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.

FIM WSX 2025
Round Two – Vancouver, Canada

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.

FIM WSX 2025
Round Two – Vancouver, Canada

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.

FIM WSX 2025
Round Two – Vancouver, Canada

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.

FIM WSX 2025
Round Two – Vancouver, Canada

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

FIM WSX 2025
Round Two – Vancouver, Canada

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

FIM WSX 2025
Round Two – Vancouver, Canada

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

FIM WSX 2025
Round Two – Vancouver, Canada

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

SX2 Superpole

Pos

Rider

Bike

Time/Gap

1

M. Anstie

Yam

57.335

2

C. Schock

Yam

+0.247

3

E. Lopes

Yam

+0.580

4

C. Park

Hon

+1.386

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