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overall right from the start. But
Walker outgunned Webb into the
first turn, and got out front early
to control the race, and lead
the KTM rider to his career-first
SuperEnduro overall win.
"I've been chipping away at
getting an overall win and now
it's finally happened," Walker
said. "It was a tight and tough
track, but it seemed to work for
me and I got on with the job.
It's been an eventful season.
I'm happy to have salvaged third
in the championship and can
now look forward to focusing on
extreme enduro for the rest of
the year."
Webb's second-place finish
earned him second overall in
the championship. His runner-
up finish in the series was also
made possible by the absence
of David Knight, who was report-
edly ill. Knight was second in the
championship coming into the
French round, but fell to fourth
after the closing round. Walker
also surpassed Knight to claim
third in the final points chase.
American rider Ty Tremaine
was set to square off with Swed-
ish rider Andreas Linusson for
a winner-take-all showdown for
the Junior Championship at the
French final, but the battle royale
was spoiled during the afternoon
practice session when Linus-
son crashed and injured his
wrist. It was a devastating end to
Linusson's season, but allowed
Tremaine to sail to his first World
Championship, and second ju-
nior championship within a year.
"It's an awesome feeling to be
a World Champion," said Tre-
maine, who is also the reigning
AMA EnduroCross Junior Cham-
pion. "It's been a crazy season,
but I've loved every minute.
Starting out I didn't really know
what to expect but taking the
overall in Poland gave me confi-
dence for the rest of the year. It
was tough to see Andreas crash
out in France, but that is part of
racing."
Fellow American EnduroCross
racer Colton Haaker made the
trek across the pond to race
the final round, but Haaker's
night didn't go quite as well. The
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rac-
er finished a distant 10
th
place,
but admitted he didn't have high
expectations for his first-ever
SuperEnduro event.
"It was a last minute decision
to race here," Haaker said. "I
just wanted to experience this
style of racing. It took a few
races to get into things; it wasn't
until the second race that I
began to improve my speed and
confidence. Tenth overall is far
from ideal, but racing in Europe
is a completely new thing for me
and one I want to do more of in
the future."
Jean Turner
(Above)Red Bull KTM's Jonny
Walker earned his career-first
overall win at the SuperEnduro
season finale in France.
((Above right) The FIM SuperEnduro
Junior World Championship went to
American rider Ty Tremaine.