Johnny Rea from the Castol Honda team is leading the the second round of World Superbike qualifying at Assen having just pipped Jakub Smrz to the post in the last few minutes of the session.
Leon Haslam finished sixth and championship leader Carlos Checa ended in ninth so both riders will be looking to improve their times in superpole this afternoon.
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