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Supersport World championship rider Gino Rea (Intermoto Czech Honda) had an afternoon of ecstasy and then agony last time out at the Nurburgring. He put in a brilliant second place ride to finish within touching distance of Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) only to be excluded for a technical infringement with his machine in post race scrutineering.

It was an unwelcome blow for Rea - no relation to WSBK racer Jonathan - who had recently finished fourth at Brno, then took his first podium at Silverstone in round ten, and improved on even that in Germany, only to leave round 11 with nothing. He is now seventh in the overall rankings, with two rounds to go.

Said Rea in his post race press release, "Apart from the disqualification, it has been a good weekend from what started off very negatively. In the race, I made a good start and got behind Eugene Laverty. I had a big moment on the first lap which allowed him to get away slightly but I was able to reel him back in. I didn't expect to be able to stick with him the whole race but when he went to gap me with a few laps to go, I was able to go with him and put my fastest lap in. There were a few places where I was faster but I couldn't get a good enough drive off the corners to get close enough for a pass. I squared the final corner off to get a good drive on the final lap but couldn't quite get past him for the win, although it was pretty close, just five-hundredths of a second off!"