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VOL. 52 ISSUE 19 MAY 12, 2015 P91
when I got around him; he got
me back and he went down
again. Once I passed him for the
final time, the last lap I was just
waiting for him to pass me back,
I was just out riding around. I
could see him back there but
he wasn't pushing super hard, I
don't know if he was struggling
or what. I just rode my own race
from that point on and the board
said I was pulling 10 seconds, 10
seconds, kept building, building
and building, and just kept push-
ing all the way to the end.
"This has been two years in
the making, so cool," Bach said.
"The crowd was pushing me
on, it feels pretty good even if
it's just for today, but it's nice to
feel what Kailub's been feeling
every weekend. I hope I can do
it again."
Russell didn't hide the fact that
he wasn't up to his usual self.
"I got off to a pretty good start,
but I just never really felt com-
fortable [on the bike]," Russell
admitted. "I just didn't ride to win
today. I just didn't have it in me.
My bike wasn't quite set up for
this. [Bach] gapped me and I
just could never catch back up.
I just kind of rode around in la-la
land there for a little bit. It was
a tough day. I'm pretty disap-
pointed but it's not the end of the
world. I still got second."
AirGroup/Rockstar Energy
Racing Husqvarna's Ryan Sipes
rode well all day and was reward-
ed with third overall, followed by
N-Fab/AmPro Yamaha's Grant
Baylor and Rockstar Energy
Racing Husqvarna's Andrew
DeLong.
Despite suffering his first
loss of the season, Russell still
managed to stretch out his lead
over current runner-up Strang,
175-118. Grant Baylor is 10 points
back of Strang, while Bach is an-
other nine points back of Baylor.
Thomas grabbed the XC2
Pro Lites lead on the second
lap and opened up a small lead
over Pennsylvania rider Tegan
Temple. He needed every bit of
it after the reed-valve in his KTM
two-stroke began to malfunction,
Pennsylvania's
Tegan Temple
turned a lot of
heads with a
second-place
finish in the XC2
Pro Lites class.
