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Although losing the battle,
Jarvis ultimately won the war, with
second place enough to give him
the overall Hixpania Hard Enduro
win and with it move to the top of
the championship standings.
Entering the final day of rac-
ing having won the previous
two days, Gomez was unable to
respond to the attack by Jarvis.
Admitting to struggling early on,
he could only finish fifth for the
runner-up result.
Putting in a strong ride on
Sunday for fourth, Billy Bolt
(Husqvarna) ended his weekend
fourth overall. Charging his way
to third in Sunday's Lost Roads,
Lettenbichler completed the over-
all top five.
"What an event and it's crazy to
think I'm leading the WESS now,"
Jarvis said. "I'm not going to get
too excited just yet, though, and
my plan is to take each race as
it comes. Romaniacs is going to
be the game changer. Hopefully,
I can at least finish it this year. It
was a tough race today; I was still
tired from yesterday. It was fast,
but there were still some techni-
cal bits. I think everyone was
really feeling it, and I know I was
on the limit today."
"I tried to push as hard as
I could today, but just ran out
of strength in the last half of
the race—no power at all," said
Gomez. "All I could do was to
keep on going, try not to crash
and stay on the bike. I am happy
with how the race has gone, and
I gave it my all. Congratulations to
Graham, he did it again."
"It feels amazing to take the win
in the final race," Roman said on
Sunday. "I had such a tough time
yesterday on the cross-country,
crashing six times and bending
my handlebars. Despite that, I
still pushed hard and managed to
finish fourth. Today, I wasn't think-
ing too much about points, I just
wanted to take the win. Graham
was really strong, and all the
others were right up there at the
beginning. Halfway through I was
thinking it's not possible to keep
going for another hour-and-a-half,
but I kept going, and we did it."
The World Enduro Super Se-
ries continues with round five at
Red Bull Romaniacs in Romania
on July 30-August 3. CN
OVERALL
1. Graham Jarvis (Hus)
2. Alfredo Gomez (Hus)
3. Mario Roman (She)
4. Billy Bolt (Hus)
5. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM)
6. Jonny Walker (KTM)
7. Taddy Blazusiak (KTM)
8. Tarres Pol (Hus)
9. Josep Garcia (KTM)
10. Xavi Leon Sole (Hus)
Jarvis just keeps getting
better with age.
