Dirt and Trail MAY 2022
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A big result! “It feels brilliant to be back racing <strong>and</strong> even<br />
better to finish on the podium.” Graham explained. “It’s been<br />
a long road to recovery to get to this point. The initial part<br />
of today’s race was fast <strong>and</strong> I wasn’t comfortable to go with<br />
the top guys straight away - I’m still thinking about my knee.<br />
But after the service point I settled in <strong>and</strong> started to make<br />
progress. The rock section at the end was the decider <strong>and</strong> I<br />
made places there for third.”<br />
Alfredo Gomez on his Gas Gas was dogged as ever in taking<br />
fourth overall.<br />
Roman, Bolt, Jarvis, Gomez <strong>and</strong> Young were the only riders to<br />
reach check point nine on the tyre-eating course.<br />
Minus 400 is the opening round of a new look Hard Enduro<br />
World Championship, which has exp<strong>and</strong>ed to nine rounds<br />
for <strong>2022</strong>, adding this race in Israel plus events in Serbia <strong>and</strong><br />
Canada alongside classics like the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo<br />
<strong>and</strong> Red Bull Romaniacs.<br />
After the extreme heat <strong>and</strong> dry terrain of Israel’s Dead Sea,<br />
the Hard Enduro World Championship now heads deep into<br />
the Serbian Mountains for round two with the Xross Hard<br />
Enduro Rally on May 18-21.
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