BCD Yamaha MS Racing's Andy Verdoa secured another top ten finish in the WorldSSP300 race at a bitterly cold TT Circuit Assen this weekend. The 16-year-old Frenchman took 9th place at the line, after a race long battle in a leading group made up of 26 riders, to finish as the top Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Challenge rider for the second time in as many races. Galang Hendra Pratama was unable to take advantage of starting from pole position due to the final ratio choice being too short to manage the slipstream in the race, which the Indonesian rider finished with the leading group but in 19th position. Hugo de Cancellis, a bLU cRU team member in 2018, was the first Yamaha rider home in fifth place and currently lies third in the overall championship standings.