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Cycle News 2024 Issue 16 April 23

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last turn and kind of squared it up. So, he would have had to go around the outside if anything. But it's good. It was a men- tally tough race because we all wanted to push, but at the same time, it was going to be easy to throw it away. A podium would have been the most important, but we got a win, so it's awe - some." Cameron Petersen, on the second Attack Performance Ya- maha, came home third, his first podium in nearly a full year after his 2023 season was cut short with a wrist injury. Fourth was Beach; Kelly was fifth; Gillim, Baz, Nolan Lampkin (Visit Indiana/Tom Wood Pow - ersports BMW), Herrin and Fong rounded out the top 10. the BMW rider aquaplaning, and ending up on his head almost quicker than you could blink. He remounted, unhurt, and amaz - ingly only lost one place to take fourth at the flag. Meanwhile, Beaubier had closed right down on Gagne, but the current number-one player dealt the perfect defensive card, covering the line into the last corner and sealing his first win of the season by a tenth of a second. "I just tried to be smart on the last lap," Gagne said. "I was kind of parking it in some of those turns. Going down into 10A, I was really tight and kind of ran wide. I knew Cam was going to try to maybe square me up, but I just parked it in that second-to- ROUND 1 / APRIL 19-21, 2024 ROAD ATLANTA / BRASELTON, GEORGIA OFF-ROAD I FIM NORTH AMERICAN ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP P90

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