VOL. 53 ISSUE 28 JULY 19, 2016 P93
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ace day. The only day that matters. A
year's worth of planning and prepa-
ration, crunched into a run measur-
ing the best part of 10-and-a-half minutes.
I'd never felt pressure before when I
raced. Indeed, I'd never raced in anything
warranting the presence of genuine pres-
sure. This race was different.
After qualifying on pole position, I'd
suddenly gone from thinking a podium
was the outside best I could hope for to
being in the position where I genuinely
thought I could win. The KTM Super
Duke felt like it was on rails in qualifying.
Every input felt easy, smooth, exactly
what you want your bike to feel like. On
race day, it was the same bike, but I felt
different.
