Remarkable Michael Dunlop footage leaks as Peter Hickman admits win was “gifted”

“I’ve lost races h꧙ere because of bike problems and other🎉 things, so it’s swings and roundabouts"

Michael Dunlop
Michael Dunlop

Incredible footage of Michael Dunlop’s visor problem, which coജst him at the Isle of Man TT, has emerged.

Dunlop conceded a l💃ead of more than 20 seconds on Sunday 🦋in Superbike Race 1 due to a botched pit stop.

Peter Hickman was able to take a♒dvantage to pinchꦯ a victory which looked improbable.

The footage was captured of Dunlop at a standstill, after hi♐s lengthy pit stop, trying to solve his visor issue.

He r🦋emoved his gloves, to then remove his helmet altogether, and he tried to reattach the troublesome vis🍰or.

Astonished fans stood around the TT course watched on as the event’s joint-most successful riℱder ever experienced this unforeseen problem.

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“But it is an endurance race.

“I’ve lo🎃st races here because of bike problems and other things, so it’s swings and roundabouts.

“We have been gi๊fted it a little bit, but to finish first, first you’ve got𒁃 to finish.”

Hickman sa▨id about his bad start: “The first couple of laps in particular, I just didn’t seem to have the pace.

“The bike was moving around a lot more than it had♛ done in practice, but to be honest I don’t think there was necessarily an issue.

“I don’t know, that was just the feeling I had f🌸rom the bike, and I just wasn’t fast enough, to be totally honest.”

Hickman has drawn level with Mike Hailwood’s total oಞf 1♏4 TT wins.

D♐unlop, on Saturday, equalled the all-time record of 🧸26 set by his late uncle Joey.

Although he was denied the outright r♓ecord on Sunday by his visor issue, he will have more opportunities this week to claim glory.

Remarkable Michael Dunlop footage leaks as Peter Hickman admits win was “gifted”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American spoꦅrts, to෴ football, to F1.

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