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thought I was improving , but 1 made a m ista ke in s ection 14 ." Be ll m oved into th ird pla c e with a 12-point loop , com pa re d to a 15 for Pete rs . Aaron was still with in s tr iking d is tance o f Crosset going into th e final lo o p, but an y chance of a v ictory was erased in section three when he missed his line and collec te d a five . Cro s set c ru is e d through the loop with only one point, nine fo r the day and the win. "The sections are spectacular, bu t easy ," C rosset said after th e event. "The re is a lot of gr ip on th e stones, and I am not used to this. We don't have th is type of s to nes with gr ip in Belg ium . The we at her is d ifferent and the stones are different. " Aaron fi n is he d s econd ove rall with a 17 . Bell rounded out the podium with a 35 a nd Peters finished fourth , four points ba c k with a 39. DAY TWD If Crosset was unfamil iar with the dry weather, he only had to wa it one day for conditions more to his liking . A cold, ha rd ra in started ea rly S a tur day morning , turning one end of the pits into a miniature la ke and lasting well into loo p one. Be ll, who s pent the winte r p ractic ing in the slippery creeks of western (Left) Defending champ Geoff Aaron was nagged by a sprained wrist, but still rode well, finish ing second on Friday and third on Saturday. (Below) Ryon Be ll traded fi ni shes with Aaron going 3 -2 in the two ro unds. At the start, Geo ff Aaron wasted little time lookinq at the sections and got on with his business. Bell soon followe d , while Crosset chose to lay b a c k at section one and ch eck the Americans out. Aaron and Cross et completed loop one tied for the lead at six po ints. Aa ro n took th e conservative approach , taking six single prods at various points a long the loop , wh ile Crosset's po ints came in j u s t two sections with a one and a five . U.S . S herco rider Ray Peters fol lo wed in t h ird p la ce with 12 points , with Bell one point bac k in fou rth . J e s s Kemp ke s (G- G) ro und ed o ut the top five with a 30. C rosset looked a b it m o r e a t home on the dry ter rain wh e n h e began h is second loo p and tu rn e d in a dazz ling two -p oint sco re . Aaron t urned up the heat as well , an d was ridi ng a one- po in t s c ore going into the very d ifficu lt secti o n num be r 14 , but suffe red a t hr e e and a o ne o n the next two ride s to finish loop two with a to tal o f five . "I was tr yi n g to p la y it safe and not ma ke any mista kes ," Aaron s a id . "I wa nted to stay in there tig ht with F r edd ie . O n my second lo op , I cue I e n e _ S • MAY 9 , 2001 39