FLAT TRACK
BARCELONA SUPERPRESTIGIO INDOOR SHORT TRACK
DECEMBER 12, 2015
PALAU SANT JORDI STADIUM / BARCELONA, SPAIN
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Europeans. Baker got the job
done in the Superfinal, capi-
talizing on a mistake by Marc
Márquez at the start, but Mees'
tough passage through the
Open category left him with a
poor starting position. Forced
to fight his way forward on a
fast track where passing was
hard, Mees could only manage
the final podium spot, making
Márquez the Spanish filling in
an American sandwich.
The bar had been raised
so high that even in the Open
category, consisting of the
cream of European dirt track
and other off-road disciplines,
getting straight through to the
Superfinal, where Baker and
Mees faced the top road rac-
ers, was not easy. In the first
Open final, Mees had finished
third, and Baker fourth.
(Right) Baker leading Márquez. The
Bullet's victory makes him the first two-
time winner of what is fast becoming the
premier dirt track race in the world.