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Cycle News 2024 Issue 47 November 26

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was happy with the motorcycle all weekend, and then my starts were awesome in all of the races." "I have mixed feelings," said Roczen. "My starts are still not great, and I have to say, and this is not an excuse by any means, but I struggled with this dirt, big time—it's just not my favorite at all. I'm also on new suspension, so I just felt a little bit unfamiliar, but I tried as hard as I could. The most important thing is that we're healthy and we tried everything we can to do the best, and now we have 10 days now to reset, come back in Abu Dhabi and try to win there." "I'm happy," said Savatgy. "My starts were better on Sunday and to be honest, it's just been an intense weekend with a lot of racing. It was very hot on Sunday The SuperFinal was again all Tomac as he led the finale from start to finish. The points leader nearly swept the entire weekend, winning seven out of eight motos during the doubleheader. Savatgy and Roczen again rounded out the box in the combined WSX/ SX2 race, taking second and third overall for the night. Tomac continues to lead the points going into the series finale in Abu Dhabi. "It's been a very memorable weekend—I only missed out on the win in one moto," said Tomac. "It was awesome for us to win seven out of eight races and then win SuperPole on Sunday. Perth was a very interesting track, with soil we don't race on normally, so that was challenging all weekend, and then just another great weekend on points. I've built up a solid lead. I Race two saw the best battle of the season. Both Tomac and Roczen found themselves shuffled back after a hectic first turn, giving the lead to the Fire - Power Honda duo of Savatgy and Wilson. With Savatgy out front, Roczen and Tomac duked it out for the final spots on the podium. The two rivals eventually made their way around Wilson and crossed the line, with Roczen sec - ond and Tomac third. Savatgy's win in race two ultimately put an end to Tomac's reign. Tomac fired back in the third moto and claimed a dominant win. He got back to his win - ning ways and crossed the line by five seconds over Savatgy. Roczen rebounded to third after dropping back to sixth near the halfway mark. ROUNDS 2-3 / NOVEMBER 23-24, 2024 HBF PARK / PERTH, AUSTRALIA SUPERCROSS I FIM WORLD SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP P66 Joey Savatgy was the only other rider to beat Tomac.

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