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00:00Finally entering, and we're underway in Vancouver.

00:03Tomac with a great start.

00:05He's going to get the hole shot on that Red Bull KTM.

00:08Wow, massive hole shot, and Roxen's mid-pack.

00:11Yes, he is. He's back in about 10th position.

00:14There he is right there jumping into your screen.

00:17But out front, it's the Red Bull KTM of Eli Tomac with Justin Cooper

00:21right behind him on the 32 in second place.

00:25We all know that Eli Tomac loves power, wants power.

00:29I talked to Ian Harrison today after practice,

00:31and he said, we're giving him everything we got.

00:33He used all of it there.

00:34And look who just moved into third on the Suzuki.

00:37That's Anderson.

00:38But look at how fast Roxen has gotten into the top five.

00:42And here he comes trying to get inside of Christian Craig.

00:44That'll put him in fourth.

00:45He's got it done now.

00:46He's on his teammate's backside.

00:48Yeah, Roxen made a really aggressive pass.

00:51He knows that Tomac's out front.

00:53Can he not waste any time?

00:54Anderson knows he's there.

00:55Now Obre allows his teammate to go by.

00:57And Roxen's up to third, closing on Cooper.

01:01Clashes of Millville.

01:02Ken Roxen goes through the field so good on opening laps.

01:06He sees the track different.

01:07He talks about the fast twitch muscles that he uses.

01:10Perfect example of it there.

01:11He wastes no time on anybody on the opening laps.

01:16Ken Roxen on that progressive PMG Suzuki going after him.

01:21He's got his teammate behind him holding down third.

01:25And he's got his arch nemesis up in front of him.

01:28All right.

01:28So here's the challenge for Ken Roxen.

01:31He needs to get past Justin Cooper.

01:34But he's also 3.1 seconds behind Tomac.

01:38So he can't lose any more time.

01:40And he has to make the move and then try to reel in Tomac.

01:43Last time around, Tomac was a 54.1 and Roxen was a 55.3.

01:49Roxen is right there on Cooper.

01:50He's got him to the outside.

01:53Into the whoops they go.

01:54And you've got a new rider in second place.

01:56His name is Ken Roxen, a two-time World Supercross champ.

01:59Well, and this was my comment before the race started.

02:02I feel like the only two riders that are going to be able to make some passes

02:06if they don't get the start is going to be Tomac or Roxen.

02:10Well, Tomac didn't need it.

02:12Roxen just proved that point right.

02:14But now does he have the speed to catch Eli Tomac?

02:18Okay, a 55.2 for Tomac, a 54.6 for Roxen.

02:23The gap over the finish line jump, 2.7 seconds on that last lap.

02:27We're a fourth of the way through this one.

02:30Let's see how it plays out.

02:31Well, he's got the speed.

02:32He's proven that.

02:33Now, can he sustain it?

02:35Because this track is the toughest it's been all night long.

02:38Tractor's done their best, but this thing is rutted up.

02:41We're not even halfway through.

02:42Points as we run Tomac up by four.

02:45That's how they would finish.

02:46The overall would go to Tomac, and he would break the tie with Roxen.

02:52Tomac, once again, at the end of that whoops section,

02:55that Red Bull KTM was a little bit side-to-side with that rear wheel.

02:59Roxen better through the whoops that time around.

03:02Look at him cutting the turn right there, cutting down early,

03:05and staying out of all of those nasty ruts.

03:07It was a half a second quicker than Tomac.

03:11Yeah, he ran a 54.3 to a 54.8, and he shaved off a few tenths.

03:17The gap is now 2.2 between the top two as we get into lap five here.

03:22Different rhythms before that triple, Tomac doing the big line.

03:26Kenny staying low and doing that tap off the tabletop.

03:29So I love that about this track.

03:30You don't have to take the same line.

03:32A lot of different things are working.

03:34These two are using different options.

03:36That might be the key as we close this thing down and this track tears apart.

03:40Roxen was 3 1⁄2 seconds behind Tomac when he made the pass on Justin Cooper.

03:46Now it's 1 1⁄2 seconds.

03:49He's chopped it in half, and we have about half of the race left to go.

03:54One thing we know that is not going to come into play here with these two athletes is fitness.

03:59They are both at the top of their game when it comes to fitness.

04:03You see the two different lines.

04:09Tomac going over those breaking bumps, going to the outside.

04:12Roxen trying to draw, you know, take the shorter line to the inside.

04:18And I like what Roxen does right here.

04:20Doubles up onto the bird.

04:22But watch how he cuts down to a clean line.

04:25Look at this, the ultimate lap so far tonight.

04:27Tomac has put together the quickest sectors in all four here tonight.

04:33He would have the ultimate lap if you could piece the perfect lap together.

04:37He is really ripping on that Red Bull KTM.

04:42Hammering those whoops.

04:43Dropped in with a little 3 out.

04:45They found that line.

04:46Cody Schock was doing it earlier.

04:47Kenny's done it in this race as well.

04:50Guys, as he crosses the finish line jump,

04:52Eli Tomac is halfway home here in race number three from the checkered flag.

04:57Well, the gap was one and a half seconds.

05:00Now it's almost three seconds.

05:02Yeah, 2.8.

05:03Just like that, Tomac drops the hammer.

05:06He's found his lines.

05:07He's found the groove and the focus.

05:09He had the pressure of Roxen.

05:12And that intensity back there just has spurred him on.

05:16Oh, and Roxen flips a tough block.

05:19That's not going to help him at all.

05:22He's still working at the Suzuki, the number 94.

05:27He's got a lot of time left, plenty of time.

05:30But Justin Cooper hasn't fallen off the back that much either.

05:35He's still in third.

05:36Anderson has continued to hold off Christian Craig on the 28.

05:40And behind them is Joey Savace, running in sixth.

05:46Throw some respect out to those boys.

05:48Still blitzing those whoops all the way through, as beat up as they are.

05:52Two of your taller riders, known for their whoop speed, late in this race, late in this night.

05:57Still blitzing through in their battle for fourth.

06:00We have a shout-out to Henry Miller at seventh and Paulatelli in eighth.

06:07Zaragoza, the first Stark in the race there in ninth.

06:15Anderson, he's going to put together another good night here.

06:19He's keeping himself in championship point contention as we get ready to head to Australia.

06:27Well, and these two riders on screen right now with Anderson and Craig are two of the riders

06:31that people really hadn't paid to be the championship contenders,

06:36like the favorites to win this SX1 World Championship.

06:39Kristen, what can you tell us?

06:45Watching Ken Roxen and Eli Tomek in these final laps, there's so much I'm noticing, guys.

06:51We are watching two Titans of this sport battle it out.

06:55And I'm noticing a lot about their riding styles.

06:58Ken Roxen just so loose, so slowy.

07:00And then you look at Eli Tomek, structured, just pure perfection and emotion.

07:05What are you guys noticing about these two Titans in this race?

07:08Tomek, the 33-year-old out of Colorado, out front and leading here in race number three

07:15as we continue to watch Anderson and Craig fighting over fourth.

07:20Yeah, Craig's been right there.

07:21Just I was going to say he's been peppering Anderson with,

07:27but I think it's the other way around, right?

07:29Anderson, that roost has just been right in Craig's face pretty much the entire race.

07:35Some of these sections like this, this turns a little bit one line.

07:39Everybody's in the same spot.

07:41You can see our overall standings as they run.

07:44Tomek would win the overall by four over Roxen if they finish one and two like they're running right now.

07:49And Kenny has lost a little bit more ground to Eli.

07:52The gap now almost four seconds between Tomek on the Red Bull KTM

07:58and Roxen on the Progressive Backpipes Motorsports Group Suzuki.

08:03I'm impressed with Kenny's night.

08:04I mean, it's not over.

08:06But race two, getting the win the way he did was great.

08:09But race one and race three, the starts weren't there.

08:12And he made moves, had to make passes, made them quick,

08:16and still showed those flashes that we all know he has.

08:18I mean, this has been a great night for him and his fur.

08:21Eli Tomek, so much interest in what this may look like.

08:25Jeff, Honda, Cowie, Yamaha.

08:27And now to a KTM steel frame.

08:29Like, what would it look like?

08:31And I'm impressed.

08:32He's still riding with power.

08:34You see the little head tilt right there.

08:35That's when you know he's happy.

08:36And I think he's checked the box.

08:39Tomek, KTM, this thing's going to work.

08:42Yeah, it's a good, great combination.

08:45I mean, think about that, four different manufacturers.

08:49If he could bring this one home and win him tonight,

08:51that would be four wins in the premier class on four different manufacturers.

08:57Did you really have any doubt that it wouldn't?

09:01I mean, I had a few fans asking me, what do you think?

09:03What do you think?

09:04It's Eli Tomek.

09:05I did just before when we were making our picks.

09:08I struggled with it because Ken Roxson was looking so sharp.

09:13I don't mean that.

09:14I mean, did you believe that Tomek would match up perfectly with the KTM?

09:19I was trying to rub it into Daniel that I think Tomek for the win.

09:23Here we go.

09:24Coming to one to go.

09:27You know, Ralph, Tomek is in his 30s now.

09:30A couple years ago, thought he may retire.

09:33You question where the motivation is.

09:34And then he signs up for another year, goes to a new manufacturer,

09:37a new energy drink.

09:38And you're thinking, where is the motivation?

09:41What are we going to get out of it?

09:41And from the first lap yesterday, he was all in.

09:45And that's because he's all in.

09:47So to answer your question, not when he's all in.

09:51Tomek is a bad man and a legend.

09:53And he's going to be great moving forward.

09:54Here's Ken Roxson, still hanging on in second.

09:58Another great legend.

09:59He's far from done as well.

10:00This battle is going to continue on to the end of 25 and all throughout 2026 between these

10:07two as Eli Tomek makes his way around.

10:10It will be his fifth overall win and his 16th race victory in his World Supercross career.

10:19Here he comes.

10:20Eli Tomek wins the overall as he wins race number three here at the Canadian GP

10:26and lights the candles in Vancouver.

10:31Roxson in second, waiting Justin Cooper.

10:35Here he comes to take third.

10:38He'll do so on the Yamaha and the crowd giving their approval here in BC.

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