Dirt and Trail Magazine October 2020

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Started in 2010 by the local Kemer Enduro
Club who managed to get the lads behind
Romaniacs involved the following year. With
their experience and know how the Sea 2 Sky
soon became an annual bucket list challenge
for any self-respecting hard enduro rider.
You don’t have to be a pro rider or be part of
an international team, several guys based
around Europe rent out bikes, back vehicles
and service teams. You just need to have the
money to get yourself and pay your way, once
you have rented a bike and a team you are off
to the races. And what a way to race it is, go
out in the morning and ride with your mates in
possibly some of the most photogenic scenery
around, get back around lunchtime then go
and chill on a Mediterranean beach with a
cold one while the team earns their rental fee
prepping your bike for the next days racing,
that sounds like a bargain to us.
Last year, S.A.’s Wade Young gave it stick,
winning a couple of stages, but his team mate
Mario Roman managed to pip him at the
line for overall honours giving Wade a solid
second overall ahead of the tough old dog
Graham Jarvis. In 2020 Jarvis managed a win
over the young guns with a final day’s time of
2:28:15 and had this to say:
“It was a great race today and I was lucky if I
am honest, especially after damaging the bike
earlier in the event. I went into the Mountain
Race about 4 minutes behind Billy and as
all the top guys ended up riding together, I
thought there was no chance for me today.
Billy took a wrong turn and I managed to get
out in front of him and that for the last 20
minutes.”
Wade Young had a great ride on day 4 to
‘kiss the sky’ on the top of Mt. Olympos for a
close second spot behind Jarvis sealing P2
for the second year in row … Third times a
charm Wade, we are all rooting for you. Wade
was happy to be back in business saying, “it
felt good to be back racing this weekend.”
Also saying, “It was good to be battling with
the boys this weekend, happy with P2 for the
weekend.” Sending out his gratitude to his
team and sponsors.
Billy bolt was in top form the entire 4 days,
with a win on the beach and dominating the
subsequent forest and sky races and led
most of Saturdays race before being waylaid
by some route marking tape left over from a
previous race. The wasted time essentailly
cost Billy overall honours. Billy had the
following to say, “ Overall, it’s been a really
good week here in Turkey, I am really happy
with my riding and know I had the pace to
win every day. I had led 80 or 90% of the
Mountain Race and was first to reach this
tricky hill, it seems they had left some route
marking tape up from last year and I followed
it. By the time I had realised and turned back
I had lost too much time.” Mario Roman also
followed Billy down that particular rabbit hole,
but still managed a tight fourth overall at the
end of the weekend’s racing.
Mah Bru! ... you have just got to come do this.
You don't have to have the latest and greatest machine,
you just have to have fun.
This is how tight the race up the mountain was, all 3
podium finishers giving it horns up the mountain.
Final results were as follows:
1. GRAHAM Jarvıs 02:28:15,57;
2. WADE Young 02:31:39,33;
3. MARİO Roman 02:35:22,18;
4. BİLLY Bolt 02:35:39,25;
5. TEODOR Kabakchiev 02:51:05,39;
6. LEE Sampson 03:26:34,38;
7. PETER Weiss 03:37:05,80;
8. JONATHAN Richardson 03:37:14,07;
9. ALBERTO Alamuro 03:40:59,42;
10. BAYRAM Uysal 03:44:53,31;
It is not all plain sailing ... sometimes you get it wrong.
Billy Bolt-ing ahead of the crowd.
Jarvis reaching the finish.
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