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Cycle News 2015 Issue 18 May 5

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BY SEAN FINLEY PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER I t was a fight to the finish between Colton Haaker and Cody Webb for the main-event win at the GEICO AMA EnduroCross at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, and when the dust settled, it was Haaker, on the Rockstar/Lu- cas Oil Husqvarna, coming away clean as a whistle. VOL. 52 ISSUE 18 MAY 5, 2015 P97 Briefly... Colton Haaker, who now holds the points lead after three rounds, nearly missed the opening race of the season having suffered broken ribs and a ruptured spleen just two weeks prior to the opening round in Florida. He now has 2-2-1 record so far this season and the red plate. "I knew that for this race, I was finally back to 100 percent, so I could really push for the win" Haaker said after the race. The next round of the series for the Men and Women will take place as part of the X Games on Friday, May 15, in Austin, Texas. Twenty-four rid- ers earn invites and the top 15 from the 2014 season and past Enduro X medal winners are automatically included. The remaining riders are selected by top finishes at the first three rounds of the GEICO Enduro- Cross Series, so there were three spots on the line in Vegas. Jamie Lanza, the longtime EnduroCross, ISDE and WORCS racer earned an invite with an 11 th -place finish. Eric Rhoten and Tucker Larrieu are the other two riders that are expected to earn invites. Utah's Nick Thompson burst onto the EnduroCross scene in 2014 and qualified for several pro main events. He has qualified for all three main events so far in 2015 and turned some heads again in Vegas by win- ning an exciting heat race battle with Max Gerston, Kyle Redmond and Cory Graffunder. Spain's Sandra Gomez took her continued on next page Colton Haaker (10) grabbed the holeshot, edging out his teammate Mike Brown (behind Haaker) and Cody Webb (1).

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