Rea ruled out of Sunday's Magny-Cours races

Jonathan Rea was ruled retired of Sunday's World Superbike action astatine Magny-Cours pursuing his clang successful Saturday's title one.

The six-time champion underwent room connected Saturday nighttime to repair an scraping to his correct thumb.

Rea's disappointing run connected his debut Yamaha play continued pinch his lap-one spill successful Saturday's bedewed conditions.

Confirming his absence from Sunday's action, Rea thanked "my team, my fans and each my sponsors that proceed to support maine successful this reliable period".

With Rea absent, Italian rider Nicolo Bulega trim Toprak Razgatlıoglu's title lead to 80 points by winning Sunday morning's superpole race.

Ducati rider Bulega held disconnected Britain's Alex Lowes successful an breathtaking duel pinch different Italian Danilo Petrucci completing nan podium positions.

Razgatlıoglu was ruled retired of nan French information by wounded aft securing a grounds 13th consecutive triumph successful nan bid astatine nan erstwhile information successful Portugal.

Defending champion Alvaro Bautista, who was 2nd down Michael van der Mark successful title one, collapsed retired connected thigh 1 successful nan superpole title successful a spill that besides hampered Britain's Bradley Ray.

Bulega went connected to return triumph contempt being bothered by a enarthrosis wounded which he sustained while crashing retired connected thigh 1 connected Saturday.

Lowes, who slid disconnected successful nan bedewed connected thigh 11 successful Saturday's title while leading, is now only 21 points down third-placed Bautista successful nan championship, pinch nan Spaniard's chances of holding connected to his title looking distant arsenic he stands 122 points adrift of Razgatlıoglu.

Race 2 will return spot astatine Magny-Cours later connected Sunday afternoon.