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2015 MXON

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£ One of the unexpected stars of the 2015 MXoN was New
Zealand’s Ben Townley. The now semi-retired rider showed
true grit all weekend, but he really did the Kiwis proud in the
final race of the day in Ernée. Townley exploded out of the gate
and led the first part of the race. After a few laps Febvre made
his inevitable pass on the NZ legend, but Townley displayed
maximum levels of passion, never backed down and stuck with
the MXGP World Champion until the end of the race, finishing in
a well-deserved second place ahead of USA’s Justin Barcia in
third, much to the delight of the Kiwi fans.

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Ben Townley @bt1zero1
Ernee turned it on again this year, crowd was
absolutely huge and the noise they made for their
home riders was mental. All around it was a mega
weekend, Team NZ ended up 8th overall which was a
great achievement for us 3 and the whole team that
helped put it all together. Got to say a huge Thanks to
Dave Thorpe and the entire @hondaracingmx for their
effort. They bent over backwards to make it happen for
us and I truly appreciate it lads !

MTodd Waters @‫ ‏‬toddwaters47

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It was an absolute honour to
represent my country at one of
the biggest #MXON in history!

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