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Cycle News 2024 Issue 47 November 26

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Matt Moss (CDR Yamaha Sup- ported by Star Racing). Such error was not due to the fault of any rider, team or WSX. In ac- cordance with FIM protocol, the FIM has since confirmed that the relevant race results still stand as completed despite this error." Sunday's day race program saw more of the same with Tomac winning all but one ses - sion during round three. The CDR/ Star Racing Yamaha rider took off early in race one, claiming the holeshot and the opening victory to further his win streak. Savatgy again gave chase and closed the gap to less than a second but couldn't manage a pass for the lead. Roczen landed on the podium in third after falling victim to Savatgy early in the moto. but nothing crazy, so rest up and see what the next few days brings us." An odd incident in Saturday's final involving Vince Friese and Matt Moss also happened. For an unknown reason, Friese was allowed to line up for the main event despite not having quali - fied, while Moss wasn't allowed to race despite having qualified. The next day, the sanctioning body of WSX said in a state- ment: "As the sanctioning body of WSX, the FIM last night made a decision in relation to a race process error which occurred prior to Saturday's 2024 WSX Australian GP SuperFinal. Vince Friese (MotoConcepts Racing) was mistakenly included in the SuperFinal lineup instead of Savatgy started the night strong by setting the fastest lap in SuperPole but a slow start in race one saw him finish off the podium in fourth. His best result came in race two with a second- place finish before taking third in race three and fourth in the night's final race, the combined SuperFinal. Dean Wilson landed on the po - dium for the first time this year in the SuperFinal. Colt Nichols was involved in a multi-rider incident during race one that forced the PMG rider to withdraw for the remainder of the weekend due to injury. He was transported to the Perth Royal Hospital for medical checks. He later said on social media, "Feeling beat up today ROUNDS 2-3 / NOVEMBER 23-24, 2024 HBF PARK / PERTH, AUSTRALIA SUPERCROSS I FIM WORLD SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP P64 Eli Tomac dominated the weekend, winning seven of the eight races.

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