us. Our first thoughts are with
Eli, and we wish him a speedy
recovery. This is, unfortunately,
part of the sport, but it's still a
tough one."
The team said Tomac under
-
went surgery the day after the
race.
Adam Cianciarulo inherited
second place when Tomac
pulled off, but Sexton passed
the Kawasaki a few laps
later and went on to take the
win 8.361 seconds ahead of
Progressive Insurance/Ecstar
Suzuki's Ken Roczen, who also
got around Cianciarulo later in
the race.
"I honestly didn't know what
was going on, if [Tomac's]
bike was broken or if he broke
a wheel," Sexton said. "I just
wanted to capitalize when I
saw he was going backwards.
Obviously, that's not the way
you want to see someone go
"It's hard to really put it in
words, to be honest," said
Tomac's Team Manager Jeremy
Coker. "Obviously, this is a tough
one for Eli and the whole team.
The day was going really well,
we had a good qualifying and a
good heat race and were leading
the main event, and then the
rug got pulled out from under
simply pulled off the track and
rode straight to the Alpinestars
Mobile Medical Unit. It was re
-
vealed later that he had ruptured
his Achilles tendon after coming
up short over a jump. The injury
requires surgery, so he will be
sidelined indefinitely. Tomac
and Yamaha's certain title gone
in a flash.
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4TH 450SX
Monster Energy/Team Tedder/KTM's
Justin Hill put in another great ride,
with a career-best fourth. "My best
finish in the 450s so needless to say
I'm proud of what we are doing! But I
want that [podium] big time."
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