168❀澳洲5最新开奖结果:Full World Supersport results from Imola

Jules Cluzel has ignited th🌃e World Supersport title fight with victory at Imola as five-time champion Kenan Sofuoglu says an emotional goodbye.

Cluzel clinched the win in a four-bike battle at the front in a race highlighted with incidents across the field starting on the warm-up lap. Sofuoglu made a dramatic final bow in World Supersport by opting not to start the race after comp♋leting the warm-up lap having been struggling with in🌊jury.

The five-time world champion has retired from racing on medical advice having suffered hips and pelvis injuries. Sofuoglu’s Puccetti Kawasaki squad confirmed the Turkish rider opted not to race “not to break promises m𝕴ade with his family and the Turkꦬish President as he was not at full race fitness”.

That paved way for a thrilling World Supersport race at the Italian track which saw pole-sitter Lucas Mahias tip off early on while leading and after remounting he had to fight back up the order from 20^th place.

With Mahias out of the front-running picture, GRT Yamaha teammate Federico Caricasulo took the lead but a lap later he ran wide at ꩲAcqua Minerale which saw him drop down to fourth place.

As a result, Cluzel inherited the lea𒁃dꦿ and in a similar performance to his Assen victory he defended valiantly to take back-to-back wins for the first time in his career in the series.

With Cluzel winning from Caricasulo the race result has shaken ꧃up the championship fight with Randy Krummenacher, who finished fifth place Imola, claim the lead of the riders’ standings by two points from Mahias who recovered to eighth place aft🐠er his early off.

Cortese, who had to settle for fourth place 🧔after losing out on the final podium spot to MV Agusta’s Raffelle De Rosa, also remains in close contention two points behind Krummenacher. Cluzel’s wins sees him move up to fourth place and close to six points off of Krummenachওer at the top of the standings.