Cooper edges out McLean for Supertwins race win
It was a fifth Supertwins success at the event for the 42-year-old three-time British champion and the sixth North West victory of his career.
The KMR Kawasaki rider was pushed all the way by Northern Ireland rider McLean, who was just two tenths of a second behind his Nottingham rival on a Flitwick Yamaha at the chequered flag.
Sixty-one-year-old Jeremy McWilliams was third on a JMcC Aprilia to claim his 13th podium finish.
McLean led the field across the line after lap one after Cooper went onto the grass as he entered the start-finish chicane, before Cooper assumed the lead by the end of the second circuit.
McLean set the fastest lap of the race at 110.927mph to take over at the front next time but Cooper made his move on the dash to Metropole on lap four and held onto his advantage.
Last year's double Supertwin rider Peter Hickman retired at the end of lap two while battling for a rostrum place.
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