What an afternoon to try the new @dhbsport ultralight short sleeve! Nice tail wind home to top it all off!

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They didn’t teach me this on my CBT

It was a tough weekend for us in Donington with challenging conditions. Unfortunately they don’t teach you anything like this on your CBT!… That’s right gu…
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Happy anniversary @tatiarea! Great times and memories, and plenty more to come! Love you wifey!

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They don’t teach you this on your CBT.. I’ll never pass my test at this rate. NEW Vlog drops tomorrow on my YouTube!

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I just seen this and now I’ve tears in my eyes! I had crashed, lost the championship lead, picked the bike up and rode a bent bike in dead last for the last half of the race. I love these guys so much! #team65 @RibaPere @arturup @Uripallares @22_Mara

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That’s Donington in the books, slept well and back on home soil. The only way to travel across the Irish Sea – on the new Stena Embla from Belfast to Liverpool. Thanks for a smooth crossing @stenalineukie #stenaline

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A bitter sweet day really. The Superpole race in mixed conditions was really stressful on the grid, because we saw some guys used a wet tyre but the clear choice was the intermediate – or even the slick, to be honest if I had to do the race again. I built a nice lead and was able to maintain that 2.5 second gap to the end. In Race Two we changed the bike quite a lot from yesterday because I was struggling quite a lot with grip, and the bike was not turning as well. We fixed that in morning warm-up for Race Two. When Toprak came through and I ran wide into the chicane I gained the time I had lost to him quite quickly. I just kept my powder dry then he made a mistake at Coppice and I passed him. I just put my head down because I had the rhythm, the bike set-up and the feeling. But, going into Coppice I got caught out wide on the bumps a little bit, the front unloaded and when I tipped it in I lost the front. I am frustrated with myself but I am feeling a lot more positive than I did yesterday because I felt I did not have the tools to fight then. Today I felt it was my race but I made a silly mistake. We just have to maximise every opportunity now

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2-1-20. Messed up today, felt great, got in front and got the hammer out! Bit too much though. Thanks for all the support trackside this weekend, means the world!
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I was actually struggling quite a bit to be there at the front. The bike set-up compared to yesterday was not great and I don’t know if there was a lack of grip because the rain washed some tyre rubber out from the track surface. But I struggled to stop the bike and at full lean angle. It wasn’t turning the same. We had a bit of a compromise for set-up but nothing too drastic. Fifteen minutes before the race we were still wondering ‘would it be fully dry, should we use intermediates, or a normal race set-up?’ I got a good start but I was worried about somebody coming underneath me into Turn One because there was only one tiny, tiny dry line. I led the first lap then Toprak came past. After that I got unsighted at the top of the Holly Wood section and really lost the rear, quite aggressively. From that point I was nervous to go off the line and I was having quite a few moments as well because Toprak was riding away but I did not want to give up. I wanted to keep pushing
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The sun came out just in time. Sketchy AF race to be fair! Try again tomorrow! Just posting because I really like this pic! Nice work @geebeeimages

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