TT 2022: Peter Hickman 'starts week as we mean to go on' after Superbike victory | Sidecar race added to revamped Monday schedule after fatal crash | Supersport and Superstock races cut to three laps

Hickman won the six-lap opener by 39.2 seconds on the Gas Monkey Garage BMW by FHO Racing from Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki), with Ballymoney’s Michael Dunlop sealing his 30th TT podium in third on the Hawk Racing Suzuki.

It was the first TT race in almost three years, 1,093 days since Harrison won the 2019 Senior.

Now a six-time TT winner, Hickman will be aiming to keep the ball rolling when he goes for glory in the first Monster Energy Supersport race (10:45) on the Trooper Beer Triumph 765, before switching back to his BMW M1000RR for the RL360 Superstock race (15:00).

In a change to the schedule, the first 3wheeling.media Sidecar race – abandoned on Saturday following a fatal accident that claimed the life of French passenger Olivier Lavorel – has been added to Monday's schedule at 13:10 and will be run over two laps, while the Supersport and Superstock events have been reduced by one lap to three laps.

On current form, 35-year-old Hickman will fancy his chances of adding at least another win after warning that he had “started the week as we mean to go on” after his commanding Superbike success.

He took the race by the scruff of the neck from the off and led Harrison by 9.3s following a standing start lap at 133.18mph, before turning the screw further with the fastest lap of the race at 133.461mph despite slowing for his first pit-stop. Hickman continued to extend his advantage on every lap to win by 39 seconds, establishing a new Superbike race record – held previously by Michael Dunlop in 2018 – in a time of 1h 43m 58.564s.

“Awesome, especially after this long break that we’ve all had,” Hickman reflected afterwards.

“To be here and win the first race, we’ve started the week as we mean to go on.

“I managed to