at Mather's - it might have been Jamie Coward.

  19. Postpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 1/4

    Davey Todd leads into University and Ian Hutchinson is second! What a start for Hutchy!

  20. Postpublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 8 May

    Lap 1/4

    Todd leads from pole on the run to York! He's looking to repeat his Superbike trick and break away from the start.