Cody Webb Wins Championship!
Sunday, April 1, 2018 at 6:11PM Cody Webb 2018 SuperEnduro World Champion
Cody Webb has won the 2018 SuperEnduro World Championship in dramatic showdown in Sweden.
Webb has been the hottest man in the 2018 championship, arriving in Sweden for the final three races of the season with a healthy 17 point lead.
It was a comfortable lead but with 60 points up for grabs in Sweden, and in this unpredictable sport, Cody knows only too well that it can all come down the wire.
And so it did as main rival Taddy Blazusiak was looking every bit the challenger on the night – winning race one while Cody was down in fourth at the flag.
Webb was putting in some good laps but by his own admission was making too many errors while Taddy looked fast and confident.
Then race two came along and just when Blazusiak was challenging Billy Bolt for the lead a suspension failure put him out of the race and out of the championship.
That left Webb free to relax and bring it home in third and in doing so take his first world championship title - lest we should forget beating an incredibly high quality field of riders.
A slightly relieved Cody said after the race: “It was a great championship for sure. It was always going to be down to the wire. I was riding tight there today and I can’t really believe it."
“To be World Champion is incredible," Cody continued, "I respect all these guys I’m racing with but you know Taddy was my idol and here we are going bar-to-bar, it's incredible.
“I rode pretty bad tonight and it wasn’t championship form but you know it is a season for a reason and that’s what counts.
“I can’t quite believe but I am World Champion! That makes me the best in the world for now and I’ll take it.”
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