Dominant Dunlop completes Supertwins double at TT

Michael Dunlop claimed his fourth victory at the 2025 Isle of Man TT by winning the second Supertwin TT.

Paton rider Dunlop had also dominated the opening Supertwin race on Tuesday, and he took victory by 26.774 seconds in Friday's three-lap race ahead of Davey Todd.

It completes a Supertwin and Supersport double for 36-year-old Dunlop, who extended his number of victories at the road race to 33 with the help of a new lap record for the class of 123.056mph around the 37.7-mile Mountain Course.

Behind the leading pair, Dominic Herbertson took a popular podium as he held off Paul Jordan in a thrilling battle by just 3.141 seconds.

"The bike's been good," Dunlop told TT Plus.

"The main thing is getting the win, the last lap I was surprised [about the lap record] as I maintained the bike to make sure it was alright.

"The Paton boys did a fantastic job. The main thing is winning races, so I'm glad to still be at the front.

"This week has been fast, hot and heavy. Four wins is the main achievement for me and I want to keep winning."

Dunlop and Todd will be two contenders for victory, along with Superstock TT winner Dean Harrison, in the blue ribband Senior TT on Saturday, which closes out the event.

Manx rider Michael Evans, who claimed his first TT podium in race one, pulled over at Glen Helen with a mechanical issue on the first lap, as Dunlop led Todd and Adam McLean at the first timing sector by three seconds.

His advantage was up to eight seconds at Ramsey Hairpin, with Rob Hodson and Mike Browne slotting in ahead of McLean.

Dunlop held a 12-second lead over Todd at the pit stops, but lost six seconds to Todd in the service to put pressure on his advantage.

Behind the leading pair, Hodson, Browne, Herbertson and McLean were split by two-and-a-half seconds in the battle for third.

Dunlop soon restored and then extended his lead throughout the second lap, as he set a sector record from Glen Helen to Ballaugh Bridge, and Todd held a comfortable second.

The battle for third took a twist when race one podium sitter Hodson retired at the Gooseneck on the second lap, which promoted Herbertson into third ahead of Browne and McLean.

Dunlop ended the second lap 14.5 seconds up on Todd, while Herberston, who took his first TT podium in the class in 2024, held a 3.8 seconds advantage over Browne, with McLean, Paul Jordan and Barry Furber split by less than five seconds behind.

After being overtaken on the road by Dunlop, Jordan, who was the first bike down Bray Hill, started flying into podium contention by slipstreaming behind the race leader.

Northern Ireland's Jordan managed to complete the lap tucked in behind Dunlop, but fell just short of his podium bid as Herbertson claimed third by 3.141 seconds for his second-ever TT rostrum.

Todd was a lonely second for his fifth podium of the TT, while Herbertson was emotional after racing onto the podium after a last-ditch effort to make the event after his original plans fell through.

"To do it twice, it's fantastic," England's Herbertson told TT Plus.

"Doing that last lap, I was praying to everyone 'please make it home'. I'm over the moon.

"It's been bananas. Five and a half weeks to turn it around to get to the TT, thanks to friends and even strangers.

"Strangers saying, 'I want to see you there'. To get back on the box, I hope they're proud."

1. Michael Dunlop (NIR, Paton) Three laps

2. Davey Todd (ENG, Paton) +26.774 seconds

3. Dominic Herbertson (ENG, Paton) +20.585

4. Paul Jordan (NIR, Aprillia) +3.141

5. Mike Browne (IRL, Kawasaki) +6.027

6. Adam McLean (NIR, Yamaha) +5.344

7. Barry Furber (ENG, Yamaha) +5.594

8. Joe Yeardsley (IOM, Aprillia) +44.184