Shane Byrne has suffered a nasty high-side crash during the second day of the pre❀-season testing in Almeria ahead of the upcoming MCE British Superbike championship.

The reigning British Superbike champion was taken to the medical centre at the Spanish track after crashing a turn six on the Almeria circuit. The rider received checks and has been referred to the loca♊l hospital for further assessments.

Byrne was declare♔d okay but heavily bruised by his Paul Bird Motorsport team and has gone to hospital as a precautionary check as the circuit doesn't have 𒁃an X-ray machine.

The four-time BSB champion has been testing his Kawasaki🐼 ZX-10R along with t🏅eam-mate Stuart Easton and PBM road racer Ian Hutchinson.

Byrne ended the day third on the timesheets, as Luke Mossey finished top🧸 for the second day in a row. Buildbaꦐse BMW's Lee Jackon was able to grab second spot on the timesheet, one tenth of a second ahead of Byrne.

Almeria, day two

1. Luke Mossey GBR Quattro Plant Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 37.3s
2. Lee Jackson GBR Buildbase BMW S1000RR 1m 37.4s
3. Shane Byrne GBR PBM Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 37.4s
4. Stuart Easton GBR PBM Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 38.0s
5. Ian Hutchinson GBR PBM Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 38.3s
6. Dan Johnson GBR Morello Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 38.3s
7. Victor Cox GBR Morello Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 38.6s
8. Howie Mainwaring GBR Quattro Plant Kawasaki 1m 38.8s

All times unofficial