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that well for the most part. But
I got good starts, put down fast
laps and got the results I need-
ed. I don't think I even crashed
once during the races. I did
struggle with a little arm pump
but apart from that things went
well so I'm pleased to win all the
races and come away with the
points lead."
Behind Haaker, the battle for
the final steps of the podium was
played out between KTM's Alfredo
Gomez and Jonny Walker. Deliver-
ing another consistent night on
the track, Gomez held off Walker
for the runner-up result.
"I felt good from the first free
practice and managed to con-
tinue that into the finals," Gomez
said. "I changed a few of the
lines I was using during the finals
and I really think that helped me.
It allowed me to stay ahead of
Jonny because he was really
pushing me hard."
Despite improving over his
performance from Poland, Walk-
er was disappointed not to be
closer to Haaker. Second fastest
to the Husqvarna rider, a collec-
tion of bad starts and mistakes
ultimately held him back in third.
"My speed was good," said
Walker. "But my starts just
weren't what I needed. It's tough
on all SuperEnduro tracks,
but especially this one here in
Germany. There was one good
line and it was so difficult getting
around riders.
"I knew I was a little faster than
Gomez, but getting ahead of
him was hard," Haaker said. "Of
course I was hoping for the win
but I feel like I rode and raced
better than I did in Poland."
Behind the leading trio the
battle for the remainder of the top
five was between Sherco's Mario
Roman and Husqvarna's Pascal
Rauchenecker. Going down to
the wire, Roman beat Rauche-
necker across the finish line in
heat three to snatch fourth.
Enduring possibly one of the
most frustrating nights of his
racing career, Mike Brown was
disappointed to end Germany in
seventh.
"I think that was possibly one
of my worst nights ever on a
bike," Brown said. "I don't think
I managed a clean lap. I'm not
really sure what happened but
I think it was just one of those
times were nothing clicked. I
didn't spend as much time on a
bike before this event as I prob-
ably should have. With Christ-
mas and that, I took a bit of a
much-needed break to recoup.
"Seventh is not good enough
for me. But with about six weeks
until round three I have some
time to get race sharp again. I
hate having a night like that so
I'm going to bust my ass now to
turn things around. I'll come out
swinging again in Spain, that's
for sure."
With a break in the schedule,
SuperEnduro resumes with the
final two rounds of the series
on back-to-back weekends in
March, starting with the GP of
Spain on March 18. CN
1. Colton Haaker (Hus)
2. Alfredo Gomez (KTM)
3. Jonny Walker (KTM)
4. Mario Roman (Shr)
5. Pascal Rauchencker (Hus)
Alfredo Gomez was runner-up.
