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Cycle News 2013 Issue 04 Jan 29

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VOL. 50 ISSUE 4 JANUARY 29, 2013 P45 D CHAMPIONSHIP made a little mistake on the second or third lap and gave me a bit of breathing room. But he slowly caught back up to me, he was running a really fast pace, and I just did what I could and rode as fast as I could for as long as I could and came home with second." Meanwhile, Anderson jumped up to fifth in points after failing to qualify for the Phoenix rounds with his podium finish. "I got a good start and I made a pass at the beginning and just hung out in third the rest of the race," said Anderson. "I was hoping I would progress a little sooner than this, I felt like I could have had a couple of better races, but I'm happy with tonight and where we're going right now, I think we're heading in the right direction." After winning the first three rounds rather impressively, Tomac came into Oakland riding a wave of confidence. But as it's been all year, the start is ever so important and the GEICO Honda rider has been struggling in this department since Anaheim I. Once again, Tomac failed to get a good start, and while he's been able to overcome that by working his way through traffic at the first three rounds, this time it bit him. Trying to make up ground, Tomac crashed twice on the opening lap, the second one coming in the whoops. It was a hard fall that slammed him to the ground. He was slow to his feet, obviously sore and shaken up. He thought about finishing off the race but couldn't because of his bent up motorcycle. "It was a frustrating night, for sure," Tomac said. "I didn't get the kind of start that I wanted and wound up getting in a big pile up. I was able to get back up from that but a little while later I just lost it in whoops." For Tomac, this season is looking a whole lot like last year's when he had to come back from a bad race. With five races remaining on the schedule, Tomac now trails new leader Ken Roczen by 15 points and second place Cole Seely by four points in the West division. "The competition is so close in this class that you can't afford to have bad nights like this," Tomac said. "I'll just head back, focus on my starts and get ready for next week. It's a bump in the road, but there's still time to come back and get the red plate back." CN RESULTS 450 MAIN 1. Ryan Villopoto (Kaw) 2. Davi Millsaps (Suz) 3. Ryan Dungey (KTM) 4. Trey Canard (Hon) 5. Mike Alessi (Suz) 6. Andrew Short (Hon) 7. Matt Goerke (KTM) 8. Broc Tickle (Suz) 9. Vince Friese (Hon) 10. Justin Brayton (Yam) 250 WEST MAIN 1. Ken Roczen (KTM) 2. Cole Seely (Hon) 3. Jason Anderson (Suz) 4. Martin Davalos (Kaw) 5. Malcolm Stewart (KTM) 6. Joey Savatgy (KTM) 7. Kyle Cunningham (Yam) 8. Austin Politelli (Hon) 9. Christian Craig (Hon) 10. Zach Osborne (Hon)

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