Michael Dunlop, 2026 Isle of Man TT, Sportbike. Credit: Isle of Man TT.
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2026 Isle of Man TT LIVE: Sportbike race cancelled

Live updates from the Sportbike race at the 2026 Isle of Man TT on 2 June, the second of two scheduled races today.

Live coverage of the Sportbike race from the 2026 Isle of Man TT, the second race set to take place on Tuesday 2 June.

The Sportibke race is set to close today's racing at 18:30 after multiple delays. The Sportbike race was scrapped from today's schedule at one point as a result of forecast rain, but as the forecast for the evening improved it was later reinstated.

Superstock was initially due to race today as well, the opening Superstock race having been postponed on Saturday due to bad weather, but the second 1,000cc race of the week has been postponed once again.

Sportbike was also originally removed from today's schedule, but it is now scheduled for 18:30.

Sportbike Race 1 follows Supersport Race 1 that started at 15:00 and was won by Michael Dunlop, who was also the fastest rider in Sportbike qualifying. Dunlop also won both Supertwin races last year, the class that Sportbike has been rebranded to in 2026.

Mike Browne was second-fastest in Sportbike qualifying, but over 20 seconds slower than Dunlop, the equivalent of around 2mph in average speed. Peter Hickman was five seconds behind Browne. Fourth-placed Paul Jordan was the only Aprilia RS 660 rider in the top-five in qualifying, just ahead of Michael Evans in fifth.

Alex Whitworth

02 Jun 2026

14:34

Supersport qualifying

Michael Dunlop was fastest in Supersport qualifying last week and by a fairly comfortable margin, almost 20 seconds ahead of Peter Hickman. That translates to about 2mph in terms of average speed. Dean Harrison was only a few seconds slower than Hickman on the CBR600RR, and Josh Brookes showed podium-contending speed as well.

The six fastest riders in qualifying all lapped below 18 minutes, that included Paul Jordan and Dominic Herbertson.

Dunlop is clearly the man to beat in Supersport, not only because of his speed in qualifying last week but also because of his record in the class over the last few years, with doubles in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. That's an eight-race win streak, meaning this afternoon's race could be the perfect opportunity for him to make it 34 TT wins.

14:24

Sunday contingency possibility

As a result of today's delays, plus the cancellation last Saturday that caused the postponement of the first Superstock race (which was originally rescheduled for this evening before the raft of delays this morning) and the expectation of more bad weather later this week, the Sunday contingency period is now more likely to be used.

Full story here.

Peter Hickman, Isle of Man TT 2026, Superbike
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14:15

Delays

The schedule has been heavily delayed today. We were supposed to be underway three hours ago by the original schedule, and there were originally three races, with the Superstock race also scheduled.

Full story here.

Michael Dunlop, 2026 Isle of Man TT, Supersport. Credit: Isle of Man TT.
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14:03

Welcome to live coverage of today's Isle of Man TT Supersport Race 1, which is due to start in just under an hour by the current schedule.