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CHAMPIONSHIP EXTREME OFF-ROAD
top two. He instead had to worry
about Sherco's Wade Young of
South Africa, who pressured
him throughout the main event
and nearly passed him for the
final podium spot on the last lap
when Hart couldn't make it up a
waterfall section. Hart, however,
recovered to hold on for third
with Young taking fourth.
Hart said he was more thrilled
to get on the podium this year
than he was to win last year's
race. "This field was so stacked,
so to get a podium among these
riders was great," Hart said. "I
got third off the start and those
first two just sprinted so hard
that I lost some time, but then I
was able to ride a really strong
day," Lettenbichler said. "In the
main, Billy and I got a good start
with Billy right behind me. I think
everyone got super tired at the
end. It was really nice to race in
front of the American fans. That
finish was a bit crazy as I was
trying to whip it a little bit at the
finish and turned into a pretty big
high side, but we put on a good
show for the fans here. I will
need to beat Billy at the next one
in Poland to hopefully get some
more points back on him."
Trystan Hart filled out the TKO
podium. The Canadian, on the
FMF KTM, rode the entire race
in third place and narrowed the
gap a few times but never got
close enough to challenge the
(Right) Bolt and
Lettenbichler
congratulate
each other after
their hard-fought
battle for the TKO
victory. (Below)
Lettenbichler put
up a good fight but
came up just short
of the win.
