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star Davey Todd . These two international riders were never more than a bike length apart throughout the Supermoto class racing and , if it weren ’ t for Todd slipping off his bike at round two at Manfeild , costing him vital points , then this class would surely have gone down to the last corner on the final lap of the final race . As it was , the pair traded wins at Whanganui , separated only by the additional point Dibben earned for qualifying fastest , so it really could have been an outcome decided by a solitary point . Whanganui ’ s Roger Bland , rounded out the podium in the Supermoto class , making it a Suzuki 1-2-3 , with him also riding a Dibben-built and DS Moto-prepared Suzuki RM-Z450 .
Dibben won the inaugural national Supermoto crown last season and was naturally delighted to hold onto that title this year , although Todd has already indicated he ’ d love to return next season . “ It was good to get the job done ,” said the 34-year-old Dibben afterwards . “ Davey won the first race ( at Whanganui ) when I had a little gremlin pop up on the bike while I was leading and I had to work a lot harder in race two because Davey ( Todd ) had begun to learn the track better and better . He got a blinder of a start , but I got past him in the end . “ Davey had only turned up at Whanganui the day before , so he ’ s obviously a fast learner ,” he smiled . The 28-year-old Todd , from North Yorkshire ,
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