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and focusing on his line choices , he pushed on to incredibly win race one . Now with a clearer understanding of his situation , Bolt focused on the remaining two races . Mindful of his knee injury , Bolt took a measured approach to race two , which saw the start order reversed . From the outside of row two , he steadily worked his way up to seventh position on lap one . With a group of riders battling for a top-three position , he spent the next couple of laps working his way into third place before reaching second with less than two minutes to go . Pushing hard on his FE350 to bridge the eight-second gap to leader Jonny Walker , Bolt gladly took control of the race lead with two laps to go . Remaining mistake-free , he raced on to secure his second victory of the night in Riesa . With the gate dropping on the start of race three , Bolt put his FE350 into second place on the opening lap . As had been the case for the majority of the night , he went head-tohead with race leader Jonny Walker for the victory and pulled away from the chasing pack . However , with three minutes to go a mistake from Bolt on the tyres saw him drop back from Walker ’ s rear wheel . Battling hard to reduce the seven second gap , the Husqvarna rider came within striking distance of victory on the final lap only to come unstuck on the bridge section . Settling for second position , Bolt still claimed the overall victory in Riesa , and with it further extended his championship lead . “ What can I say , it ’ s been a tough night ”, Bolt said . “ After injuring my knee in practice I wasn ’ t 100 per cent sure if I could race , so to finish on the top step of the podium is beyond my expectations tonight . It was a tough track out there , but I tried to be as patient in my riding as I could . Winning the opening race was great and it gave me motivation to keep pushing through each moto . Claiming two out of three race wins for the overall victory has been great for the championship . The plan now is to get checked out and get ready to go again in Romania for round four .” The FIM SuperEnduro World Championship now heads to Cluj in Romania for round four on January 20 .
26 KIWI RIDER