ROUND 1 / DECEMBER 4, 2021
LODZ'S ATLAS ARENA / LODZ, POLAND
P50
OFF-ROAD I FIM SUPERENDURO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
PHOTOGRAPHY BY FUTURE7MEDIA
W
hile many championships are
winding down or have run
their courses for 2021, the
FIM World Enduro Championship got
underway in Poland, where Americans
Colton Haaker and Cody Webb returned
to action, as well. For the three-time
SuperEnduro Champion Haaker, it was a
solid start to the championship, finishing
out the night on the podium, but it was
a tough night for the 2018 SuperEnduro
Champion Webb, who struggled with
mechanical issues and crashes.
The field was deep with talent. Home-
country hero and multi-time AMA Enduro-
Cross Champion Taddy Blazusiak (Gas-
Gas) was in the house, as was German
extreme off-star Manuel Lettenbichler
(KTM), who was making his first Super-
Enduro race in three years, and Beta's
Jonny Walker, to name a few.
But the man that was on everyone's
hit list was Britain's Billy Bolt, the hottest
rider on the extreme off-road circuit these
days. Bolt recently won the 2021 Hard
Enduro Championship and was looking
to ride his wave of momentum in the new
SuperEnduro Championship, which he
certainly accomplished in Poland.
Bolt made it clear from the get-go that
he was ready to start where he left off.
The factory Husqvarna rider and reign-
ing SuperEnduro Champion looked very
comfortable on the short but technical
track. After setting the best time in the
practice sessions, he proceeded to log
an impressive time in the Akrapovic Su-
perPole (55.133). It was Bolt's teammate
Haaker next up and Lettenbichler third.
Blazusiak and Webb got off on the
wrong foot after they both fell in Super-
Pole, forcing them to start at the back of
the grid in the Prestige class.
At the start of the first of three main
events, things didn't improve for Webb
and Blazusiak, the two men separately
found themselves on the ground in the
first turn, they had to push extremely hard
to stand a chance of a comeback as the
pace heated up.
BOLT
Strikes First
Billy Bolt shines in
SuperEnduro opener,
Colton Haaker
podiums, Cody Webb
struggles
