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Mani takes the crown: Mani Lettenbichler was a class act as he dominated one of the toughest-ever Red Bull Erzbergrodeo events. Having finished third and second in the previous two editions, Manuel Lettenbichler became the first son of a Red Bull Hare Scramble winner to also win the toughest one-day race in the with a brilliant performance. Lettenbichler’s father, Andreas, was one of four winners in 2015 when the riders were thwarted by a new section that took them into a deep, wet ravine surrounded by trees. Known as “de Grüne Hölle” (Green Hell). That event made a return this year as the Motorex Highway and the massive obstacle nearly undid the five-minute lead Lettenbichler had built by the 22nd checkpoint. The Motorex Highway knocked Lettenbichler out of his groove. Having ascended up a mountain stream, he was faced by a steep climb up a near-vertical slope covered in slippery vegetation. After four attempts, he created enough of a line up the slope to clear the obstacle, but by the time he was going down the other side, Mario Roman was already at the foot of the hill. Following his rival’s line, the Spanish rider cleared the climb at the first attempt and was hot on his heels. “That nearly killed me,” said Lettenbichler at the finish line. “I was the first guy to arrive and there was just no line. I had to try several lines and then I pulled some logs out of the way, which made it a little bit easier for the rest of the riders. But I was so done after that.” This all set up a fantastic chase to the finish, as the Sherco rider pursued the KTM man through the super tough Dynamite section. With Lettenbichler looking stranded on a new climb, Roman drew up to the start of Dynamite just 50 yards behind, but the German was able to clear the section, put the hammer down and speed off to the final climb at Lazy Noon. After 2h 58m 51s of racing, Lettenbichler crossed the finish line to take a spectacular victory and his second consecutive win of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship season after victory at Xross Serbia. Trystan Hart - Watch out boys! “When I cleared Lazy Noon, I was like, ‘Oh man, how sick is this’. Literally, the last push wasn’t too difficult and it was an unbelievable feeling. I’m over the moon. It means so much that both my dad and I have won this race. Not many people will do that.” Roman takes the 2nd step. With most of the field still trying to reach the first checkpoint at Wasserleittung (Water Pipe), Mario Roman crossed the line a mere three minutes behind Lettenbichler to take a brilliant second place. Clearly emotional, the Spaniard dedicated the result to his grandfather, who had passed away earlier in the week. Having won the opening race of the championship, the Minus 400 in Israel, the Spaniard is squarely in the title race. “I made a decent start, but there was a crazy amount of dust and I lost a lot of positions, but then I reached the forest. I kept calm, ran at my own pace and started to make up some places one-by-one. Second place was the best I could manage this year. The race is getting harder and harder every year. For sure, this was the hardest one yet. The toughest part is that there were some surprises on the track. We walked the track on Saturday and thought we knew every section, but there were several sections I didn’t recognise.” Trystan Hart the Big Surprise: A big surprise to everyone was Trystan Hart. The Canadian endurocross star, who’s leading the US hard enduro series. He is competing in four races in the world championship this year. He produced an amazing run, even recovering from a slip that dropped him to seventh on the run up to Double Fault. Hart climbed back up to third through Carl’s Dinner, passing our Wade Young, Billy Bolt and Freddy Gómez to take third place and become the first Canadian on the podium at Red Bull Erzbergrodeo. An astonishing achievement on his debut. Next year Hart is rumoured to be racing the full season, watch out boys.
A Battered Billy Bolt: 2 South Africans out of 8 finishers Billy Bolt crossed the line in fourth, having ridden through the pain barrier. Nursing an injured right foot and left hand, the defending FIM Hard Enduro world champion came into the weekend as joint leader of the championship needing to minimize the damage to his campaign. He stuck with Lettenbichler at the start before falling back and taking a heavy tumble in Carl’s Dinner. He held off challenges from Gómez and Young, crossing the finish line – his jersey in shreds – in fourth place to take vital points and retain the championship lead. Alfredo Gomez pips Michael Walkner: Two-time winner Alfredo Gómez – who now heads up his own GasGas team – came across the line in fifth place ahead of Michael Walkner. 20 year old Walkner is the first and highest highest Austrian official finisher at the event. He crossed the line to riotous and deserved applause from the home crowd. A star is born. South Africans Amaze: Wade Young and Matthew Green, were the last of the finishers, Young nursing what was left of his bike and its buckled wheel over the finish. The final kilometres got the better of Wade Young’s bike after he was running in fourth. He limped home in seventh just ahead of the final official finisher and compatriot Matty Green in eighth. What happened to Jarvis?: After bike drowning problems right off the start, Graham started the race one hour late. From 500th and last, he was inside the top 50 by checkpoint 13, by Udo’s (CP18) he was top 30, after Carl’s he was top 20, the Motorex hill (CP22 of 27) was as far as Graham could manage, knocking on the door of a top 10 finish as the four-hour cut-off arrived.
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