Ruprecht,
Freeman Split
EnduroGP of
Sweden Wins
T
M's Wil Ruprecht and Beta's Brad Freeman
traded wins at the EnduroGP of Sweden
in Skovde, July 24-25, round four of the 2021
Borilli FIM EnduroGP World Championship.
Ruprecht dominated day one (Saturday), en-
joying a healthy 20-second lead over runner-
up Josep Garcia (KTM), last week's double win-
ner in Estonia, while Freeman, third on Saturday,
bounced back to win on Sunday.
Saturday boiled down to a two-man dogfight for
the win between Ruprecht and Garcia. It all came
down to the final test of the day. Garcia trailed Ru-
precht by a close margin but a small get-off in the
last test sealed the deal for the TM rider, Ruprecht.
"Yeah, today was good," said Ruprecht. "I just
rode a strong but steady pace, hit my marks, and
tried not to override the bike."
The names fighting for the overall win on Sunday
changed, with Freeman bouncing back for the win
after a hard-fought battle with GasGas rider Andrea
Verona and Fantic's David Guarneri. Garcia was in
the mix, as well.
In fact, Garcia had a shot at the day's overall win,
as did Guarneri (who was holding down second
overall), going into the last test while chasing leader
Freeman. However, Verona came out of seemingly
nowhere and blitzed by both Garcia and Guarneri
on time and slipped into second overall on the day,
finishing just four seconds behind Freeman, and
taking the Enduro1 (E1)-class victory.
Guarneri ended up third on the day and Garcia
fourth.
Beta's Steve Holcombe was slowed by a painful
ankle injury suffered at the GP of Estonia the previ-
ous weekend. The Brit went 21-17 overall and 9-8 in
the Enduro 2 class.
Championship-class leader Laia Sanz (GasGas)
topped the Enduro Women's division both days.
Freeman leads the EnduroGP (overall) classifica-
tion with 146 points, followed by Garcia with 124
and Ruprecht with 120.
In Enduro1, Verona leads Guarneri by 10 points;
in E2, Ruprecht has a five-point advantage over
Garcia, and in E3, Freeman enjoys a comfortable
lead over Spain's Jaume Betriu, 160-134.
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IN
THE
WIND
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ENDUROGP (Overall)
Day 1
1. Wil Ruprecht (TM) E2
2. Josep Garcia (KTM) E2
3. Brad Freeman (Bet) E3
4. David Guarneri (Fan) E1
5. Samuele Bernardini (Hon) E1
Day 2
1. Brad Freeman (Bet) E3
2. Andrea Verona (GG) E1
3. David Guarneri (Fan) E1
4. Josep Garcia (KTM) E2
5. Wil Ruprecht (TM) E2
TM's Wil Ruprecht (left)
won the opening day
at the EnduroGP of
Sweden. Josep Garcia
(right) was second.
