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of consistency, a trio of fourth-
place results earned him third
overall behind Bolt and Lettenbi-
chler.
Sherco Factory Racing's
Wade Young was another rider
to perform well in the Enduro-
cross. Fast starting, he repeat-
edly placed at the sharp end of
the results, and thanks to a 4-3-5
scorecard, earned fourth overall.
Rounding out the top five was
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Fac-
tory Racing's Alfredo Gomez.
"After two good wins, the
overall victory nearly got away
from me in the final race, thanks
to a couple of crashes," Bolt
said. "My gloves were muddy,
and it was hard to hang on and
go fast. But I knew I had time to
chip away and once I got into
second, I took it home for the
overall win. Of course, we didn't
get to race in the mountains like
we wanted, but everyone made
the best of the situation."
Lettenbichler said, "It was
sweet to win that final race. I had
a good start and managed to
hold off Billy at the end. I didn't
know I got second overall until
we finished, so I'm super stoked
about that. Despite everything,
to second to earn the top step of
the podium.
Behind Bolt, the battle for the
remainder of the podium was
tight. Despite a bad opening
final and a subsequent eighth-
place finish, Lettenbichler began
to find his rhythm as the day
progressed. Second in Final 2,
he then delivered his best with
victory in Final 3, finishing as
overall runner-up to Bolt.
Despite an uneasy qualifica-
tion on Saturday, it was Graham
Jarvis who produced one of the
surprise performances of the
day. Proving himself a model
Manuel Lettenbichler
won one of the three
main events but had to
settle for second overall.
