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Cycle News 2015 Issue 48 December 1

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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MOTOCROSS 44 TH THOR WINTER OLYMPICS NOVEMBER 27-30, 2015 GATORBACK CYCLE PARK / GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA P70 And the tracks were great. The Supercross track is known to be pretty one-lined and hard to pass. This year, every corner had multiple ruts, and we saw riders taking different lines from lap to lap. The new start design made the start much more fair and gave riders that didn't fare so well in the heat races an opportunity to be in the race. The motocross track had a lot of sand mixed in. The track got rough and rutted allowing for lots of passing chances. The rough- er the track got, we really got to see the best of the best rise to the top. Matthew Leblanc, what a week, he won 15 of 16 motos, and seven of eight champion- ships. Leblanc's only loss of the week came in the second (Above) Matthew Leblanc came one moto away from having a perfect week, but winning 15 out of 16 motos isn't too bad. (Left) Austin Forkner was the top overall big-bike rider. (Right) Challen Tennant scored the most points in the super competitive B/C ranks.

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