Pirelli riders finished first and second in the opening round of the Supersport World Championship, held at Valencia, Spain last Sunday.

Pere Riba and Piergiorgio Bontempi finished first and second on Pirelli Supercorsa tires, Riba on a Honda and Bontempi on a Yamaha. The seventh and 10th-place riders also ran on Pirellis, being Christophe Cogan on seventh on a Yamaha and Werner Daemen on 10th on a Yamaha.

Dunlop riders finished third, fourth, sixth and ninth, while Michelin riders finished fifth and eighth.