WORLD SUPERBIKE
WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8/JULY 6, 2014
AUTODROMO DO ALGARVE/PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL
P100
from the start - a follow-up eighth
place for Sykes was hardly a di-
saster and he went from being
39 points ahead when he got to
Portugal to being 43 points up on
his exit.
"It is a long enough race to
make some corrections and we
reacted to a slow start very fast,"
Sykes said after race one. "I am
happy because we had a good
gap, then the rain started to
come. When you are leading the
championship and leading the
race you do not want to do any-
thing stupid. It was very difficult
and for the guys behind I was like
a carrot dangling in front, so it is
easier to gauge things."
Of race two he said, "On one
hand I am very disappointed be-
In the dry race one, no
one could match Sykes
(1) and the Kawasaki.
Here he leads Marco
Melandri (33), the
Italian and his factory
Aprilia ending up
fourth.
