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Round 4:United States
(Left)Defending
National
Champion Geoff
Aaron rode well,
but could do no
better tha n 18th.
For now, Aaron
will have to walt
to score his firstever World
Champions hip
point.
Cobos rode with a maturity beyond
his 17 years, ma kin g h is mentor, Gas
Gas Internatio nal Ex po rt Ma n a ge r
Andreu Cod ina, pro ud. Cobos was competing in on ly his thi rd even t since
breaking his femur ea rlier in the year
aboard a moped.
Japanese Beta Rays te amm at e s
Ogawa an d Kuroyama rode steadily all
weekend long. Ogawa actually led the
first day u ntil the ninth section, but in
the en d h e woul d en d up in a tie fo r
eigh th with his countryman. Ogawa had
more cleans, and was therefore awarded
the position.
Six American riders competed in the
event , and th e top finisher was - as
expected - defending National Champion Geoff Aaron. The factory Beta rider
was visibly tight at the start of the event,
but looked more like h is us ual se lf on
day tw o. The tall New Englander drew
more cheers than any of the Europeans
as he gave it his all in front of his hometown crowd. Still ,
Aaro n en ded up a distan t 18th, th ree positi o ns s hy of scori ng
his fi rst-ever World
Championship po int.
Lonn y Hallsted came
nex t - the Oregon
r id er showed much
impro vement after his
rece n t stay in Sco tla nd. H e was on ly
four points behind the
champ . Flas hy Jes s
Kem p k es was 27
poi n ts further b ack,
but t he flamboyant
rider managed to
clean a couple of sections en rou te to 20th.
All three of the
(Left) Runner-up Doug
lampkin, winner Jordl
Tarres and third-placed
Marc Colomer enjoy
the fruits of victory.
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