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turned from an injury three weeks before .
“ Now I feel like I ’ m back in tune with the bike ,” said Michael . “ This place suits me pretty good . You got to be patient . It ’ s rocky , it ’ s choppy and it ’ s not too tricky . I think this track , you can easily over-push and make more mistakes but it seems to suit my style really well .”
Michael would go on to win three tests on Saturday and four tests on Sunday , giving him the “ day win ” on Saturday and the overall win for round 4 of the series by 3 seconds over Russell .
“ This is the first time I ’ ve been able to make [ Kailub ] stress maybe a little bit ,” said Michael , who is a practice partner with Russell . “ It definitely feels good to get the win .”
Trail Jesters Racing KTM ’ s Johnny Girroir continues to impress with his top finishes from the Pro 2 division . Girroir was third overall at round 4 and first in the Pro 2 class .
“ There were no berms , no ruts . It was a lot of just kind of body position and working the motorcycle and sliding around and staying on the front end and shifting your weight around ,” said Girroir . “ For the most part , I rode really good , although I stood myself up a couple times and that ’ s all it takes is a couple seconds to lose a test .”
Grabbing his first Pro podium and fourth overall was Liam Draper . The Tely Energy Racing KTM rider started fast by winning the first Enduro test on Saturday . He consistently