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KTM Motocross Racing Team’s Luke Styke has claimed a convincing first MX1 round victory at Broadford’s third stop of the 2015 MX Nationals this afternoon.

Former MX2 champion Styke broke through for his first-ever MX1 win in a controversial first race, after CDR Yamaha teammates Dan Reardon and Kade Mosig crashed together while in positions one and two.

Reardon led early before coming under pressure from Mosig, the pair’s lines soon coming together and ruling Reardon out of the moto with bike damage as a result.

That left Styke to soldier on for victory over Adam Monea and the much-improved John Phillips, who fended off fellow Kiwi Cody Cooper and rookie Kale Makeham in a consistent effort.

The top 10 was a mixed bag, featuring Jesse Dobson in sixth, Kirk Gibbs seventh after multiple heavy crashes, then Dylan Long, Cheyne Boyd and Daniel McCoy.

Ford Dale was an uncustomary 11th from Mosig, who managed to salvage 12th, Lawson Bopping 13th and Aaron Tanti 14th after he was strong in the opening part of the moto.

Gibbs bounced back to win the second MX1 moto after an entertaining duel with Reardon. It was Gibbs who led the opening laps and then Reardon took charge, but by the end it was Gibbs who made his way to the front for the final moto win of the round.

Reardon was second and the ever-consistent Styke third, which secured him his first round victory of the year and in MX1 ahead of Adam Monea, fourth in moto two, and Gibbs overall.

In the moto finishing fifth was Dylan Long, while Cooper, Bopping, a frsutrated Mosig after another crash, Makeham and Boyd.

Dobson was outside the top 10 this time in 11th, as was Phillips in 12th and Dale down in 16th. Daniel McCoy was a notable non-finisher at the end of the moto.

The championship leader’s red plate still belongs to Gibbs, now ahead of Styke in second for a KTM 1-2, and Mosig currently sitting third despite a disastrous day at Broadford.

2015 MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship
Round three – Broadford, VIC

MX1 overall results:
1. Luke Styke 65
2. Adam Monea 60
3. Kirk Gibbs 59
4. Cody Cooper 53
5. Dylan Long 49
6. John Phillips 49
7. Kale Makeham 48
8. Jesse Dobson 45
9. Cheyne Boyd 43
10. Lawson Bopping 42
11. Kade Mosig 42
12. Ford Dale 35
13. Daniel Banks 34
14. Daniel Reardon 32
15. Darcy Jones 32
16. Aaron Tanti 31
17. Izak Maule 30
18. Rory McKercher 25
19. Mathew McEntee 25
20. Jayden Conforto 22

MX1 championship standings:
1. Kirk Gibbs 204
2. Luke Styke 185
3. Kade Mosig 169
4. Adam Monea 159
5. Lawson Bopping 158
6. Cody Cooper 151
7. Dylan Long 144
8. Jesse Dobson 140
9. Kale Makeham 135
10. Daniel Reardon 124
11. John Phillips 102
12. Aaron Tanti 101
13. Ford Dale 99
14. Darcy Jones 91
15. Daniel McCoy 89
16. Daniel Banks 87
17. Cheyne Boyd 83
18. Izak Maule 81
19. Daniel McEntee 79
20. Scott Green 49

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