Jarvis Wins Hixpania Hard Enduro
B
ritain's Graham Jarvis
(Husqvarna) took the overall
win at Spain's Hixpania Hard En-
duro, round four of the World En-
duro Super Series, June 21-23.
This is Jarvis' second consecutive
win in the WESS Championship
(the last one coming at Erzberg),
which puts him at the top of the
2019 WESS leaderboard.
In what proved to be a hotly
contested battle, it was Sherco
Factory Racing's Mario Roman of
Spain who narrowly beat Jarvis
for the win in Sunday's Mitas Lost
Roads Hard Enduro race, secur-
ing him an overall podium result
of third. Event leader Alfredo
Gomez (Husqvarna) placed fifth
in Sunday's race, the Spaniard
slipping to second in the event's
overall classification.
The third and final day of racing
saw the 70 riders who qualified
through from Saturday's Campoo
de X-Treme race tackle the tough
and demanding Lost Roads Hard
Enduro. During the two-and-a-
half-hour race, a short course laid
out around a challenging quarry
and surrounding forest pushed
competitors to their limits.
A Le Mans-style start saw rid-
ers race on foot to their bikes,
which were located in a cave. Ro-
man was first to enter with Taddy
Blazusiak (KTM) hot on his heels.
The duo swapped and changed
the race lead during the opening
two laps as everyone settled into
the rhythm of the race.
Knowing that only a top-two
result would suffice if rival Gomez
were to place fifth or better, Jarvis
determinedly worked his way
towards the front of the field. With
one hour to go, both Jarvis and
Roman had broken clear of Man-
uel Lettenbichler (KTM) in third.
Battling closely, they entered the
final lap wheel to wheel.
Roman managed to edge slightly
ahead as they entered the finish-
ing arena, however, a mistake on
a downhill allowed Jarvis to regain
the lead momentarily. But Roman
was eager to impress his home
crowd and fought his way back in
front to power up the final climb for
the final day's race win.
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(L-R) Alfredo Gomez,
winner Graham Jarvis
and Mario Roman
made up the Hixpania
Hard Enduro podium.
PHOTO: FUTURE7MEDIA
