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winning all three feature events
in the Pro class. Had it not been
for a fall on the first lap in the final
race, the Pole might've made it a
clean sweep. As it was, Blazusiak
had to settle for 1-1-4 results.
Blazusiak's main rivals on the
night were the two American indoor
enduro specialists, defending FIM
SuperEnduro Champion Cody
Webb (FMF KTM) and the cur-
rent AMA EnduroCross Champion
Colton Haaker (Rockstar Energy
PHOTOGRAPHY BY FUTURE7MEDIA
I
n front of a sold out crowd of
13,500 fans in Krakow's Tauron
Arena, local hero Taddy Blazu-
siak thrilled the crowd with the
overall win at the opening round of
the 2018-'19 Maxxis FIM SuperEn-
duro World Championship.
The former AMA EnduroCross
Champion, Blazusiak (Red Bull
KTM), was strong all night and
nearly pulled off the hat trick of
The opening round
of the 2018-'19
FIM Maxxis World
SuperEnduro
Championship
played out in front
of a sellout crowd in
Krakow, Poland.
Husqvarna). But neither of them
could muster a win on the night, yet
they still finished out the evening on
the podium, Webb (2-3-2) in sec-
ond and Haaker (3-2-3) in third.
The only other winner of the
night besides Blazusiak was Span-
ish star Alfredo Gomez (KTM) who
topped the third and final race,
taking full advantage of mistakes by
his rivals. Gomez just missed mak-
ing the podium in fourth (4-4-1).
The evening, however, didn't
start out all that great for Bla-
zusiak; he had the Polish fans
a little worried after he finished
third to winner Webb and runner-
up Haaker in the SuperPole, but
Blazusiak quickly put them at ease
after winning the first of three fea-
ture races quite handily. The KTM
rider, Blazusiak, jumped out to an
early lead and slowly pulled away,
while the Americans fought over
second place. Blazusiak ended
