Alex Lowes takes first win in Race 2, Jonathan Rea crashes out after clash with Tom Sykes

ByKevin Coulson

Updated 10/06/2018 at 14:58 GMT

Alex Lowes won his first ever race in World Superbikes after reigning champion Jonathan Rea crashed out following an incident with team-mate Tom Sykes.

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The Briton took victory in Brno in the Czech Republic, after holding off Yamaha team-mate Michael van der Mark, a double race winner in Donington, to win by just over a second.

Chaz Davies completed the podium after Rea clinched the overall wins record with his 60th victory in Race 1 on Saturday.

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Rea crashed after he collided with Kawasaki colleague Tom Sykes.

Rea was only on his third lap when the touch between the two bikes occurred.

Fourth place was taken by Eugene Laverty, like Rea, from Northern Ireland.

Lowes spoke after the race to give thanks to those who had helped him:

"I am really happy - thanks to everyone who got me here..

"I was consistent and tried to be as smooth as I could."

Championship standings

1. JONATHAN REA - 270 - KAWASAKI

2. CHAZ DAVIES -189 - DUCATI

3. TOM SYKES - 179 - KAWASAKI

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4. MICHAEL VAN DER MARK - 176 - YAMAHA

5. MARCO MELANDRI - 156 - DUCATI

6. ALEX LOWES - 129 - YAMAHA

7. XAVI FORES - 126 - DUCATI

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8. TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU - 84 - KAWASAKI

9. LORIS BAZ - 67 - BMW

10. JORDI TORRES - 64 - MV AGUSTA

11. LEON CAMIER - 63 - HONDA

12. LORENZO SAVADORI - 62 - APRILIA

13. EUGENE LAVERTY - 47 - APRILIA

14. MICHAEL RUBEN RINALDI - 44 - DUCATI

15. LEANDRO MERCADO - 42 - KAWASAKI

16. ROMÁN RAMOS - 35 - KAWASAKI

17. JAKE GAGNE - 20 - HONDA

18. PJ JACOBSEN - 18 - HONDA

19. YONNY HERNANDEZ - 16 - KAWASAKI

20. LEON HASLAM - 14 - KAWASAKI

21. DAVIDE GIUGLIANO - 11 - APRILIA

22. BRADLEY RAY - 3 - SUZUKI

23. LUKE MOSSEY - 2 - KAWASAKI

24. ONDREJ JEZEK - 2 - YAMAHA

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