track was so much more difficult
on the second lap, and I knew I
would be able to make up time
on those tricky sections."
"It feels great to get second
today," said Young. "At one point
I was down in sixth and I was
lacking some confidence after
struggling in one of the rivers,
that spent a lot of my energy. I
came back strong though, and
towards the end, people were
starting to get tired, and I was
able to dig a little deeper and
keep going."
"I am so happy with my result,
and overall I had a really good
race," Littenbichler said. "I didn't
realize at first the gap to the oth-
ers was so big. I tried to stick to
the same pace on the second
lap, but Mario and Wade must
have been flying. I think they
probably pushed each other on
the difficult stuff and were able
to maintain a good speed when
it got really tough. Graham also
caught me at a few places, but I
was able to stay ahead. I had to
stop to move a bridge on the first
lap, so that cost me some time,
but thankfully they have awarded
that back to me, and I have
come away with third. It would
have been nice to get the win,
especially after leading for over
half of the race. But whatever the
result, I am happy with my riding,
and it's been a good start to this
year's WESS championship." CN
OVERALL
1. Mario Roman (She)
2. Wade Young (She)
3. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM)
4. Graham Jarvis (Hus)
5. Billy Bolt (Hus)
6. Jonny Walker (KTM)
7. Alfredo Gomez (Hus)
8. Taddy Blazusiak (KTM)
9. Travis Teasdale (KTM)
10. Jonathan Richardson (Hus)
IN
THE
WIND
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Wade Young made it a 1-2 start for
Sherco. PHOTO: FUTURE7MEDIA
