Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness says losing victory in the 2024 Cl🅠assic Senior Manx Grand 𝐆Prix race by 0.163 seconds is “hard to swallow”.

The 52-year-old previous winner in the class set off at number one on the road in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果ও历史:Monday’s shortened single-lap Classic Senior race aboard his Paton 500.

McGuinness led by 4.457s over even🎃tual win♊ner Shaun Anderson through Glen Helen, and extended that to 4.7s through the following two sectors.

But over the mountain section of the 37𝓰.75-mile Isle of Man course, Anderson started to slash the gap, ꦇwith McGuinness ending up 0.163s adrift on corrected time at the chequered flag.

Speak🍰ing to Manx Radio, McGuin💦ness says he lost too much time through the wet patches at Cronk-ny-Mona but praised Anderson for being “fast all week” on his Paton.

“It wasn’t as bad actually as I thought it was going to be,”▨ said McGuinness.

“There were a couple of times where I thought ‘damn, I’ve got to go through there a l✱ittle bit quicker’.

“Just that last sector was really wet from Cronk-ny-Mona✅ to the end, that’s where they are telli🎶ng me I lost it.

“So, hard to swallow. There you go. We got a race under our belt and I hope the crowd out th🅠ere enjoyed what we put on there.

“Fair play to Shaun, he’s been fast all week. It hurts a bit, I wanted to win it - 0🧸.1s is nothing, is it? But there you go, we did our best.”

Anderson’s Classic Senior Manx GP win marked his first visit to the top of the rostrum at the event and admits he “had no idea” how close he ended up being to McGuin🐼ness.

“Speechless really, I’ve come here sincꦺe 2010,” Anderson said.

“We’ve been very fortunate to stand on the box before in second place in the newcomer💧s race and I’ve been chasing a win ever since year after year.

“A🅠nd sometimes we’ve been close, sometimes we’ve been further away.

“So, to have itꦫ that close, I had no idea. I knew we were in the hunt, we saw Jamie [Coward] early on, Mike 🌳[Browne] had just caught Jamie and I passed Jamie.

“Then we were trying to get across the gap to Mike and I went up the inside of the Veranda and I liꦬfted him up a fraction, and I really have to apologise to him for that there.

“But I knew I just needed to keep on charging.

“I really had no idea. I crossed the line, got down to the tur🅰ning area and everyone was cheering and I was like ‘it must be good’. Then somebody gave me the number one. Just ecstatic.”

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