On The Pegs January 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 1 | Page 99

On The Pegs
RY GRAFFUNDER
VOL. 5 ISSUE 1 - JANUARY 2020
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Smashed my foot. Didn’t really start dropping the
bike until the last two laps. Just running out of steam
halfway up a hill. I was pretty happy coming from
working Monday through Friday, just doing the best I
can to be training.
“Fifth isn’t the best, but there was a pretty focused
group of talented guys here. I’m happy to finish
where I did. I could have done a little better, but I’m
happy to ride strong. I’m not a full-time racer any-
more, so to finish strong after six and a half hours of
racing is pretty awesome.”
Sixth went to Beta USA’s Max Gerston.
“I think it was a cool race,” said Gerston. “I was pac-
ing myself, but I paced myself a little bit too much. I
didn’t go hard enough early enough. I should have
pushed the envelope a little bit more, which sounds
crazy since I was on the bike for six and a half hours.
So I kind of paced myself a little too much, but at the
end of the day I had fun. Ready to take a little time off
and hit next year hard.”
Seventh was Sherco’s Grayson Gonslaves, who fin-
ished over 16 minutes behind Gerston.
Husqvarna rider David Garza was eighth, while Di-
dier Goirand (KTM) and Mitch Carvolth (Shr) rounded
out the top 10. n
OVERALL RESULTS
1. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM)
2. Benjamin Herrera (Bet)
3. Trystan Hart (KTM)
4. Cory Graffunder (Hsq)
5. Nick Fahringer (Shr)
6. Max Gerston (Bet)
7. Grayson Gonslaves (Shr)
8. David Garza (Hsq)
9. Didier Goirand (KTM)
10. Mitch Carvolth (Shr)