On the Pegs - September 2021 Volume 6 Issue 9 - September | Page 48

Wade Young maintained a steady pace , taking a 3-4-1-4 , earning him second place overall . “ With second up for grabs , I gave it everything today to make sure it was mind . I ’ m so happy for this result , but also for Sherco going 2-3 , with Mario in third .”
“ I ’ ve enjoyed it a lot ,” said Mario Roman , going 5-2-7-2 , taking third place overall . “ It ’ s been a tough , hard week and I ’ m happy to have shown myself in this . Today the pressure was on , I knew Billy was close and he ’ d be pushing . But I also felt that if I could arrive to the service point , without losing time then it would ease the pressure in the closing stages . I managed that and was able to keep it all together to the finish .”
Coming from a rough start to the week , Billy Bolt found himself in podium contention as Offroad Day 4 started . Unfortunately , he wasn ’ t able to make up the time , and had to settle for fourth place , only five minutes 14 seconds off the podium .
“ I didn ’ t quite get the result I came here looking for ,” said Bolt . “ As ever Romaniacs never pulls its punches and on the first couple of days I took a beating . I think I was just overriding the terrain and that ’ s where the mistakes came from . I managed to tidy things up at the midway point , be more patient and the results started to come good . It ’ s a bit frustrating to just miss out
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