Rea has to settle for second in weekend's WSBK opener in Misano

Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea's fallen 22 points adrift of Alvaro Bautista in the World Superbikes championship.

That is after Rea came second to his rival in Saturday's opening race of the weekend's championship action at Misano.

Bautista's Ducati thundered clear of Rea with nine laps to go and took a commanding victory in Italy.

Reigning champion Toprak Razgatlioglu retired from third place with seven laps remaining which saw Michael Ruben Rinaldi step up onto the podium.

The second feature race is at 13:00 BST on Sunday after the 10-lap sprint race.

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