The top twenty seeded riders for the opening race of the
Classic TT presented by Bennetts, the Bennetts Senior
Classic TT, have been announced today. As in previous years, the top twenty is made of a combination of regular TT front runners and Classic Racing specialists on a variety of single cylinder machines such as Norton and Matchless, twin cylinder bikes including
Honda and Paton, plus hi-revving triples and four-cylinder bikes from
MV Agusta and
Honda. First away is 2018 and 2016 winner,
John McGuinness, who lines up on the Team Winfield Paton once again. With the exception of 2017 when he was forced out by injury, the 23-time TT winner has campaigned Roger Winfield's machine every year since the inaugural
Classic TT in 2013. With 4 valves per cylinder, the twin cylinder Paton's enjoy a significant power advantage over the rest of the field and with McGuinness onboard, will start as hot favourite for the race win.
Dean Harrison, the reigning
Dunlop Senior TT champion, returns to ...
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