Tom Vialle wins overall Ironman National 250MX and finishes year second; Haiden Deegan closes year with victory
Tom Vialle and Haiden Deegan were the big winners of the Ironman National for MX 250, which took place this weekend and marked the end of the season for the category.
With the title already secured, all eyes were on the fight for second place, with Levi Kitchen the frontrunner but with Vialle within reach to try and take the position by storm, and things could hardly have gone better for the Frenchman: he won the first race and beat Kitchen, who was second, while Jordon Smith was third.RJ Hampshire and Ty Masterpool rounded off the top five respectively.
In the second race, the winner was the main figure of the year, who ended the season on a high note: Haiden Deegan. Chance Hymas was second and Hampshire third, while Vialle finished fourth and Ryder DiFrancesco finished fifth.
Kitchen saw bad luck knock on his door and crashed, handing second place definitively to Vialle, who ended the day with the most points, 43. Hymas and Hampshire both scored 38, with Deegan taking 36 and Smith 34.
With this score Vialle moved up to second place in the overall standings, and Kitchen finished the year in third.
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