Bikes: Easton wins in Macau

Stuart Easton won his first Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix today, denying Michael Rutter a record-breaking seventh victory.

Easton finished 2.72 seconds ahead of Rutter, with fellow Briton John McGuinness third Easton, riding a Doosan Honda, surged from a sixth-place start and held on the lead for half the 15-lap race, Portugese Luis Carreira also had his best performance at Macau to finish fourth. American Michael Barnes and Briton Stephen Thompson came in fifth and sixth respectively.