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VILLOPOTO, HENRY TAKE ON
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now Bikes and Hill Climb
brought the Moto X action
to Aspen for the 2018 Winter X
Games, bringing out talent like
Ryan Villopoto, Doug Henry
and Travis Whitlock. Yamaha
turned one of its YZ450Fs into a
snow bike weapon for Villopoto
to race in Aspen. The four-time
Supercross champion qualified
fourth, but then crashed out of
his heat race and did not make
it to the main event.
"I'm bummed I crashed in my
heat," Villopoto said. "We had
great speed all day, so disap-
pointed to not have a shot at the
podium in the final. We will be
back next year with a bit more
preparation and time to get that
[gold]."
The Snow BikeCross final
was won by Cody Matechuk,
with defending champ Brock
Hoyer and Kody Kamm taking
silver and bronze. Among other
dirt bike personalities at the
Winter X Games in Aspen were
Josh Hill, Axell Hodges and
Jimmy Jarrett.
In the adaptive Snow Bike-
Cross, Doug Henry put on a
clinic, taking the win and the
gold.
Harley Davidson got behind
the first-ever X Games Snow Hill
Climb event, which sent V-twin
Harley's racing side-by-side up
the SuperPipe course. Travis
Whitlock proved that his hill-
climbing skills translate well to
snow, taking the first X Games
Harley-Davidson Snow Hill
Climb gold medal.
Snow Bike Best Trick was
the third Moto X event of the
Winter X Games, and Rob Adel-
berg took the gold with a body
varial. Silver and bronze went
to Jackson Strong and Robert
Haslam.CN
