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Riders 'need to be nervous' says Herbertson as TT 2023 gets underway

Dominic Herbertson and Mike Booth

Fresh from victory on Billown Course racer says he 'just wants to go fast'

Newcomers to the Isle of Man TT have taken to the Mountain Course for the first time today (29 May).

They completed a speed control lap before free practice started on the first day of the 2023 event.

Hexham rider Dominic Herbertson made his TT debut in 2014.

Fresh from a successful Pre-TT campaign, on the Billown Course at the weekend, he says he’s the calmest he’s ever been but thinks it’s important that riders still get nervous:

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