Behind him, Watson and Julien
Gauthier battled it out for third,
with French rider Gauthier getting
edged out by only one second
in the end. Fellow Frenchman
Jeremy Tarroux rounded out the
top-five.
For Watson, the podium finish
was a decisive victory, consider-
ing the classic enduro format
isn't his specialty. "This is the
first classic enduro I've raced
since this event 12 months ago,
so I came into it a little unsure
what to expect, but also confi-
dent that it would suit me. Things
were really close coming into
the final test, just half a second
between third and fourth overall.
Thankfully I managed to jump up
one position to third, which was a
great way to end the race." CN
Overall
1. Josep Garcia (KTM)
2. Jamie McCanney (Yam)
3. Nathan Watson (KTM)
4. Julien Gauthier (Yam)
5. Jeremy Tarroux (Shr)
6. Theo Espinasse (Shr)
7. Christophe Nambotin (GG)
8. Emmanuel Albepart (Yam)
9. Jonny Walker (KTM)
10. Joe Wootton (Hus)
IN
THE
WIND
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James Stewart Announces Retirement
for Professional Racing
J
ames Stewart has officially announced his
retirement from professional racing. Stewart has
not raced since July 2016, and there was specu-
lation for the first couple of years since then that
he would be back on the track, but that started to
wane as time went on, and he dropped completely
off the radar for nearly two years. Stewart came
back into the public eye when he released two
videos over the past four weeks where he talked
about his career and hinted at retirement, and now
he has made it official.
Stewart retires as one of the most successful
supercross/motocross riders of all time. He has
98 total AMA wins, placing him second behind
Ricky Carmichael. Stewart has 50 premier class
AMA Supercross wins, second to Jeremy Mc-
Grath on the current all-time win list. Stewart won
28 125/250 AMA Motocross Nationals and had
20 wins in 250/450 AMA Motocross. Stewart
won two AMA Supercross Championships, one
450/250cc (premier-class) outdoor motocross
championship, and two 125cc outdoor champion-
ships. CN
Yamaha's Jamie McCanney is no
stranger to the classic enduro format.
He ended up second overall.
