A for🎶mer MotoGP rider reigned supreme in a King of the Baggers race in America on Saturday.

Loris Baz꧑ won for the first time in the MotoAmerica category at Michelin Racewa🅘y Road Atlanta.

It was Baz’s first time on the S&S/Indian Motorcycle-backed Indian Challe🤡n💜ger, and he had to tackle wet and tricky conditions.

It seemed that Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Kyle Wy𒁏man was on course to win the King of the Baggers race on Saturday.

But Baz crept past teamma🐻te Troy Herfoss into second, but still trailed Wyman into the fiওnal lap.

🅰Baz brilliantly overtook Wyman on the back straight, then led into 10-A, and won by .199 of a second.

French rider Baz is competing in his third MotoAmꦐerica campaign but has switche🍨d from the Superbike category for 2025.

Baz has raced for two season꧒s in British Superbikes, nine seasons in World Superbikes, and three in MotoGP.

After winning on Satur♋day in America, he said: “Well, it went fromꩵ just trying to survive to seeing I was catching (gaining ground).

“But at the same time, so many moments. I almost crashed 25 times in that race. I had big moments with the rear, but Iꦯ feel like I was controlling the rear, playing with that li💟mit.

“But my main concern was the front. On those three first laps before the race (a practice session), I had a really bad feeling on the front. I was not expectin♔g to fight for the win in that race.

“But then we restarted, and I coul꧋d see that everyone was a little bit struggling. Even if I had a lot of problems on the lean angle on the front, I kind of found some lines and I was able to just brake hard straight, not lean the bike too much, and change a little bit my lines.

“It took me a little bit of time to overtake Troy (Herfoss), because with that bad feeling and ꦐthe 𝓡moments I was having, I didn’t want to take him out.

“It was sketchy, but after two laps I saw that I was catching Kyle (Wyman) in a lot of places. So, I went from trying to secure second place to accepting the risk of trying to catch him. I knew🌼 that I was on the limit, but I think everyone was.

“I was preꦿtty happy. I knew I had no chance to overtake him anywhere, unless on the straight into 10A. Then I had a big moment in the exit of 10B, but that was th🔴e third or fourth time in that race, so I was expecting that.

“I’m super happy. It doesn’t matter the class. When you ne🍸ver rode a bike in the wet and you go first time, it’s just a matt𓆉er of how good your crew is to guess setup for you. So, big thanks to them.

“They did a great job to guess the right setup for me. Obviously, I’m much b⛄igger than those guys, than Tyler (O’Hara) and Troy (Herfoss), so you can’t copy and paste the setup.

“I’m happy. I’m p🍰roud of what we are doing inside the team and all the p♏eople involved. It’s a massive challenge.

“First time ri♚ding a bike with no TC in the wet, it’s been 15 years. It’s something I love, but we have to remember how to do it. So, I’m happy.”