GasGas brand a 1-2 finish on the day . Ashburn would round out the podium ahead of Delong and Strang , while Bollinger would cross the line with his wrist in his lap , noticeably in pain from the crash .
As the field of XC2 riders took off from the dead engine start , crossing the holeshot line first was Tely Energy KTM ’ s Liam Draper ahead of
Coastal GasGas ’ Ryder Lafferty and AmPro Yamaha ’ s Mike Witkowski . Draper would lead the way through lap one with Witkowski camped on his rear wheel , Lafferty in third with Team Babbitt ’ s Monster Energy Kawasaki ’ s Lyndon Snodgrass and Liqui-Moly Factory Beta ’ s Jonathon Johnson rounding out the first five riders . The front five would stay
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