Isle of Man TT 2019 LIVE: Dean Harrison wins Senior TT ahead of Peter Hickman in dramatic finale
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest updates live from the final day at the Isle of Man TT as the blue-riband Senior TT takes place to wrap up the week’s action.
A bumper day of racing on Thursday saw Peter Hickman take his win tally to five TT’s as he claimed both the second supersport race and the Superstock TT, the latter in dominant fashion. Michael Dunlop registered his 19th TT victory by winning the Lightweight race with Michael Rutter claiming the spoils in the TT Zero, while the Birchall brothers Ben and Tom claimed seventh consecutive sidecar race.
But today is all about the Senior TT where Hickman will bid to become just the third man to win four TT races in a week, with Dean Harrison, Conor Cummins and Dunlop out to stop him. Follow the live updates below.
What time does it start?
Friday’s Isle of Man TT gets underway at 10am.
How can I follow it?
Races are not shown live from the TT, so the best way to follow the action as it happens is with local radio or The Independent’s live blog throughout the event. Radio coverage is provided by Manx Radio over the fortnight, while live timing is available through the official www.iomttraces.com website.
Schedule
10am: Senior TT
Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's Isle of Man TT action, where the Senior TT takes centre stage to wrap up the week's racing.
Not only will riders be racing each other today, but they will be racing the skies as rain in the form of Storm Miguel is due to arrive at lunchtime, which could threaten the final laps of the six-lap Senior TT. Thankfully, it's clear blue skies this morning, so we should be away on time for the 10am start, which has been brought forward by four-and-a-half hours in order to get a full race in.
BREAKING
A 15-minute delay has been announced to the start time, which pushes us further into that rain window this afternoon and makes a four-lap race all the more likely.
With a bit of extra time before we get underway, let's take a look back on yesterday's phenomenal action.
We began with the second supersport race of the week as Peter Hickman finally secured his first 600cc victory following another battle with rival Dean Harrison.
Next up came the second sidecar race and it was yet another victory for Ben and Tom Birchall, with the brothers securing their seventh consecutive victory and 10th overall to cement their status as the dominant sidecar outfit of their generation.
But once the solos got back underway, it was business as usual for Hickman as he powered to Superstock victory, winning by a mammoth 26 seconds over Harrison, with Honda's David Johnson taking a popular third place for his first TT podium.
The Lightweight TT followed where Michael Dunlop returned to the top step of the podium after a two-lap battle with Jamie Coward.
A clearly emotional Dunlop spoke afterwards of his struggles returning to road racing since the death of his brother William, and there were a few tears in the paddock last night as the 50th TT win for the Dunlop family was recorded.
The day wrapped up with the fifth and final race in the form of the all-electric TT Zero, where old-stagers Michael Rutter and John McGuinness battled it out on the Mugens. In the end it was Rutter who emerged victorious ahead of 23-time TT winner McGuinness by eight seconds, meaning it will likely be another year without a TT win for McGuinness as he continues to recover from a serious leg injury suffered in 2017.
So the good news is the Met Office reports that the expected rain predicted later on has pushed back to a mid-afternoon arrival, giving us a longer window to get the race in.
The bad news is that we've seen a number of reports of drops of rain around the 37.73-mile course, and we're hoping that's all it is in order to get this full six-lapper in the bag.
Dunlop Senior TT start list
1. Conor Cummins (Honda)
2. Dean Harrison (Kawasaki)
3. John McGuinness (Norton)
4. Ian Hutchinson (Honda)
5. James Hillier (Kawasaki)
6. Michael Dunlop (BMW)
7. Gary Johnson (Kawasaki)
8. Michael Rutter (Honda)
9. David Johnson (Honda)
10. Peter Hickman (BMW)
11. Lee Johnston (BMW)
13. Sam West (BMW)
14. Phil Crowe (BMW)
15. Jamie Coward (Yamaha)
16. Derek Shiels (Suzuki)
17. Shaun Anderson (Suzuki)
18. Davey Todd (BMW)
20. Dominic Herbertson (Kawasaki)
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