MOTORSPORT

WORLD SUPERBIKES Tom Sykes recorded his first World Superbike victory of the season as he ended championship leader Jonathan Rea’s Assen winning streak.

Reigning world champion Rea had claimed his eighth straight win at the Dutch circuit on Saturday.

Sykes then overshadowed the Northern Irishman, with Michael van der Mark (Yamaha) finishing behind the two Kawasakis to claim a second successive podium in front of his home crowd.

Sykes started from pole and produced a dominant performance to repeat his 2013 Assen win.

Xavi Fores (Ducati) finished fourth, with Welshman Chaz Davies (Ducati) fifth and Jordi Torres (MV Agusta) sixth.

Rea’s lead at the top of the championship standings from Davies now stands at 30 points. COWDENBEATH RACEWALL Saturday results Formula II: heats – Craig Wallace (Tranent), Steven Burgoyne (Airth); final – 1 Steven Burgoyne, 2 Adam Blacklock (Forth), 3 Craig Wallace; Grand National – 1 Craig Wallace, 2 Euan Millar (Lockerbie), 3 John Hogg (Berwick). Saloons: heats – Luke Grief (Stenhousemuir) two wins; final – 1 Luke Grief, 2 Graeme Shevill (Motherwell), 3 Ian Mclaughlin (Auchterarder). Prostox Basics: heats – Dougie Ford (Newtown St Boswell); final – 1 Craig Warner (Falkirk), 2 Robert Grant (Perth), 3 Ryan Sher (Edinburgh). Minis: heats – Scott Allardyce (Anstruther) two wins; final – 1 Charlie Santry (Norwich), 2 Michael Mitchell (Lochgelly), 3 Mika Millar (Gorebridge). Microf2: heats – James Owen (Hednesford), Alfie Smith (Birmingham) two wins