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Cycle News 2015 Issue 11 March 17

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VOL. 52 ISSUE 11 MARCH 17, 2015 P23 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.

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