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Lausitz WSBK: Davies takes crushing win, Rea crashes

Chaz Davies dominated the first Lausitzring World Superbike race, which saw Jonathan Rea lose 20 points from his championship lead due to a crash.

Chaz Davies, Ducati Team

Chaz Davies, Ducati Team

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Davies led the field off the line and rapidly pulled away from Tom Sykes to lead by three seconds in just four laps and eventually win by over 10 seconds.

Unable to keep up, Sykes had to switch his attention to the closely following Rea, who was third after starting from sixth on the grid, and Lorenzo Savadori.

However, Sykes soon lost both of his chasers as first Rea crashed on Lap 7, seemingly due to a downshifting problem, and Savadori's bike stopped next time around.

Hayden inherited third and although he managed to close the gap behind Sykes to less than a second, he did not challenge the Briton.

Jordi Torres took fourth by holding off the charging Leon Camier, who had passed Michael Van der Mark for fifth earlier.

Giugliano only took seventh after being overtaken by several bikes in the early stages.

Yamaha duo Alex Lowes and Sylvain Guintoli took eighth and ninth respectively as the top 10 was completed by Xavi Fores.

Having scored 20 points with second, Sykes is 26 points behind Rea in the standings.

Race results

ClaDriverBikeLapsGap
1  Chaz Davies  Ducati 21  
2  Tom Sykes  Kawasaki 21 10.561
3  Nicky Hayden  Honda 21 11.536
4  Jordi Torres  BMW 21 12.493
5  Leon Camier  MV Agusta 21 12.965
6  Michael van der Mark  Honda 21 18.863
7  Davide Giugliano  Ducati 21 18.970
8  Alex Lowes  Yamaha 21 27.395
9  Sylvain Guintoli  Yamaha 21 33.221
10  Xavi Forés  Ducati 21 33.459
11  Anthony West  Kawasaki 21 46.665
12  Alex de Angelis  Aprilia 21 1'02.000
13  Roman Ramos  Kawasaki 21 1'05.734
14  Josh Brookes  BMW 21 1'05.890
15  Luca Scassa  Ducati 21 1'14.908
16  Dominic Schmitter  Kawasaki 21 1'24.523
17  Pawel Szkopek  Yamaha 21 1'33.495
18  Peter Sebestyen  Yamaha 20 1 lap
19  Gianluca Vizziello  Kawasaki 20 1 lap
   Saeed Al Sulaiti  Kawasaki 17 4 laps
   Markus Reiterberger  BMW 8 13 laps
   Lorenzo Savadori  Aprilia 7 14 laps
   Jonathan Rea  Kawasaki 7 14 laps
   Karel Abraham  BMW 1 20 laps

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