Tomac comes out on top in KTM debut at WSX in Canada

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FIM WSX 2025

Round Two – Vancouver, Canada

The second round of the 2025 FIM World Supercross Championship was contested in Vancouver’s BC Stadium on Saturday night.

The dirt was a point of consternation among the riders, who complained about the inconsistency and rocks that appeared through the surface as it quickly broke down. It was also more technical than the opening round in Argentina.

Unfortunately, the sole Australian entrant in WSX, Matt Moss, aggravated a hip injury during practice that forced him to withdraw from the event. The 37-year-old hopes to be fit enough to race round three in Australia late this month.

Round Two – Vancouver – Results

SX1 Race One – Sprint

Eli Tomac and Jason Anderson were side by side down the first rhythm section, but it was the Suzuki man that got the early run to start stretching away up front as Vince Friese challenged Tomac on the opening lap before slipping down the order.

Tomac reeled in Anderson across laps two and three before taking the lead halfway through the eight-lap contest. The Coloradan went on to take the chequered flag two seconds clear of Anderson.

Ken Roczen had to recover from a poor start to work his way up through the field and recorded the fastest lap of the race on his way up to third place. The German finished less than a second behind his Pipes Suzuki team-mate Anderson.

Christian Craig took fourth for Quad Lock Honda ahead of Justin Cooper and Joey Savatgy.

SX1 Race One – Sprint Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	E. Tomac	KTM	6:43.982
2	J. Anderson	Suz	+1.849
3	K. Roczen	Suz	+2.730
4	C. Craig	Hon	+4.721
5	J. Cooper	Yam	+5.476
6	J. Savatgy	Hon	+8.920
7	H. Miller	Yam	+22.293
8	G. Aranda	Yam	+24.449
9	J. Zaragoza	Sta	+25.890
10	V. Friese	Sta	+26.176
11	J. Tixier	Yam	+26.744
12	R. Breece	Hon	+28.967
13	J. Hill	Kaw	+33.265
14	D. Simonson	Yam	+37.222
15	A. Politelli	Hon	+7 Laps

SX1 Race Two – Sprint

Justin Cooper scored the holeshot ahead of Ken Roczen and Eli Tomac when the second Sprint got underway. Cooper and Roczen broke away early as Jason Anderson took it up to Tomac in a battle for third.

Cooper managed to fend off the advances of Roczen for the first couple of laps before the Suzuki man nosed ahead on lap three. Tomac had broken away from Anderson and then made short work of Cooper as the race broached the halfway point.

Ultimately, Roczen had the speed to keep Tomac at bay and stretched away to a two-second victory over the KTM man.

Jason Anderson completed the podium a further nine seconds behind. A few bike lengths further back, Joey Savatgy claimed fourth, well clear of Quad Lock Honda team-mate Christian Craig.

SX1 Race Two – Sprint Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	K. Roczen	Suz	6m41.128
2	E. Tomac	KTM	+1.948
3	J. Anderson	Suz	+10.782
4	J. Savatgy	Hon	+11.524
5	C. Craig	Hon	+15.597
6	A. Politelli	Hon	+27.375
7	G. Aranda	Yam	+32.287
8	J. Tixier	Yam	+33.959
9	J. Hill	Kaw	+34.901
10	H. Miller	Yam	+35.565
11	J. Zaragoza	Sta	+43.364
12	D. Simonson	Yam	+48.181
13	V. Friese	Sta	+39.887
14	R. Breece	Hon	+53.614
15	J. Cooper	Yam	+1m11.491

SX1 Race Three – Main

The 12-lap main started with Eli Tomac out front, and the KTM man was never headed from there.

Ken Roczen was mired mid-pack in the early stages of the contest but wasted no time marching his way forward, blitzing past rider after rider to take second place by lap three.

Tomac showed the speed to maintain his advantage up front, preventing Roczen from ever managing to get within striking distance of his KTM.

Justin Cooper had been second early on before being usurped by Roczen and didn’t have the speed to run with the German. Taking the chequered flag thirteen seconds behind Roczen.

Jason Anderson took fourth ahead of Christian Craig and Joey Savatgy.

SX1 Race Three – Main Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	E. Tomac	KTM	10m20.433
2	K. Roczen	Suz	+2.449
3	J. Cooper	Yam	+12.939
4	J. Anderson	Suz	+1.636
5	C. Craig	Hon	+1.237
6	J. Savatgy	Hon	+0.390
7	H. Miller	Yam	+13.735
8	A. Politelli	Hon	+8.024
9	J. Zaragoza	Sta	+3.703
10	G. Aranda	Yam	+3.570
11	J. Hill	Kaw	+2.130
12	V. Friese	Sta	+5.570
13	J. Tixier	Yam	+0.233
14	R. Breece	Hon	+1 lap
DSQ	D. Simonson	Yam	+1 Lap

SX1 Round Points

Eli Tomac won the round overall on 44 points to complete a successful debut with KTM.

Pipes Suzuki riders Ken Roczen and Jason Anderson completed the podium

Pos	Rider	GP1	GP2	GP3	Total
1	E. Tomac	10	9	25	44
2	K. Roczen	8	10	22	40
3	J. Anderson	9	8	18	35
4	C. Craig	7	6	16	29
5	J. Savatgy	5	7	15	27
6	J. Cooper	6		20	26
7	H. Miller	4	1	14	19
8	G. Aranda	3	4	11	18
8	A. Politelli		5	13	18
10	J. Zaragoza	2		12	14
11	J. Hill		2	10	12
12	J. Tixier		3	8	11
13	V. Friese	1		9	10
14	R. Breece			7	7
15	D. Simonson

SX1 Championship Points

Pos	Rider	Points
1	K. Roczen	85
2	J. Anderson	65
3	J. Cooper	63
4	C. Craig	60
5	J. Savatgy	53
6	E. Tomac	44
7	H. Deegan	32
8	G. Aranda	32
9	A. Politelli	30
10	H. Miller	30
11	J. Hill	25
12	J. Zaragoza	22
13	R. Breece	21
14	D. Simonson	19
15	J. Tixier	19
16	M. Moss	14
17	V. Friese	10

SX1 Qualifying Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	E. Tomac	KTM	55.246
2	J. Cooper	Yam	+0.116
3	J. Savatgy	Hon	+0.219
4	K. Roczen	Suz	+0.377
5	G. Aranda	Yam	+0.420
6	C. Craig	Hon	+0.608
7	J. Anderson	Suz	+0.972
8	J. Zaragoza	Sta	+1.413
9	A. Politelli	Hon	+1.838
10	H. Miller	Yam	+1.997
11	J. Tixier	Yam	+2.322
12	D. Simonson	Yam	+2.444
13	R. Breece	Hon	+2.678
14	V. Friese	Sta	+3.118
15	J. Hill	Kaw	+3.274

SX1 Superpole

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	J. Cooper	Yam	55.034
2	E. Tomac	Ktm	+0.753
3	J. Savatgy	Hon	+0.781
4	K. Roczen	Suz	+1.158

SX2 Race One – Sprint

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	M. Anstie	Yam	6m49.011
2	C. Schock	Yam	+3.701
3	E. Lopes	Yam	+4.455
4	C. Thompson	Kaw	+10.536
5	C. Park	Hon	+10.552
6	M. Hicks	Sta	+10.582
7	S. McElrath	Hon	+12.289
8	K. Peters	Kaw	+13.125
9	M. Desprey	Yam	+17.531
10	K. Chisholm	Suz	+20.089
11	L. Kobusch	Sta	+24.585
12	W. Todd	Hon	+27.173
13	N. Viney	Hon	+31.338
14	R. Wageman	Suz	+2 Laps

SX2 Race Two – Sprint

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	M. Anstie	Yam	6m52.609
2	C. Schock	Yam	+2.372
3	E. Lopes	Yam	+5.305
4	C. Park	Hon	+9.495
5	K. Peters	Kaw	+11.804
6	C. Thompson	Kaw	+12.801
7	M. Hicks	Sta	+13.362
8	S. McElrath	Hon	+14.360
9	K. Chisholm	Suz	+22.101
10	W. Todd	Hon	+23.868
11	R. Wageman	Suz	+24.310
12	N. Viney	Hon	+25.226
13	L. Kobusch	Sta	+27.405
14	M. Desprey	Yam	+29.609

SX2 Race Three – Main

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	M. Anstie	Yam	10m45.051
2	C. Schock	Yam	+3.834
3	E. Lopes	Yam	+6.768
4	C. Park	Hon	+9.110
5	K. Peters	Kaw	+10.543
6	S. McElrath	Hon	+11.526
7	M. Hicks	Sta	+12.607
8	C. Thompson	Kaw	+21.411
9	R. Wageman	Suz	+24.081
10	L. Kobusch	Sta	+29.375
11	M. Desprey	Yam	+32.166
12	W. Todd	Hon	+36.524
13	N. Viney	Hon	+38.947
14	K. Chisholm	Suz	+6 Laps

SX2 Round Points

Pos	Rider	GP1	GP2	GP3	Total
1	M. Anstie	10	10	25	45
2	C. Schock	9	9	22	40
3	E. Lopes	8	8	20	36
4	C. Park	6	7	18	31
5	K. Peters	3	6	16	25
6	C. Thompson	7	5	13	25
7	M. Hicks	5	4	14	23
8	S. McElrath	4	3	15	22
9	R. Wageman			12	12
10	M. Desprey	2		10	12
11	L. Kobusch			11	11
12	W. Todd		1	9	10
13	K. Chisholm	1	2	7	10
14	N. Viney			8	8

SX2 Championship Points

Pos	Rider	Points
1	M. Anstie	90
2	C. Schock	74
3	E. Lopes	62
4	S. McElrath	59
5	C. Thompson	57
6	C. Park	54
7	K. Peters	49
8	M. Hicks	40
9	M. Desprey	30
10	K. Chisholm	25
11	L. Kobusch	20
12	R. Wageman	20
13	A. Bourdon	15
14	N. Viney	15
15	W. Todd	10

SX2 Qualifying Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	M. Anstie	Yam	56.307
2	C. Schock	Yam	+0.634
3	C. Park	Hon	+0.809
4	E. Lopes	Yam	+1.282
5	K. Peters	Kaw	+1.468
6	C. Thompson	Kaw	+1.536
7	S. McElrath	Hon	+1.693
8	R. Wageman	Suz	+1.886
9	M. Desprey	Yam	+2.178
10	M. Hicks	Sta	+2.385
11	W. Todd	Hon	+2.542
12	N. Viney	Hon	+3.152
13	K. Chisholm	Suz	+3.303
14	L. Kobusch	Sta	+3.837