top 25 riders earned a spot in
the next round. Hart again set
the standard with a 56:03.61
time. Blazusiak was next with a
57:07.33 lap. Bulgarian Teodor
Kabakchiev made his mark with
the third fastest. Lettenbichler
was fourth and Spain's Alfredo
Gomez was fifth.
There was a last-chance
qualification race among the four
riders that just missed the cut
and Arizona's James Flynn took
that spot to be the last rider to
make it to the second round for
the second year in a row.
That second round places
the riders into five groups (four
groups of five and one group
of six that included the LCQ
winner, Flynn). Those groups
would be racing another loop
on the "long-course" with some
additional difficult sections
added. The riders compete in
their respective groups to take
the top four spots to make up
the 20 riders that make it to the
main event. Hart won group one
ahead of Hard Enduro GOAT
Graham Jarvis, LeBlond and
Israel's Suff Salla.
Roman won group two ahead
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