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Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea finished 12th as Toprak Razgatlioglu won the opening race of the weekend in round six of the World Superbike Championship at Misano in Italy.

Turkish rider Razgatlioglu battled it out at the front throughout with series leader and early pacesetter Nicolo Bulega, with the two-time champion prevailing on his BMW by just over a second at the chequered flag.

It was a seventh individual race win of the season for Razgatlioglu, who reduced his Ducati rival's lead from 31 points to 26 in the championship standings.

It was revealed earlier this week the 28-year-old will transfer to the MotoGP series in 2026, having signed a deal to ride a Yamaha for Prima Pramac Racing.

Danilo Petrucci overcame England's Alex Lowes in a hotly contested battle for third, with the Italian claiming that place for the fourth consecutive race.

Petrucci was 16.68 seconds adrift of Bulega and sits third in the series going into Sunday's Superpole race and Race Two.

Six-time world champion Rea, who missed the opening three rounds with injury, was 33 seconds behind the winner and now has 13 points to lie 18th in the standings.

Richard Petrie
BBC Sport NI Journalist

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Davey Todd set the fastest qualifying lap of the week for the Isle of Man TT during Saturday's curtailed session over the Mountain Course.

The 29-year-old Yorkshireman sat out the early stages of the session but then went out on track and put in a blistering lap of 133.155mph on his 8TEN Racing BMW Superstock machine.

The two-time TT winner was 22.5 seconds faster than his nearest challenger in the Superstock category on Saturday, Michael Dunlop having circulated at 130.262mph.

Dean Harrison was quickest of the Superbikes at 132.484mph, that speed shy of the benchmark 133.069mph lap for the class that he recorded on Wednesday evening.

Michael Dunlop produced his fastest lap of the week to move up to fifth in the overall Superbike leaderboard, a speed of 130.762 on his Rokit BMW.

The solo session for the 1000cc bikes was stopped prematurely because of low cloud descending on the higher parts of the circuit.

The riders also had to contend with blustery winds during the session, making conditions far from ideal.

Sidecars were subsequently afforded the opportunity to go out on track but were halted at Parliament Square in Ramsey where they were met by travelling marshals, who escorted them around the remainder of the course.

Adverse weather has blighted this year's TT qualifying week with a number of sessions being cancelled or cut short.

Qualifying leaderboard for all sessions

Superbikes - 1 Dean Harrison (Honda) 133.069mph; 2 Davey Todd (BMW) 132.673; 3 Peter Hickman (BMW) 131.326; 4 Conor Cummins (BMW) 131.027; 5 Michael Dunlop (BMW) 130.762; 6 Nathan Harrison (Honda) 130.172

Superstocks - 1 Davey Todd (BMW) 133.155mph; 2 Dean Harrison (Honda) 132.853mph; 3 Peter Hickman (BMW) 132.290; 4 Michael Dunlop (BMW) 130.387; 5 Ian Hutchinson (BMW) 129.756; 6 Mike Browne (BMW) 129.585

Supersports - 1 Dean Harrison (Honda); 2 Michael Dunlop (Ducati) 127.739; 3 Peter Hickman (Triumph) 127.543; 4 Davey Todd (Honda) 126.852; 5 Josh Brookes (Honda) 125.892; 6 James Hillier (Kawasaki) 125.510

Supertwins - 1 Michael Dunlop (Paton) 122.159mph; 2 Michael Evans (Kawasaki) 121.426; 3 Dominic Herbertson 121.194; 4 Mike Browne (Kawasaki) 120.816; 5 Davey Todd (Paton) 120.309; 6 Rob Hodson (Paton) 119.521

Sidecars - 1 Ryan/Callum Crowe (Honda) 120.202mph; 2 Pete Founds/Jevan Walmsley (Honda) 116.638; 3 Ben Birchall/Patrick Rosney (Honda) 115.129

Richard Petrie
BBC Sport NI Journalist

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Peter Hickman is being treated in hospital for chest, back, shoulder and facial injuries after crashing during Friday evening's qualifying session for the Isle of Man TT.

Hickman was flown to Noble's Hospital on the island by Airmed helicopter after crashing at the Kerrowmoar section of the circuit on the first lap of the session while riding his Superstock machine.

The Lincolnshire racer was was reported as being "conscious and stable" by race organisers, who added in an update released on Saturday morning that he was "comfortable" and "in good spirits".

Red flags were displayed to halt the qualifying session after the incident and the scheduled programme was ultimately cancelled because of incoming rain.

Hickman is a 14-time TT race winner and holds the absolute lap record for the 37.73-mile Mountain Course with a speed of 136.358mph, set in 2023.

The 38-year-old was entered for the 2025 TT under the 8TEN Racing team he owns and manages with team-mate Davey Todd for the 1000cc races, and under the PHR Racing team he also heads up for the other solo races.

In Friday afternoon's qualifying, Hickman had set the third fastest time of the week in the Superbike class, the second quickest in the Superstock category and he sat third in the Supersport leaderboard.

He also competes regularly in the British Superbike Championship and the North West 200 road races in Northern Ireland.

Meanwhile another rider, Tom Weeden, was also airlifted to hospital after crashing in Friday afternoon's qualifying session.

Race organisers say he is receiving treatment for back, leg and ankle injuries.