"It's fantastic to come away
with the EnduroGP win today,"
Garcia said. "I was riding good
yesterday, but an early crash
left me playing catch up. I didn't
want that to happen today, so I
kept things clean on the first lap.
Once I got into the lead it gave
me confidence to push a little
more."
The battle for second, howev-
er, was so clear, with just 0.080
seconds separating Verona and
defending EnduroGP champ
Brad Freeman, it was a duel to
the end. Day-one winner Verona
blitzed the final test, topping
Freeman, ninth on Saturday, by
four seconds.
Holcombe fell early in the day,
tweaking his wrist and dropping
down in the field.
Verona finished out the week-
end as the EnduroGP points
leader.
"It's been a great weekend and
to start the championship off by
taking an early lead in the points
is incredible," said Verona. "The
tests were tough to master and
it's been a real challenge. Today
we had a big fight for the podium.
Josep was just a little faster, but I
gave it everything on the final test
to get second."
Holcombe was hoping for a
better start to his season. "It's
not really been the start to the
championship I hoped for, but I'm
glad to have turned things around
today," Holcombe said. "I gave
it everything on the final lap, but
I just came up a little short for
second. To be honest, following
my recent injury and catching
Covid, it's the best I can do at
the minute. It's still early days,
so we'll try to improve a little bit
more in Portugal."
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EnduroGP
(Day 1)
1. Andrea Verona (GG)
2. Steve Holcombe (Bet)
3. Wil Ruprecht (TM)
4. Josep Garcia (KTM)
5. Nathan Watson (Hon)
(Day 2)
1. Josep Garcia (KTM)
2. Andrea Verona (GG)
3. Brad Freeman (Bet)
4. Wil Ruprecht (TM)
5. Hamish MacDonald (She)
IN
THE
WIND
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Josep Garcia came
away with the victory
on day two.
Defending champ Brad Freeman
got on the podium on day two.
