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Cycle News 2014 Issue 33 August 19 2014

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IN THE WIND P34 This year's Senior TT winner Michael Dunlop struggled to match the pace of the leaders and had to settle for fourth on his BMW, 4.8 seconds behind Anstey. Newcomer Peter Hickman on the Ice Valley BMW rounded out the top five as he continues to impress in his debut season on the roads. As for the Supersport it was the same three on the box. Antsey doubled up on wins for the week- end, but this time Johnston brought home second and Martin third. Unfortunately for the older Dunlop brother, Wil- liam, it was not so great of a weekend, falling out of the lead in Supersport with a mechanical and facing the same fate on the Superbike grid. NICOLETTI FOR ENDUROCROSS? M otocrosser Phil Nicoletti says he's going to give En- duroCross a try. Nicoletti, a part-time racer and test rider for the Toyota/JGRMX/ Yamaha MX Team, will compete in the fourth round of the AMA EnduroCross Series in Atlanta, Georgia, August 23. Nicoletti has been practicing on the EnduroCross track that a few of the JGR team staff built for fun so he has an idea of what he is getting himself into. "I'm ex- cited to experience the sport of EnduroCross," Nicoletti said. "It is getting bigger every year, and I have wanted to try it. The cours- es are very technical so I want to limit the tip overs and have fun," Nicoletti said. Motocross racer Phil Nicoletti will compete in the next EnduroCross round in Atlanta. PHOTOGRAPHY BY HOPPENWORLD.COM STEWART STILL SIDELINED Y oshimura Suzuki's James Stewart sat out his third Lu- cas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship round in a row since pulling out just before the second moto at the Spring Creek National in Minnesota nearly a month ago. The day prior to the August 16th Indiana National in Craw- fordsville, Stewart announced that he wasn't going to race, say- ing he has not yet fully recovered from an illness that took him out of the Spring Creek race. He has not yet revealed what his illness is other than it being a "medical condition." He says that he is hopeful to return at the final round in Salt Lake City on August 23. "This year has been incred- ibly up and down with the highest of highs and lowest of lows for the team and me," Stewart said in a release. "I finally felt things were going our way after decent results in Colorado and then the sweep at High Point. After that it's been one frustration followed

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