GOMEZ WINS SPAIN SUPERENDURO,
HAAKER THIRD
A
merican Colton Haaker
(Rockstar Energy Husqvar-
na) survived a tough night at the
office at the penultimate round
of the FIM Maxxis SuperEnduro
World Championship in Spain,
March 4, to emerge with his
points lead still intact. Admitting
to being off form, Haaker ended
his night third overall behind the
KTM duo of Alfredo Gomez and
Jonny Walker, but still heads to
the final round of the season will
an 11-point cushion over Gomez
in second.
"It was a bit of a rough night
for me," admitted Haaker. "I did
my best to salvage what I could
but it certainly didn't go the way
I hoped it would. It's hard to say
exactly why things didn't go so
well for me—I'm normally fine on a
more trials-like track like this one.
"But third at the end of a
not-so-great-night isn't too bad
at all. I'm still leading the cham-
pionship with one round to go.
I'll work hard during the next two
weeks and be ready for the final
in France."
With the series picking up
speed again following a six-
week break since round two
in Germany in early January,
all eyes were on the defending
champion Haaker to see if he
could make it two clean sweeps
in a row. But faced with a moti-
vated Gomez on home turf, and
a track that was brutal in most
places, it proved a long night for
Haaker.
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Alfredo Gomez won the SuperEnduro
round in his home country of Spain.
