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REARDON In terms of the championship standings, Given and Reardon currently share second spot and that battle will go down to the wire at the final round near Taupo on May 25. The junior riders had their 90-minute race earlier in the day and there it was Raglan’s Coby Rooks who celebrated his second win of the series. Rooks and Eltham’s defending national junior champion Adam Loveridge have RIDE - UPLOAD - REVIEW shared the wins this year – Rooks the junior race winner at round one near Norsewood in February, while Loveridge won at round two near Mosgiel in March – and Rooks is on top of the championship standings, albeit with only a slim five-point advantage. Taupo’s Wil Yeoman finished third at Marlborough and he is also third in the series points after three rounds.