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OFF-ROAD 2018-'19 FIM SUPERENDURO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 / DECEMBER 8, 2018 TAURON ARENA / KRAKOW, POLAND P52 behind Taddy, but there're so many points to be won and lost in SuperEnduro." Haaker wanted the win but took away all of the positives from the night. "Last year when I left Poland I wasn't sure if I should even come back," the 2018 AMA EnduroCross Champion said. "I plugged through the year, but I was banging my head against a wall. I needed a break before EnduroCross, but our team changed our bike a lot and it turned it around for me in EnduroCross [this year]. After the second final, I was surprised that I wasn't as far off as I ex- pected, and it's better than last year. Cody and Taddy are both champions and it's going to be a great year. Cody and me both looked up to Taddy when we were younger, because he was always winning. I thought a couple of years, he was leaving [the sport] but he keeps coming back! We have so much respect for each other." CN PRO 1. Taddy Blazusiak (KTM) 1-1-4 2. Cody Webb (KTM) 2-3-2 3. Colton Haaker (Hus) 3-2-3 4. Alfredo Gomez (Hus) 4-4-1 5. Kevin Gallas (Hus) 9-5-5 6. Diogo Vieira (Yam) 5-7-7 7. Blake Gutzeit (Hus) 6-6-8 8. Pol Tarres (Hus) 7-9-6 9. David Leonov (Hus) 8-8-11 10. Xavi Leon Sole (Hus) 11-10-10 traffic. I had a small crash again, but I'm so happy to leave Poland with the red plate with the fourth place at the end. I was thinking about getting every point pos- sible. In this championship every point counts over 15 motos and that's all I was thinking about." "I made a couple of mistakes in the first two races and Taddy checked out," Webb said. "He rode great. In the third race we came together. I'm looking forward to Germany [round two of the series] and ironing out my mistakes. I'm happy with how I rode tonight. It's a different inten- sity in SuperEnduro compared to EnduroCross, and I was trying to learn the field and racing against those guys again. I'm two points a scare when Blazusiak went down after trading paint with Webb off the start and remounted in last place. Undaunted, Blazu- siak dusted himself off and began marching his way up through the field, while Gomez led the way. Gomez had his hands full with the American champions, Webb and Haaker, who where were right behind him. But mis- takes by each one of them would ensure the win for Gomez. Webb outdueled Haaker for second, and Blazusiak fought his way all the way up to fourth, which was good enough for the over- all victory with 54 points on the night. Webb, with 52 points, was second overall, followed by Haaker with 49 points. Gomez finished out the night in fourth with 46 points, and the impressive Gallas rounded out the top five overall with 28 points. "I didn't cruise the first two motos, but I was on my own and could choose my lines and hit my markers," Blazusiak said summa- rizing his night. "When you're in front it's easier because you can be smooth. In the final moto, I made a good start but got togeth- er with Cody. It's a risk off the start but that's racing. There are 14 bikes but only room for three bikes. I got back up and I knew I was dead last, but I started to charge and go hard through the Rookie Kevin Gallas led a chunk of the second feature race. The German finished out the night fifth overall.

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