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Cycle News 2023 Issue 17 May 2

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the overall by four seconds today, which is nothing. There's still lots of racing tomorrow. The title is the main objective, and we got that. It feels good to get it wrapped up and I can relax tomorrow. It looks like it's going to be muddy." Indeed, rain all night and through the morning left Sun - day's course a slippery mess, forcing the day to be shortened to four tests instead of six. On Sunday, Barbosa won three of the four tests (two cross tests and one enduro test), to take the day win plus the overall win for the weekend, not to men - tion winning the Pro 2 division. "Today was a really different day because all last night and this morning it was raining," said Barbosa. "I was just smart with the lines and got a good gap on the guys. I was on a 250 but I fight with the bike and I fight with the track and I get a good time and I win. I was riding really smart on the bike." Girroir was second on Sunday, followed by Riordan and Barnes. "The enduro test was pretty tough," said Girroir. "I rode con - servatively, maybe too conser- vatively, but we had the title and that's what matters." Overall, the order was Barbosa first overall, with Girroir in second, Riordan third and Barnes fourth. Husqvarna rider Gavin Simon was fifth overall and top ProAm rider. "I feel like I'm a mud rider and I just held it open all week - end and hoped for the best. I kind of zig-zagged across the ruts and just went for it," said Simon. The next four riders were ProAm riders, Jason Tino (Husqvarna), Precision Offroad Racing's Dominik Morse, Cole Forbes (KTM) and Tyler Braniff (Yamaha). Sam Forrester (Husqvarna) was the top Open A rider in 10th overall. AmPro Yamaha's Zach Osborne was 11th overall. Jeff Leatherwood was the top B rider. Over and Out Racing's Rachel Gutish won the Pro Women's division by over a minute ahead of AmPro Yamaha's Rachael Archer. WIND IN THE P38 Ruy Barbosa, competing in the Pro 2 class, was the overall winner.

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