VOLUME 57 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 10, 2020 P43
Holcombe, Garcia Split EnduroGP Wins
B
eta's Steve Holcombe
and KTM's Josep Garcia
split wins in the second-to-last
round—the Acerbis GP of Portu-
gal—of the 2020 FIM EnduroGP
Championship, November 7-8.
Holcombe started off the week-
end with Saturday's EnduroGP
(overall) win, while Garcia ended
it with the win on Sunday.
Saturday's race was ultimately
decided in the last special test.
Holcombe's Beta teammate Brad
Freeman held a slim 2.17-second
lead over Holcombe, who let it
rip in the final test and ended up
taking the day's victory by just
1.76 seconds over Freeman!
"I'm so upset and disap-
pointed!" Freeman said. "I really
thought I'd set a good time on
the last special test, or at least
enough to ensure the victory.
And then Steve arrived and set a
crazy-fast time!"
Competing in his first En-
duroGP in three years, Garcia
managed to find his way on to
the podium in third.
Garcia found his groove on
Sunday, winning by a full 15 sec-
onds over Freeman. Holcombe
ended up third but heads into
the final race of the season next
week at the same venue with a
seven-point lead over his team-
mate, Freeman.
In the E1 class (up to 250cc
two- and four-stroke), TM rider
Andrea Verona leads Honda's
Thomas Oldrati by just three
points going into the final.
Holcombe leads the way in
E2 (250-plus two-stroke up to
450cc four-stroke), and Free-
man leads the E3 category
(250-plus two-stroke and 450-
plus four-stroke). CN
Steve Holcombe
leads the FIM
EnduroGP
Championship by
seven points going
into the final round.
