Tandragee 100: Guy Martin wins classic race as McLean taken to hospital and McGee takes four-timer
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Guy Martin won the classic race on his first appearance at Tandragee since 2017
Television personality Guy Martin has won the classic 1000cc race at the Tandragee 100 national road races.
The 37-year-old, who last competed at Tandragee in 2017, took victory on his own BSA Rocket machine and set the fastest lap of the race at 90.038mph.
Adam McLean crashed during the last lap of the Supertwins race, suffering arm, shoulder and pelvic injuries.
Derek McGee won four races - feature, Supersport, Moto3/125cc and Supertwins, to add to his hat-trick at Cookstown.
McGee took victory in the Supertwins event which was red-flagged following the crash involving McLean, then triumphed in the Moto3/125cc and the main Open race of the day.
A tweet from McLean's team McAdoo Racing on Saturday night indicated that their rider was is "in really good spirits and making jokes in the hospital".
"So proud of the lad. 22 years old and pushing to win these races against way more experienced guys," the McAdoo Racing tweet continued.
The Mullingar rider took the chequered flag from fellow Republic of Ireland riders Derek Sheils and Michael Sweeney in the feature race.
Derek Sheils leads Derek McGee in the Open race over the 5.3-mile course in County Armagh
Earlier in the day Burrows Engineering/RK Suzuki rider Sheils won the Open race by 0.4 seconds from long-time leader McGee, with Tobermore man McLean in third.
Sweeney, Shaun Anderson and Thomas Maxwell made up the top six leaderboard in the Open event, with Sweeney also fourth in the Supersports.
McGee scooped Supersport success with just 0.3 seconds to spare over McLean after a thrilling race-long battle.
McLean, 22, came agonisingly close to repeating his Supersport success at Cookstown but was edged out by the in-form McGee on the final lap of six.
Dubliner Sheils completed the podium positions by coming home in third.
Martin was second overall in the classic outing behind 500cc winner Dean Stimpson.
The Lincolnshire rider has not competed on modern-day racing machinery since participating in the Isle of Man TT races for Honda Racing in 2017.
McGee was also man-of-the-meeting at last year's Tandragee and again at Cookstown seven days ago where he clinched a treble of victories.
Highlights of this week's Tandragee 100 races will be aired on BBC One Northern Ireland at 22:35 BST on 13 May.