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momentum and super stoked to get on the podium for the sec- ond time here at the TKO." CN MAIN (Top 10) 1. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM) 2. Trystan Hart (KTM) 3. Wade Young (GG) 4. Teodor Kabakchiev (She) 5. Ashton Brightmore (Hus) 6. Alfredo Gomez (Rie) 7. Colton Haaker (Hus) 8. Mario Roman (She) 9. Ryder LeBlond (Hus) 10. Cody Webb (She) Hard Enduro Championship, Hart was disappointed not to take his fourth TKO win. "The race win was the goal today and the championship was a side thing because I was counting on that, but the race win was my real goal," said Hart. "Mani is such a good rider that you have to be on point to beat him, and I was a little off all day," Hart said. "But in the main, I took the holeshot and passed Mani a couple of times, and we both made mis - takes. I made the last one." "The race was good, super intense as always," Young said. "I kind of just paced myself and got into my own rhythm, con - trolled my heart rate. I gained Young to close in. On the fourth lap, Hart took the lead back and held it until the penultimate lap when Lettenbichler capitalized on a mistake by the Canadian. Both riders pushed hard on the final lap and the gap between them held at five seconds, which proved enough for Lettenbichler to hold on for the win. Young found his way past Kabakchiev to take over third on the fifth lap. He finished a little less than a minute and a half behind second-placed Hart and nearly a minute ahead of fourth- placed Kabakchiev. Eighteen-year-old Ashton, the younger of the two Brightmore brothers, rounded out the top five on his Husqvarna. Haaker came into the finish area in sixth place but mistakenly slowed down and launched his bike in celebration just before the finish line, which handed the position to Rieju-backed Gomez, who was close behind. Haaker rolled across the line in seventh. Roman finished eight on his Sherco. LeBlond recovered from a crash on the first lap to fin - ish ninth on his Husqvarna and Webb rounded out the top 10. "We had a really good ride, and Trystan was riding unbeliev- ably good," Lettenbichler said. "I didn't feel too good this week and got a little sick. I was strug- gling to get the speed up for the intensity. I knew that this was super intense, so it was not an easy one. I had a good line at the hillclimb, but I was dead at the end, so I am definitely stoked to get another TKO win." Despite winning the AMA U.S. ROUNDS 5-FINAL / AUGUST 23-25, 2024 TRIALS TRAINING CENTER / SEQUATCHIE, TENNESSEE OFF-ROAD I FIM HARD ENDURO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP / AMA U.S. HARD ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP P98 Colton Haaker was the top-finishing American in seventh overall.