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Cycle News 2017 Issue14 April 11

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP VOL. 54 ISSUE 14 APRIL 11, 2017 P53 Barcia down with him. Dungey was up dead last. Rocky Mountain ATV-MC KTM's Davi Millsaps got the holeshot, but Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Jason Anderson wasted no time dropping him to second. Millsaps settled in for second in front of Musquin, Webb and Bogle's teammate Broc Tickle. Tomac started well outside the top 10. Musquin made quick work of the leaders, though, and pushed Anderson wide for the lead before the track's triple jump to take the lead. Webb soon moved into third, but before long, Tomac was on him. Only a couple laps into the race, Tomac had caught up to Webb in third, as Tomac was putting rhythms together that nobody could match. But when Tomac went by Webb for sec- ond, Webb fought right back and shoved Tomac wide. The move seemed to fluster Tomac and fire up Webb, as Tomac 450SX It's obvious that there are no team orders at Red Bull KTM in regard to forcing Marvin Mus- quin to lay up to allow points leader and defending champion Ryan Dungey to take as many points as possible, but that wasn't destined to come into play in Seattle. Monster Energy/Yamalube/ Chaparral Yamaha's Cooper Webb was the fastest guy in daytime qualifying, and was dominant in winning his heat race while Monster Energy Kawasaki's Eli Tomac barely qualified out of his heat. Dung- ey stated that he was aiming to win in Seattle, but he got a bad jump off the start and ended up being collected in a first- turn fall when Webb clipped a Tuff Block on the inside of turn one, knocking it in front of RCH Suzuki's Justin Bogle, who clipped it and careened into Dungey, taking the champ and AutoTrader JGR Suzuki's Justin 450SX Seattle Highlights

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