Eurosport presenter Tony Carter reviews a spectacular weekend of World Superbike and Supersport action in the Netherlands.

Wow. That was literally one of the best races of all time.

From the moment the World Supersport guys lined up on the grid to the moment Andrew Pitt just nudged Jonathan Rea for the win, it was just amazing. Fourteen thousands of a second split the pair over the line. Fourteen... thousandths!

Yes, yes, yes, the Superbikes were good too, Bayliss repeating his 2001 performance of taking pole position on the big bike grid then romping to two convincing wins was impressive - but let's face it, all anyone was talking about afterwards the manic, magic middleweight race.

In the British Eurosport studio Rob McElnea, Leon Camier and I were shouting the lads on for what seemed like each corner of each lap. We were getting really rather carried away with it all as time after time anyone of about six riders duffed each other up going into the next turn.

I still can't believe that Andrew Pitt was able to launch attacks from quite as far back as he could, or that Craig Jones managed to scrap his way to the front amid a slurry of lurid slides and looseness that sucked everyone watching into the screen.

Jonny Rea was bang on in every part of his ride too. I know the kid has been working really hard on staying calm when he gets near the front and applying what he's learnt in BSB, to just take stock of what's going on around him on track and playing the long game - thinking about the win and where his rivals are strong and weak.

And if you watch the race again it is pretty apparent. There was one great moment on lap 14 round the back of the track where Jonny got to the front and you could almost see him take the deep breath and settle himself down. Brilliant stuff.

The pressure on the Ten Kate team, who both Rea and Pitt ride for in what is widely known (and Sunday's race was pure testament to the tag) as the Axe Muderers' class, was massive. Assen is their home round and no doubt both lads were told to bring the bike's home in one piece. Thank goodness they forget any instructions as soon as they got out on track.

I did feel for Craig Jones though; it looked as though his grip had just fallen off the side of a cliff and with a handful of laps to go he was swallowed up by the chasing pack. It wasn't too surprising though, as it looked like Craig was having to ride the wheels off his Honda just to stay in touch with the trio up front early on. His bike clearly wasn't as quick as his main rivals at Assen and to make up for it Jonesey was cracking the throttle early everywhere. The big slides and aggressive braking were great to watch but unfortunately wiped out his tyres early on, and despite just how hard Jonesey tried to hang on it wasn't to be and he was out of the sharp end of the race.

Superbike team owner Rob Mac was enlightening about the final move to the line though, where Pitty just got the drop on Jonny by that almost narrowest of margins - Rob said that he'd had the same thing happen to him during the meeting where he eventually got his first big win abroad, which was at Assen in a memorable dice with Wayne Gardner and Ron Haslam (what about those for a pair of legendary names?). Rob came out of the old-style chicane in the lead, and pinned the throttle, he looked over his right shoulder to see where the nearest guy was only for him to be pipped to the line as the rival went the long way round and just nudged it.

"I should have just run him wide," said Rob while we were in a commercial break: "All I had to do was let the bike drift wide and I would have won it!"

I bet Jonny Rea is thinking the exact same thing right now.

Two weeks time we're at Monza. Now that is going to be a blinder. Set the video now, because the Supersport boys have had their teeth sharpened nicely with the Holland Hors d'Ouerve, Monza is going to be a real racing meaty main course...

Tony Carter / Eurosport