TT opener postponed - June 4th 2005

Today's opening race at the 2005 Isle of Man TT has been cancelled following another day of unpredictable weather conditions. The Duke TT Superbike race was originally planned for 12pm but was abandoned after numerous attempts to reschedule. The six-lap race is now set to take place at 2pm tomorrow.

The island has been plagued by bad weather all week, with just three of the six practice sessions going ahead as originally planned. Saturday's test was un-timed due to strong crosswinds on the 37.75-mile mountain course and Wednesday and Thursday's practice sessions were cancelled because of lingering fog.

Despite limited testing time on the infamous public roads circuit, Team DMRR Honda Racing's Ian Lougher and Richard Britton posted encouraging lap times during the practice sessions earlier this week. Enniskillen-based Britton secured the seventh fastest time of 18:52.90 (119.894mph) on Monday, while his team-mate achieved the fourth fastest lap of 18:19.30 (123.559mph) in Tuesday's session.