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n BMX vert, Kagy won the event, ending Jamie Bestwick's season-opening AST Dew Tour winning streak at two. The 29-year-old Kagy, from Gilroy, Calif., earned 95.00 on his final run, which included a flatspin 540 double tailwhip and thrust him into first place. Bestwick, the only rider remaining, fell in his run to finish second at 94.17. Australia's Steven McCann finished third at 91.50.
"The top of the podium is always your goal coming into a competition," Kagy said.
"The first two events I was in second place behind Jamie. There was only one place for me to go and that's ahead of him."
Bestwick still holds the lead in the points standings, but Kagy is eager to surpass him.
"Tightening up the points at the third stop means I've got two
more chances to get in front of Jamie," Kagy said. "You never know what can happen when we've got two events to go." After winning X-Games Big Air Chad Kagy also steps on the top of the podium at the Dew Tour stop in Portland winning the vert comp.
Results Dew Tour Vert finals:
1st Kagy, Chad 95
2nd Bestwick, Jamie 94.17
3rd McCann, Steven 91.5
4th Tabron, Simon 90.17
5th Walker, Jimmy 90.17
6th McCoy, Dennis 89.67
7th Eggleston, Jay 88.83
8th Kraft, Koji 88.33
9th Warden, Zack 87.67
10th Parker, John 86.5