did a great job this year with the
track. It was hard the whole way
through. I think I got into the lead
after about 45 minutes. Although
Billy was never too far away, I
rode on my own for quite a lot.
But the gap never felt too big, so
I had to keep pushing on."
Bolt, who triumphed in the
morning qualifier and JUST1
Straight Rhythm on Saturday,
managed to hang on for second
place to keep his championship
lead intact.
"I was managing the difficult
sections pretty good, but my
wrist was hurting on the down-
hills, and it was hard to keep the
pace with Mani," Bolt said. "I'm
happy with second, to be hon-
est. When he came past, I made
a small mistake and lost touch
with him. He pulled away a bit
and I pulled a gap on third place,
so the final lap was about trying
to manage that and bring it home
safe."
Behind the top two, the fight
for the podium went down to the
wire, but it was Sherco Factory
Racing's Mario Roman who took
third, with Gomez in fourth and
Rigo Racing's Matthew Green in
fifth.
"I had my work cut out for me
today," Roman said. "I started
quite far back in 13th and had
a lot of guys to overtake to get
near the front. On the first lap I
just tried to keep steady and chip
away at the positions. On the fi-
nal lap I was into the top five and
felt strong, so I gave it everything
to catch Alfredo and got third."
The FIM Hard Enduro World
Championship continues with
round five at Red Bull Romani-
acs in Romania, July 26-30.
CN
OVERALL
1. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM)
2. Billy Bolt (Hus)
3. Mario Roman (She)
4. Alfredo Gomez (GG)
5. Matthew Green (KTM)
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Billy Bolt gave chase but couldn't
quite catch Lettenbichler.
(L-R) Bolt, Lettenbichler and Mario Roman made up the Abestone podium.
